This story keeps getting deeper and deeper.
Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman spent time in prison after a conviction on bribery charges that were likely engineered by White House staffers including Karl Rove.
Now, within the last week, we have news of crimes against whistleblowers in the case, and new revelations of an investigation that was started and then stopped by a special counsel in the Bush Administration who was investigating the US Attorneys scandal.
I haven't seen this diaried yet, and if it was, I'll delete.
I'm gonna keep this short, because I'm tired from working 13 hrs straight. So I'll just povide a bit of background along with the links.
BruinKid diaried the crimes against Gov Siegelman and others involved in the defense side of the case.
Today, we have breaking newsfrom several Alabama newspapers that an investigation was begun by a Special Counsel, which was subsequently shut down by said counsel.
Makes you wonder who ordered the quashing of the investigation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Office of Special Counsel last year shut down a previously undisclosed investigation into the federal
prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, according to an internal memo made public Wednesday.
The investigation was being conducted by a task force formed at the agency a year ago to pursue high-profile political investigations in Washington, most notably whether the White House played politics in firing U.S. attorneys. It began gathering information on the Siegelman case in September and was planning to request documents from the Justice Department in October before Special Counsel Scott Bloch ordered the case closed, according to the Jan. 18 draft memo, made public by the Project on Government Oversight, a watchdog group.
This stinks to high heaven, folks. Here's what one of Siegelman's attorneys had to say:
"I'm stunned by all this," said Vince Kilborn, one of the former governor's attorneys. "If an ongoing government investigation was shut down, I would say it's potential obstruction of justice."