Ashcroft

GratisNet: "Reports surface that there was more to Ashcroft recusing himself than was readily apparent. It seems that Ashcroft, a close friend of Karl Rove, knew for some time that the FBI believed he had lied to them when questioned about the Valerie Plame leak. It was only the fact that Ashcroft could no longer deny his knowledge of the facts of Rove's prevarications, with the resultant reduction of what small measure of credibility he had left regarding the investigation, that made his recusal in favor of a Special Prosecutor a face saving necessity.

Questions still need to be answered, however, as to what steps if any did Ashcroft take to slow down or even stop the investigation. Was he involved in a conscious effort to sabotage the effort of his own department? The people need to know the answers to this and other questions regarding the Attorney General's office of the Bush Cabal. The people need to know that no one is above the law, remember that phrase from the Clinton years?

These questions are ever more relevent in light of the reports that Abramoff's offer to flip on those involved with his illegal lobbying activities has been met with a curt no deals from the US Attorney overseeing the case. How often do prosecutors fail to try to get those under indictments to flip on their cohorts? Virtually never, however when the people likely to be named are powerful, if corrupt, politicians it seems no deals will be authorized.

Is it a case of having a corrupt Department of Justice, under orders of the most corrupt administration in the history of the nation, attempting to obstruct justice? You be the judge."