WTF?!? Rove investigation in jeopardy due to funding.

[kpete]

Rove investigation in jeopardy due to funding.

In April, the Office of Special Counsel launched a six-member task force examining “the firing of at least one U.S. attorney, missing White House e-mails, and White House efforts to keep presidential appointees attuned to Republican political priorities.” The task force is in now jeopardy. “Without a last-minute infusion of nearly $3 million, the special task force may be unable to pay its staff and buy the kind of technical equipment it needs” for the investigation, according to Jim Mitchell, the office’s spokesman. But the funds may be hard to come by:

The cost of the task force for 2008 would be $2.89 million, according to OSC estimates. But Bloch started the probe long after he submitted his 2008 budget request. And now he’s having a hard time convincing those holding the nation’s purse strings to loosen up and give him some last-minute extra funding.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/17/rove-investigation-in-jeopardy-due-to-funding/

[goclark]

1. Surprise, surprise!

:mad:

[HowHasItComeToThis]

2. AMERICANS WANT ROVE BEHIND BARS

THAT IS A FACT

[asjr]

3. The American public may need to have

a nation-wide bake sale to get the funds. I should have known it would come to this. In January 2009 this entire administration will leave white-washed and free and we will be in hock from now on. I don't want vengeance--I want justice.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I'll send in $100.

[KansDem]

9. I'll send in $100, too!

But I want to see some subpoenas issued first...

[AtomicKitten]

5. How much is the truth worth?!!

whatever it costs

[SoCalDem]

6. there will be no more investigating of Rove, or Gonzo or anyone

The fact that they dragged their heels until their vacation, and then took yet another week off after they "returned", says it all..

Rover's gone..Gonzo's gone.. They got away with it.

Everyone in congress is now focused on getting re-elected or getting their person elected/re-elected..and they still have MANY mandatory bills to rush through the meat grinder in only 2 weeks, before the end of the fiscal year.. they dillydallied from January to September, and accomplished nothing..

Bush is the lamest of lame ducks, and they will just let him ride it out, and bid him adieu.. there will be no accountability.. This is a pattern that has gone on FOREVER, and it will not change with this congress..

[berni_mccoy]

7. But $30 MILLION for a Blowjob Investigation was justified... nice.

[Patsy Stone]

8. We just spent that much in Iraq

while I was typing this.

:mad:

[Supersedeas]

10. everyone knew that Bloch was only going thru the motions---biding time

[soothsayer]

11. we can only hope he starts hanging out with OJ and they pull off a heist

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. Can we donate?

I bet they can make up that amount of money if Hollywood runs a telethon.

[Marr]

13. They sure don't mind defunding *that* fight, do they?

[lovuian]

14. thats a lie and a poor one to boot

actually pathetic