Office of Special Counsel Regarding GSA PowerPoint Presentation: "That's the smoke"

[sabra]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/23/AR2007042301995.html?hpid=topnews

GSA Briefing Now Part Of Wider Investigation

By Scott Higham and Robert O'Harrow Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, April 24, 2007; Page A03

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is expanding its investigation of a January videoconference, conducted by Karl Rove's deputy for General Services Administration appointees, to look at whether the political dealings of the White House have violated the Hatch Act, its chairman said last night.

Not long into its investigation of the presentation, Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch said, his office had collected "a sufficient amount of evidence" that merited a deeper examination of whether the White House was running afoul of the law.
J. Scott Jennings conducted the Jan. 26 videoconference in the political affairs office at the White House. His PowerPoint presentation, to as many as 40 Republican GSA political appointees, contained slides describing Democratic seats that the GOP planned to target in the next election and Republican seats that needed to be protected.

"That's the smoke," said an OSC staff member, who added that the OSC is looking at whether similar briefings occurred at other executive branch agencies. The staff member spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

[ellacott]

1. Thanks for the link

Thom Hartmann has been talking about this on his show but I've haven't been able to listen in full because I'm busy at work.

[robinlynne]

2. big problem, this special counsel is a loyal bushie. this investigation is fake.

[truedelphi]

3. Please say more - there are getting to be fewer and fewer loyal Bushies

Is there any hope this one may turn from his past loyalty?

[robinlynne]

4. true, click on greatest threads and you will find 3 or 4 about this. All I know i read

on DU and tpmmuckraker. The special prosecutor is being investigated. Among other things, he investigated kerry in 2004 for supposedly taking a trip on a govt money to do campaigning. that investigation turned up nada, however, a similar investigation about condi rice from 2004 is still on hold. never got around to investigating condi's trips and use of taxpayer money.
for example.

This is a fake for the press investigation to cover up, not to investigate.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. They are trying to whitewash this. NOT an independent investigation.