Posted on 03/10/2010 2:18:17 PM PST by Justice Department
It looks like the feds have wrapped this baby up and put a nice bow on it. I have to admit, the evidence they present does indeed seem pretty compelling to me.
It's stuff like this that makes them look bad and untrustworthy in the eyes of so many people. What could possibly be in that interview that they have suddenly decided that people shouldn't be able to see?
I doubt that it's anything sinister. After all, it was probably reviewed and re-reviewed a dozen times before it was put on the FBI's site.
My guess is that someone threatened to file a lawsuit against the FBI because there was something in that interview that was not properly redacted. In other words, people could put pieces together and figure out the name of a confidential informant.
I've printed out a copy and I've read it several times. I don't see anything unusual, but a confidential informant might see things I don't see.
I'm only guessing, of course.
It was an "off the record" interview that somehow became part of the official record. Someone must have noticed it and demanded that it be removed.
See my comment for this morning on my web site for more details.
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