I just wonder how much the sleazebag was paid to sell our Country out.”
See yazoo’s post 16 for the correct answer. And as I said to Mr. Jazzy, according to the article, he tried talking to people in his organization about the problem, and did not get any help there. Unless you consider the one person telling him “they're probably doing something illegal” to be help. I've seen the IG not working because people were afraid to use it because it whitewashed improper and possibly illegal activities. There is a reason we have constitutional protections for a free press specified in the Bill of Rights.
Also from the article, it doesn't look like he got any kind of payment or even protection. Barring info otherwise, I'm willing to presume that he did what he thought best after trying the other options. Finding out that sort of thing is what trials are for, after all.
“Also from the article, it doesn’t look like he got any kind of payment or even protection. Barring info otherwise, I’m willing to presume that he did what he thought best after trying the other options. Finding out that sort of thing is what trials are for, after all”
Yes, in a perfect world.
No, he may not have gotten any payments now, but he SURE AS HELL will make a bundle off the book he will write, crucifying every conservative he has ever met as a neo-nazi with an IQ of 15.
Remember those hundreds of missing FBI files on Congressional Republicans that surprisingly showed up in the hands of a schmuck at the White House? We couldn’t even get to the truth of who HIRED him, let alone WHY the SECRET FILES were there. Yeah, there is someone doing HARD time for that one!
I have a long memory of LOTS of cases that were just as, if not MORE outrageous than what this traitorous piece of scum did that were never brought to trial because of political reasons. Prosecutors who just let stuff slide because it was better for their careers than irritate the Washingtonian elite and buddies in the media.
Talking about the current situation with prosecutions and political influence, Mr. Fitzpatrick, the same guy who KNEW at the outset of the Palme investigation EXACTLY WHO told Robert Novak she was a CIA employee AND STILL LOOKED TO HANG IT ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, now says that Blago is the only fish he is after! He is EXPOSING the ENTIRE investigation BEFORE it is complete because he wants to give Mr. Obama time to choose those of his circle he will throw under the bus to keep his name clear.
We do not have a “justice system”, we have a corrupt “LEGAL SYSTEM”.
You talk about the “free press” that we have. Our big time media did EVERYTHING it could to win this last election for Barak Obama and it worked. We now have as President Elect a person who has DIRECT TIES with known terrorist murderers (Ayers) and anti-Semitic lunatics (Rev. Wright & Louis Farrakhan). The same media that branded anyone who DARED use his middle name as a racist will now SMILE WITH APPROVAL as now he will make a POINT of using the SAME name to be sworn into office.
You want to give this guy a medal for leaking a story to the press about how the US was snooping on possible terrorists who were making calls INTO the US, feel free. You want to nominate this guy for the “hero of justice” hall of fame? Go ahead.
He makes me want to puke and I would not waste a tear if he stopped breathing this very instant.
“I’ve seen the IG not working because people were afraid to use it because it whitewashed improper and possibly illegal activities.”
I’m not sure what IG you may be talking about. In the intelligence community the IG has to answer to the Senate and House intelligence committees. Everything they do is an open book for those committees. It would be virtually impossible for them to begin an investigation (and all complaints open an investigation) and not have it be available to congressmen, senators, and their staff. If laws were being broken it is their responsibility to correct it. THe problem with going to the media is that they only tell one side of the story and the other side often can’t be told due to national security.