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The tentacles of Obama’s web of corruption yet again expose the stinking cesspool that is Chicago. Rod Blagojevich, the fourth Illinois governor to reside in a gray bar inn, may be rearranging his schedule for an anticipated Get Out of Jail Somewhat Free Card as political maneuverings and legal efforts reveal Obama’s reach. “It’s f’n golden,” said Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich prior to his trip to prison. He was referring to his right as Governor to appoint a US Senator to fill the vacancy that occurred when Obama went to Washington to organize that community. That seat on the Democrat...

The All-American, no-nonsense, loved-by-Democrats-and-Republicans-alike U.S. attorney in Chicago, Patrick Fitzgerald, is about the last guy you’d expect to get embroiled in some high-profile media smackdown. But according to reports from the AP and the Chicago Sun-Times, one has already begun. For now, Fitzgerald hasn’t filed suit. But Fitzgerald doesn’t seem happy about portions of a forthcoming book to be published by HarperCollins which reportedly contains unflattering assertions the way in which Fitzgerald handled terrorism cases when he was an assistant U.S. attorney in New York.

Reps. Slaughter & Conyers Call on Special Prosecutor and Secret Service to Investigate Growing Gannon Scandal Washington, DC - Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Rules, and Rep. John Conyers (MI-14), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, called on Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald to investigate the leaking of a classified Central Intelligence Agency memo containing the identity of undercover agent Valerie Plame to a man at the center of the White House Press Briefing Room scandal, "Jeff Gannon."Rep. Slaughter, a long-time advocate for media reform and accountability, brought this story into the national...