Take a look at this story from the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/politics/27judge.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=79fcca9aQ2FQ3FOMQ2AQ3FihyJWhhZQ5EQ3FQ5EoomQ3FovQ3FQ5EQ20Q3FRhz@Z@yJQ3FQ5EQ20Q24widMQ7DQ2BZQ23z
The chief prosecutor in the Jack Abramoff inquiry will step down next week because he had been nominated to a federal judgeship by President Bush.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 — The investigation of Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Republican lobbyist, took a surprising new turn on Thursday when the Justice Department said the chief prosecutor in the inquiry would step down next week because he had been nominated to a federal judgeship by President Bush.
The prosecutor, Noel L. Hillman, is chief of the department's public integrity division, and the move ends his involvement in an inquiry that has reached into the administration as well as the top ranks of the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill..."
Coincidence right? Maybe. But coincidences like this are where conspiracy theories breed.
What do you think?
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Yes, AirAmerica carried this news and a subsequent analysis this morning, adding that it is not the first time during the Bush administration that someone influential has been removed from a sensitive investigation in an effort to make the investigation less effective.
I just noticed that the timing of my previous comment is off by about 6 hours. Lolo, who tends to be the world's soundest sleeper, doesn't ever say ANYTHING at 5:35 AM! I am weighing in at ll:40 AM.
I asked on another blog if the mainstream media had picked up on this and was severely chastised for not "googling" the subject. It has, evidently been picked up by a lot of the MSM (mainstream media) but doesn''t seem to be getting much traction elsewhere.
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