[Osx-nutters] Rove pal purges smelly data?

[Jared Earle]

The guy was appointed by Bush. It's hard to trust someone appointed by  
the subject of the investigation's mate ...

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Jared Earle :: iPhone-at-23x-dot-net

On 3 Dec 2007, at 13:30, Patrick Coskren <pcoskren at mac.com> wrote:

> On Dec 3, 2007, at 5:35 AM, Jared Earle wrote:
>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/01/
>> official_purges_agency_computers/
>
> Other way 'round.  This was the guy investigating Rove, and who is
> the subject of a counterinvestigation.  He erased his own computers.
>
> What this means is hard to say.  Considering the Bush
> administration's repeatedly demonstrated willingness to misuse power,
> it's entirely possible that the counterinvestigation is there to
> intimidate or dissuade the investigator: he's claiming it's a fishing
> expedition.  There may have been something embarrassing on his
> computer (pr0n?), so he erased it.  At this point, it's still a win
> for the White House: they accuse him of hiding data, turn it into a
> he-said she-said back-and-forth accusation, and effectively muddy the
> issue, neutralizing it politically.  It's one of their standard
> plays.  You can expect the right wing to begin crowing loudly how
> this shows that, once again, the Left has been unfairly hounding this
> President and just digging for dirt to embarrass him.
>
> On the other hand, it's entirely possible that this investigator
> really is just as corrupt as the people he's investigating, and that
> the counterinvestigation is legit.  If this proves to be the case,
> expect the Right to howl about how clearly this means the original
> charge leveled against Rove was bogus, even though it obviously
> proves no such thing.
>
> Considering the known history of the White House, my initial
> presumption is that this is abuse of power on their part, but there's
> really no way to know at this point.
>
> -Patrick
>
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