Justice Opens MemoGate
From the New York Times:The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into accusations that Republican Congressional aides stole sensitive Democratic memorandums, and the department has tapped David N. Kelley, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, to lead the politically charged case, officials said Monday.
The decision to bring in Mr. Kelley, rather than have prosecutors in Washington pursue the case, came after lawmakers from both parties urged the Justice Department to appoint an independent prosecutor to avoid the appearance of a conflict.
The department said in a letter dated Monday that it was confident that Mr. Kelley would conduct the investigation "in a thorough, fair, impartial and professional manner." Several leading Democrats applauded his appointment, with Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York saying it was "a very good first step."
The opening of the criminal inquiry increases the significance of the case, which has provoked open hostilities between Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee in their continuing battle over President Bush's judicial nominations.
Matt's Chat
The Democrats strategy as revealed in the Hannity memo is being executed. This investigation must be conducted swiftly and impartially. With the appointment of a hotshot lawyer from Manhattan, I am convinced that neither will happen. The Democrats will want to drag this out as long as humanly possible so they can point fingers at Republicans. Manhattan is the capital of modern-day liberalism and a bastion of "Democratic ideals" so I don't hold much faith that it will be a fair hearing.Look folks, it comes down to this: the Democrats failed to secure their side of the system. If accounts are indeed accurate, no "hacking" was involved. I'd be curios to hear what exactly the Democrats think they have here.
The political implications of the content of those memos is the real story. Democrats have allied themselves with special interests to smear the President. This isn't some "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy" theory in reverse. The content of those memos make that quite clear.
Mark's Remarks
As usual, the media stays away from the meaningful content and goes for the lowest common denominator. Instead of investigating ALLEGED wrongdoing by those who acquired the memo, WHY AREN'T WE INVESTIGATING THE DERAILMENT OF THE BUSINESS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY DUMOCRAP SENATORS? Hmmm? Can you feel the friggin frustration here?
Look the Libs have been exposed, it is there for the media to read and actually report on it. Conservatives, as usual, have done the job of investigating the story, Big Media. Yet, you don't even take this gift, even though it represents the politicizing of many issues and represents the sinister strategy of the Left, a strategy NOT DESIGNED TO HELP AMERICAN INTERESTS OR HER CITIZENS, but a strategy designed to simply incite discord and supposedly help them to gain power. If this does not show people that the Lib Leadership doesn't care about America or her people, nothing will. Winning isn't everything. There are some things such as ethics. Libs might want to look them up.
As to this lawyer, I am not enthused. As Matt indicated, Manhattan is the bastion of Liberalism on the East Coast. Therefore, I am sure this will be a Bin Vineste investigation, that is, big on smear, little on facts.
