Reply #323: Sure it is

[Marie26]

It's perfectly in line w/the DOJ policy of refusing to prosecute Bush & co. for the illegal wiretapping, protecting Rove from prosecution, & generally aiding in the coverup of any Bush Ad. crimes.

“Declining Justice: DOJ Lets Statute Run On Bush Criminality” -

On March 10, 2009 Emptywheel noted that the five year statute of limitation on the initial criminal wiretapping acts by the Bush/Cheney Administration were expiring.....So, the day after the DOJ has let the five year statute for the known underlying criminal acts expire without any action, all the while fighting like rabid dogs to conceal the criminality, the Washington Post and the rest of the media are as silent as a vacuum about the government shirking its duty to the Constitution and citizenry.

Lovely. The national media is asleep at its insipid wheel and there is effectively no Justice Department, only the department of just us.

- http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/03/25/declining-justice-doj-lets-statute-run-on-bush-criminality/


Obama, not Bush, now seeking delay of Rove deposition -
"Former Bush Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove has a new president urging Congress not to force him to testify next week.

President Barack Obama.

In a court brief quietly filed Monday, Michael Hertz, Obama’s acting assistant attorney general, said it was necessary to delay an effort to force Rove to be deposed in a congressional investigation into the firing of nine US Attorneys and the alleged political prosecution of a former Alabama governor.

Hertz said an effort was underway to find a “compromise” for Rove, and requested two weeks to broker a deal before proceeding in court.

mintdollar.com/tag/michael-hertz/


Hertz is the same attorney who wrote the brief in the wiretapping case. So, they're willing to "negotiate" a compromise to protect Rove from congressional investigation, but not willing to "compromise" on the wiretapping case. The common thread here is that the DOJ is acting as a stonewall to prevent *any* investigation of the Executive Branch by Congress or the American people.