Comments on: What ELSE Mukasey Declines to Prosecute: Sexual Assault of a Subordinate

By: bmaz

bmaz — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:06:27 +0000

I dunno would made the call, but it is above Troy Eid’s pay grade.

By: masaccio

masaccio — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:30:34 +0000

Is this Troy Eid, or someone at Justice? Who at Justice?

By: MrWhy

MrWhy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:38:09 +0000

Evidence would be minimal, and it probably boils down to he said / she said.

By: MrWhy

MrWhy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:35:27 +0000

The relationships between Clinton & Lewinsky as opposed to Smith & employee are slightly different, but wasn’t Clinton/Lewinsky considered consensual? Still inappropriate, but at least consensual?

By: rteolis

rteolis — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:12:35 +0000

Odd that DOJ won’t prosecute. Lower levels usually take the fall, like, for example, those few bad apples at GTMO. Maybe Smith knows something and is being protected.

I’ll turn in my tinfoil hat now.

By: bmaz

bmaz — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:01:45 +0000

Now, perhaps this woman just refused to serve as a witness to her own sexual assault. Perhaps DOJ has a good reason not to prosecute this guy that they’re not telling us.

Sounds like the girl already was a witness; they could just subpoena her, so it’s not that. Dunno about the second part; maybe. Doesn’t look like he is rolling, but it is sure possible.

By: radiofreewill

radiofreewill — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:22:20 +0000

klynn - It’s hard not to surmise that Palin’s Wasilla $27M earmark, which included the ‘Eminent Domain’ Hockey Rink, is connected straight to Jack Abramoff’s Corruption and Influence Racket.

The “Ends Justify the Means” for Sarah.

And that includes she and her family and friends Bullying the Alaska Department of Public Safety - truly incredible!

She fired DPS Director Monegan and…wait for it…put in a Sexually Compromised Toady - the Abramoff Model for creating ‘permanent’ friends in Government - who had to resign when he got found out.

She’ll make a Great Gooper VP!

By: klynn

klynn — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:34:48 +0000

Thanks for your comments @ 10 and 11.

I posted a comment/question for Marcy on the next thread (@ 17) asking how long before the RIK scandal is tied Abramoff and then tied to Palin due to her hiring of an Abramoff lobbyist…

By: Citizen92

Citizen92 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:09:02 +0000

Over at War and Piece, Laura Rozen notes that Cunningham briber Mitchell Wade’s company - MZM - got its fateful contract to supply “office furniture” to the White House through Interior’s MMS contracting unit. RIK is a division of MMS - and bother are par of Interior.

Why is this interesting, well the Post today noted that another scandal associated person - Lucy Querques Dennett - a lady formerly part of RIK and also a former Associate Director at MMS now “retired” after leaving in January for “personal reasons” — is married to Paul A. Denett, procurement policy administrator for the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Prior his appointment at OMB Dennett was Director of Administration at the Interior Department, which is a position pretty high up in Interior.

Irony not lost, David Safavian was Director of Procurement Policy for the White House OMB. Dennett replaced Safavian after Safavian went to jail.
http://www.fcw.com/online/news/102209-1.html

They’ve got this whole procurement thing wired for corruption and self-reward.

While at Interior, I wonder if Dennett opened up MMS to let MZM in?

By: Leen

Leen — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:02:28 +0000

Ew you never quit working for justice. Mukasey appears to be rotten to the core