Punish Lurita Doan "to the fullest extent" for violating Hatch Act says Scott Bloch
Scott Bloch, who heads the Office of Special Counsel, finally reported to President Bush that Lurita Doan violated the Hatch Act and should be punished. Pretty strong condemnation:
The head of the main federal contracting agency, a longtime GOP supporter, should be "punished to the fullest extent" for violating a ban on political advocacy on government time, a watchdog agency concluded.
The Office of Special Counsel, in a letter to President Bush released late Monday, said General Services Administrator Lurita Doan engaged in "the most pernicious of political activity" banned by the 1939 Hatch Act when she asked, at a meeting of General Services Administration political appointees, how they could help Republican candidates.
"I recommend that Administrator Doan be disciplined to the fullest extent for her serious violation of the Hatch Act and insensitivity to cooperating fully and honestly in the course of our investigation," wrote Scott Bloch, special counsel for the independent investigative and prosecutorial agency.
"..will he be diligent..?
Good question. Doan was small fry, her error was obvious, the consequences for bushco nil.
The real test is coming. And true, no witch hunt is needed, but an individual with integrity is. Is Mr. Bloch this individual?
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Bloch; Will he be diligent in his Rove investigation?
Maybe Bloch found a streak of good old fashioned Kansas morality, his approach to Doan seems downright non-partisan. Hopefully his investigation into Rove will be objective. That is all that is necessary, the evidence is overwhelming.
No one needs to start up a political witch hunt to get Rove, there's so much dark magic still lingering "out there" that Rove created and perpetuated, it won't take any extra-special effort to unravel, just a simple investigation that demands the truth from it's witnesses.