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April 25, 2007

Office of Specious Conclusions

by AltHippo @ 11:42 am. Filed under hacks, US8

I’ve heard some speculation that the investigation by the OSC is pure head fake, and that it’s unlikely to do any serious investigation of Karl Rove’s activities. This article at MoJo (not to be confused with MoDo) supports that view:

Just minutes before the September 7 ceremony was to begin, Smith received word that the event was off because a relative of an osc staffer had died. It seemed “kind of fishy” to Smith; indeed, an osc source told me the excuse was so transparent as to be “ludicrous.” The real problem, the source said, was that Bloch—a Bush appointee who, employees say, shares his boss’ antipathy for dissent—had learned that Smith was planning to speak at a press conference sponsored by the whistleblower group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (peer), a persistent critic of the osc. The peer event went forward as planned, and at it Smith told the press that he felt the osc “bears some examination.” True, he had been vindicated, but many of his colleagues who’d made similar disclosures had been ignored, and the prison conditions had not changed. “I cannot help but feel that my experience is a beacon of false hope for public servants who are trying to correct wrongdoing,” he said.

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