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Ernie Souchak, Editor-in -Chief, Illinois PayToPlay
A confidential source, familiar with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), has informed illinoispaytoplay.com that
Issa's committee is conducting a preliminary investigation into the
Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois (USAO)
pertaining to USAO leaks to the media that may represent an obstruction
of justice.
The source further informs IP2P that the inquiry is focused on claims made within a recently-released book written by two Chicago Tribune reporters.
The book states that the authors were given exclusive access to
transcripts and tapes of government wiretaps in the case against Rod
Blagojevich; and, that sensitive information had been previously leaked
from the USAO to the Trib.
According
to the book, one of the authors, John Chase, was chosen by his editors
to notify Blagojevich that his phone calls were being monitored by
federal agents. Chase completed that assignment the night before a
scheduled meeting between Blagojevich and someone attempting to purchase
a U.S. Senate seat for Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Four days later, FBI
agents arrested the then sitting Governor of Illinois at his home.
Why aren't the chicago papers covering this?
ReplyDeleteNot much left but Collectivist papers anymore.
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