Monday, August 15, 2011

Bush Bloched Whistle-Blowers

And Obama has prosecuted more of them.

"Bush official’s conviction overturned" August 04, 2011|Associated Press

WASHINGTON - A federal judge yesterday overturned the conviction and monthlong jail sentence of a former government whistle-blower protector who pleaded guilty to keeping information from congressional investigators....

President George W. Bush appointed Scott Bloch to head the federal agency responsible for protecting the rights of federal workers and ensuring that whistle-blowers are not subjected to reprisals.

But Bloch was accused of retaliating against his own employees and closing whistle-blower cases without investigating them. While he was under investigation for those allegations, Bloch had his government computer wiped clean of information in 2006 by a repair company.

Bloch admitted as part of his plea that he withheld information from the congressional staff and that before he ordered the wipe of the computer, he understood the procedure would make it virtually impossible to recover files or e-mails.  

That looks like a CRIMINAL COVER-UP to ME!!

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