There Is Politics And Then There Is A Cover-Up Of Public Corruption

Reuters reports that during a hearing yesterday FBI Director Robert Mueller confirmed that Dan Dzwilewski, the FBI Agent in charge in the San Diego political corruption investigations was told to keep his comments to himself by FBI Headquarters after he told reporters that he thought fired US Attorney Carol Lam was crucial to ongoing investigations of political corruption and that politics was involved in her firing. Mueller testified that "I do not believe it's appropriate for our special agents in charge to comment to the media on personnel decisions that are made by the Department of Justice."

"I profoundly disagree," replied Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, who told the panel of the warning to the agent. "He (the agent) was simply saying that it would affect cases that were ongoing. And I think he's entitled to his opinion."

Folks, there is politics and then there is obstruction of justice. If it turns out that Lam was fired to stop or limit her broad ranging political corruption investigation, one that has already caught the most corrupt congressman in history, the number 3 at the CIA and several defense contractors, threatens at least two more Republican congressmen, and has recently moved into Vice-President's office, her firing is more than politics--it is obstruction and that is a criminal offense. As I have written before unless you are willing to say the President is above the law, he can fire a US Attorney for no reason, but he can't fire her for a criminal reason.

The proof will be in what happens now. If the Department of Justice quietly closes lines of inquiry and little more comes of the investigation, we will know that the real reason for Lam's firing was to protect the sorry asses of some corrupt Congressmen and maybe some additional administration officials. If the case picks up steam and the San Diego office pursues the evidence aggressively, then we might conclude that Lam was not fired for improper reasons. We will be Watching Those We Chose.