DOJ Delayed NH Phone Jamming Investigations

Bu$hCo was and is politics. 24/7! And the departure of Karl Rove off our payroll changes nothing. Greg Gordon via McClatchy Newspapers, using an "an official with detailed knowledge" as an anonymous source, and I'll admit that's hardly ideal, reports Official: Justice Dept. slowed probe into phone jamming. He writes:

The Justice Department delayed prosecuting a key Republican official for jamming the phones of New Hampshire Democrats until after the 2004 election, protecting top GOP officials from the scandal until the voting was over.

Back in April of 2006, AP revealed Records show phone jammer-White House link: Phone data show people in election scheme had Republican Party contacts. That reporting contained:

The records show that Bush campaign operative James Tobin, who recently was convicted in the case, made two dozen calls to the White House within a three-day period around Election Day 2002 — as the phone jamming operation was finalized, carried out and then abruptly shut down.

The national Republican Party, which paid millions in legal bills to defend Tobin, says the contacts involved routine election business and that it was “preposterous” to suggest the calls involved phone jamming.

Preposterous indeed. And I couldn't help but note the White House continues to refuse comment "on an ongoing legal matter". Even when it is not ongoing I reckon that holds. Peace ... or War!