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2008-12-22 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Frank G 2008-12-22 08:35|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 dammit! Entered without the link

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-12-22 08:38|| 2008-12-22 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 fat friggin fingers of incompetence

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-12-22 08:42|| 2008-12-22 08:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, no! Not the dreaded FFFI!
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Posted by Fred 2008-12-22 09:52|| 2008-12-22 09:52|| Front Page Top

#4 The way I heard it the FBI jumped the gun to avoid the real turmoil of an arrest after the Senate Seat had been sold. This action very well might mean that a few people walk when its all over but is probably in all of our best interests in the long run.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-12-22 10:33|| 2008-12-22 10:33|| Front Page Top

#5 It depends upon how much you like to stir the bugs you find under the rock.

Posted by tipover 2008-12-22 12:16|| 2008-12-22 12:16|| Front Page Top

#6 "Nayak was part of the Blagojevich transition team that recommended appointments to health-care boards."

IIRC, When Barak Obama was chairman of the Illinois Senates health committee he too was involved in recommending appointments to the Health-care boards. But Im sure thats just a coincidence.

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-12-22 13:25|| 2008-12-22 13:25|| Front Page Top

#7 The Feds would have had Junior dead to rights if the Trib had kept their mouths shut for another week or two ...

Was it the Trib or did Fitz pull the trigger? What was the investigation getting too close to?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-12-22 13:37|| 2008-12-22 13:37|| Front Page Top

#8 The Trib was going to publish and said so. Fitz then made the arrest as a pre-emptive measure.

As for getting too close, you'll have to ask the Trib's editors and publisher.

Posted by Pappy 2008-12-22 15:25|| 2008-12-22 15:25|| Front Page Top

#9 RJ basically hits it in #4. Fitz himself said as much in the news conference. The dilemma seemed to be that the Trib was tracking the events (as well the should) and with or without sources in Fitz's office, they were printing enough so that the crooks could see what was coming.

There's no way, nor even interest in Fitz stopping that generally - he only asked for help in what appear to be some very specific instances related to methods and ops..

The decision then was driven by the imminence of the appt. - which may have been the afternoon of the day Blags was arrested. Recall that Jr. and Blags met the day before, and the fundraising preceded this by a few days - seems all the fixes had been made, and the only thing left was the criminal accounting. Wonder if Fitz and the FBI have the subpoenas and banking records lined up to show that as well?

Finally, the ultimate political deal may well be that Fitz keeps his job, subject only to the great one himself not being touched. Of course, the arguments will be who is the great one, BHO or Richie or both, and the extent to which this can all be reeled back into AG Holder's domain and a supine press.

Perhaps.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2008-12-22 15:48|| 2008-12-22 15:48|| Front Page Top

#10 That assumes Holder is confirmed, and I dunno about that. But you've got a point: whoever the AG is, Mayor Short Shanks is counting on that person to muzzle the DA for Northern Illinois ...

Posted by Steve White 2008-12-22 16:11|| 2008-12-22 16:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Steve White - True - I'm assuming Holde ris confirmed, and it may be worse it he's not. At least a bit of his dirty laundry is being aired. If PEOTUS has to move to plan B that may be even worse - see Reno, J..

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2008-12-22 17:41|| 2008-12-22 17:41|| Front Page Top

#12 Ahem, theres also big daddy Jesse Sr's role in Jr's and Blago's activities.

Posted by Hupimp Borgia3748 2008-12-22 18:23|| 2008-12-22 18:23|| Front Page Top

#13 Who will Blago rat out for a reduced sentence at Club Fed? The suspense is killing me.

Posted by ed 2008-12-22 18:31|| 2008-12-22 18:31|| Front Page Top

#14 Blago's wife has the dirt on Obama. She was the realtor in the land and house deal between Obama and Rezko, so Blago knows what she knows. Should be fun times ahead.

Posted by tipper 2008-12-22 20:40|| 2008-12-22 20:40|| Front Page Top

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