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May 7th, 2008

Special Counsel Scott Bloch in trouble with his employer

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FBI agents raided the Washington D.C. offices of Special Counsel Scott Bloch on Tuesday. Bloch was appointed by President Bush back in 2003.
The Office of Special Counsel was put into place in order to protect the rights of whistle-blowers, and also look into political activity which may not be kosher.
According to reports, Bloch made an attempt to try and destroy computer files which were in his office.
The raid was apparently related to an obstruction of justice by Bloch during 2006.

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12 Responses to “Special Counsel Scott Bloch in trouble with his employer”

  1. # Chrissie on 07 May 2008 at 10:16 am

    Dupe1 on the FOLD scale

  2. # Aletha on 07 May 2008 at 11:06 am

    Not sure how this is worldnews, seems more like US crime/politics to me.

  3. # Reuben on 07 May 2008 at 11:57 am

    Full Story from WSJFBI Agents Raid Work, Home Of Special Counsel’s BlochBy JOHN R. WILKEMay 6, 2008 1:59 p.m.WASHINGTON — Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided the Office of Special Counsel here, seizing computers and documents belonging to the agency chief Scott Bloch and staff.More than a dozen FBI agents served grand jury subpoenas shortly after 10 a.m., shutting down the agency’s computer network and searching its offices, as well as Mr. Bloch’s home. Employees said the searches appeared focused on alleged obstruction of justice by Mr. Bloch during the course of an 2006 inquiry into his conduct in office.The independent agency, created by Congress in the wake of the Watergate scandal, is charged with protecting federal employees and deciding whether their complaints merit full-scale investigation — a first line of defense against fraud and mismanagement in government. It also enforces a ban on U.S. employees engaging in partisan political activity.The Wall Street Journal reported last year that Mr. Bloch had used “Geeks on Call,” an outside computer-service firm, to erase his computer and those of two former staff members in December 2006. (See related article.)Mr. Bloch’s agency is typically involved in sensitive investigations of alleged government wrongdoing. Before the departure of White House political director Karl Rove, Mr. Bloch’s staff was looking into whether he or other White House officials improperly used federal agencies to help re-elect Republicans in 2006.At the same time, Mr. Bloch has been under investigation himself since 2005. At the direction of the White House, the federal Office of Personnel Management’s inspector general is looking into claims that Mr. Bloch abused his investigative authority, improperly retaliated against employees or dismissed whistleblower cases without adequate examination.The computer erasures became part of that investigation and are one of the reasons behind today’s raid, employees said. Investigators were trying to determine whether the deletions were improper or part of a cover-up, the Journal article reported.Bypassing his agency’s computer technicians, Mr. Bloch phoned 1-800-905-GEEKS, the mobile PC-help service. It dispatched a technician in one of its signature PT Cruiser wagons. In the Journal story, Mr. Bloch confirmed that he contacted Geeks on Call but said he was trying to eradicate a virus that had seized control of his computer. He said the erasures didn’t delete any files related to the inquiry.Mr. Bloch was in the office this morning during the raid but couldn’t be reached for comment. The search was still under way early this afternoon, witnesses said.Write to John R. Wilke at john.wilke@wsj.com

  4. # Tatyanna on 07 May 2008 at 12:47 pm

    Hanging chad! I want a recount!

  5. # Robynne on 07 May 2008 at 1:38 pm

    so

  6. # Kenny on 07 May 2008 at 2:28 pm

    then what is bush doing about dick (short for dictator) cheney and johnny sutton?them’s his boys!

  7. # Starla on 07 May 2008 at 3:19 pm

    I love the fact that his punishment for suspected whistleblowers was a forced relocation to Detroit. Ouch.

  8. # Brittny on 07 May 2008 at 4:10 pm

    Least readable headline I’ve ever seen.

  9. # Cyndi on 07 May 2008 at 5:00 pm

    His mistake was erasing files. He should have followed the example of his mentor and used software so buggy it couldn’t keep certain files which then become lost, not erased.

  10. # Gabriel on 07 May 2008 at 5:51 pm

    where can i buy a bumper sticker that says “Directly to jail with the power-mongering constitution-shredding dildos”?

  11. # Brody on 07 May 2008 at 6:41 pm

    Bumper stickers are stupid.