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NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias: Chicago Tribune Stopped Working With Prosecutors, Forced Arrest of Ill. Gov. Too Early
Stop The ACLU: Chicago Tribune Stopped Working With Prosecutors, Forced Arrest of Ill. Gov. Too Early
Pat Dollard | Young Americans: WSJ: Fitzgerald Furious Chicago Tribune Forced End Of Blago/Obama Investigation
Chicago Tribune Stopped Working With Prosecutors, Forced Arrest of Ill. Gov. Too Early
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Looks like we can possibly thank our meddling media for another possibly bungled investigation, this time over the selling of Barack Obama's Senate seat by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojavich. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune was working with Fitzgerald's office on the investigation but decided to stop doing so in favor of printing the sensational story they were sitting on. This forced the arrest early so that the paper wouldn't blow the whole investigation. ...
Chicago Tribune Stopped Working With Prosecutors, Forced Arrest of Ill. Gov. Too Early
Stop The ACLU —
-By Warner Todd Huston Looks like we can possibly thank our meddling media for another possibly bungled investigation, this time over the selling of Barack Obama’s Senate seat by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojavich. According to the Wall Street Journal , the Chicago Tribune was working with Fitzgerald’s office on the investigation but decided to stop doing so in favor of printing the sensational story they were sitting on. This forced the arrest early so that the paper wouldn’t blow the whole investigation. The story everyone thought they knew was that Fitzgerald moved when he ...
WSJ: Fitzgerald Furious Chicago Tribune Forced End Of Blago/Obama Investigation
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Wall Street Journal:
The Real Story Behind the Rushed Blagojevich Bust: How the Feds Are Frustrated by Losing (Maybe) Half of Their Case
Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a crime from being committed. That would have been the sale of the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
But the opposite is true: Members of Fitzgerald’s team are livid the scheme didn’t advance, at least for a little longer, ...
Chicago Tribune Caused Premature Take-Down of Blagojevich Investigation
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] So says the Wall Street Journal's " Washington Wire ." I think it's hyperbole to claim, as the reporters go on to do, that the Feds "lost half their case" because the leak meant they wouldn't get the completed bribe on tape. The main charge in the case is not bribery but the scheme to defraud the people of Illinois of the honest services of their governor; there need be no consummated bribe in order to prove that crime, just as there need be no consummated bribe in order to prove a conspiracy to commit bribery, another charge in the case. But I think it is ...
Fed’s Lose Half Their Case Against Blago Due To MSM
Flopping Aces —
While no fan of Fitzgerald, the fact that the MSM would pull this stunt surprising me not:
Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a crime from being committed. That would have been the sale of the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
Members of Fitzgerald’s team are livid the scheme didn’t advance, at least for a little longer, according to some people close to Fitzgerald’s office. Why? Because had the plot ...
It was the Chicago Tribune that forced Fitzgerald's hand
Betsy's Page —
The Wall Street Journal reports that it was a December 5 story in the Chicago Tribune that reported that an associate of Blagojevich was cooperating with Patrick Fitzgerald's office. Just the day before they'd taped the conversation in which Blagojevich discussed payments that had been offered on behalf of Senate Candidate 5, now known to be Jesse Jackson Jr. The meeting to finalize those plans was supposed to take the next day, but that was the day that the Tribune story came out and Blagojevich pulled the plug on the deal. If the Tribune had waited to publish its story, ...
Blago Scandal In a Minute (Video)
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... The Real Story Behind the Rushed Blagojevich Bust: How the Feds Are Frustrated by Losing (Maybe) Half of Their Case ...
Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: MSM unplugged Blago investigation
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... • Chicago Tribune stopped working with prosecutors, forced arrest of Blago too early : Had it not been for the Tribune's Dec. 5 story, the meeting Blagojevich's brother was arranging [to sell the Senate seat] might have proceeded. Mr. Blagojevich is quoted as citing the story, in the affidavit, then calling off the meeting. At a minimum, the FBI's recorders would have been rolling when he reported back... Jurors love video. • ...
If you think Blagojevich so early in the investigation to stop a crime from being committed, you're wrong.
Althouse —
Says the WSJ. Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation team would have preferred to let the sale of the Senate seat go through and to catch the crime on tape. In fact, the timing of the arrest was dictated by the Chicago Tribune: ...
WSJ: Chicago Tribune May Have Blown Fitz’s Chance to Capture the Sale of Obama’s Seat on Tape
Patterico's Pontifications —
... Why did Fitz seemingly rush forward with the Blago criminal complaint? The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire says that the Chicago Tribune may have blown Fitz’s chance to catch Obama’s seat being sold on tape: ...
I Wouldn’t Resign
Balloon Juice —
... his signature or veto — including one that will be hammered out in a special legislative session in Springfield that would strip him of his coveted appointment power over President-elect Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat.
“He has no plans of resigning today or tomorrow,” Mr. Guerrero said on Sunday. “He still signs bills as governor, and he wants to see details.”
Only a total idiot would resign right now, especially in light of this:
Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick ...
First Things First
Daily Pundit —
... Washington Wire - WSJ.com : The Real Story Behind the Rushed Blagojevich Bust: How the Feds Are Frustrated by Losing (Maybe) Half of Their Case ...
Today on DT: A shoe in the face is not a sign of respect
The Latest on Air America —
... that bilked rich folks out of $50 billion. How do you do that exactly? Plus we'll get the latest on The Bribeovich Scandal, and we'll play Kuby v. Kuby when we ask the question, Did Patrick Fitzgerald arrest Blagojevich too soon? ...
Have Yourself A Buried Little Christmas
JustOneMinute —
... our full cooperation with the investigation. "In the course of those discussions, the US Attorney's office requested the public release of the Transition review be deferred until the week of December 22, in order not to impede their investigation of the governor. The Transition has agreed to this revised timetable for release," said Obama Transition Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer. Well, Fitzgerald has had an uneven relationship with the press on this case - it appears that the Chi Trib forced his hand by going to press with a story, after sitting on it for weeks: The ...
Obama internal review: There were no inappropriate contacts with Blago
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... since he was pinched, but the Tribune might have gotten Jesse Jackson Jr off the hook here by exposing the feds’ wiretapping before a final meeting about the Senate seat between Blago and one of Jackson’s cronies could be arranged. Good work, boys. Another dynastic travesty we’ll be living with forever.
The Paper, the Pol, and the Feds
Gates of Vienna —
... make sense that The Chicago Tribune was calmly reporting on its own corrupt dealings with Blagojevich concerning the sale of Wrigley Field, which is owned by the newspaper’s parent company. But now it all makes sense: the Trib was cooperating with the Feds all along, but was in the end unable to restrain itself and had to break the juicy story. This forced the hand of the FBI, which then had to rush in and bust Blago. At least that’s what the WSJ blog says: Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
The Real Story Behind the Rushed Blagojevich Bust: How the Feds Are Frustrated by Losing (Maybe) Half of Their Case
Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a crime from being committed. That would have been the sale of the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
But the opposite is true: Members of Fitzgerald’s team are livid the scheme didn’t advance, at least for a little longer, according to some people close to Fitzgerald’s office. Why? ...
links for 2008-12-16
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
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The Real Story Behind the Rushed Blagojevich Bust: How the Feds Are Frustrated by Losing (Maybe) Half of Their Case
Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the ...
This Week 'In the News' Highlights
Taylor Marsh —
... Jack Johnson highlights the story
around the Fitz Blago bust. Words like "frustrated" and might
lose "half of their case" are just part of it. ...
