[T]the Office of Special Counsel is preparing to jump into one of the most sensitive and potentially explosive issues in Washington, launching a broad investigation into key elements of the White House political operations that for more than six years have been headed by chief strategist Karl Rove.
More explanation for Karl's recent testiness.
The list of the Rove investigation topics includes the missing emails, US Attorney firings, and use of government agencies to promote party politics scandals.
This isn't a Democratic party initiated investigation from Congress. It comes from within the executive branch - "The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency." Therefore, I'm thinking the investigation is a ploy to "exonerate" Rove on all counts. Either that, or like I mentioned in an earlier post, an effort to protect the Boy Who Would Be King by sacrificing the guy next to him.
Update :
No sooner penned....
The guy heading up the OSC's investigation of Rove is under investigation himself:
The Office of Personnel Management's inspector general has been investigating allegations by current and former OSC employees that Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch retaliated against underlings who disagreed with his policies -- by, among other means, transferring them out of state -- and tossed out legitimate whistle-blower cases to reduce the office backlog.[...]
The probe is the most serious of many problems at the agency since Bloch, a Kansas lawyer who served at the Justice Department's Task Force for Faith-based and Community Initiatives, was appointed by President Bush three years ago. Since he took the helm in 2004, staffers at the OSC, a small agency of about 100 lawyers and investigators, have accused him of a range of offenses, from having an anti-gay bias to criticizing employees for wearing short skirts and tight pants to work.
The employees are complaining that Bloch has been steadily obstructing the investigation.
I don't know about you, but I'm thinking my first thought about the Rove investigation was probably the correct one.
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