Rove linked to investigation of conservative broadcaster

[Wordie]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article325160.ece
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By Andrew Gumbel and Andrew Buncombe
Published: 06 November 2005

Karl Rove, still under investigation for his alleged role in leaking the identity of an undercover CIA agent, faced possible implication in further scandal yesterday after the resignation of an ally accused of misusing public broadcasting funds for partisan political purposes.

Kenneth Tomlinson, a friend of the powerful presidential adviser for a decade, was forced to resign on Thursday as chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), where he set out to correct what he saw as liberal media bias. An internal report found he had overreached in those ambitions.

Yesterday it emerged that Mr Tomlinson is also under investigation by the State Department for possible abuses of power in a second job, as head of the federal agency overseeing government broadcasts to foreign countries. The New York Times reported he was suspected of diverting federal funds to further his partisan agenda at the CPB. The investigation is also looking at allegations that he put unqualified cronies and ghost employees on the federal payroll.

There was no suggestion that Mr Rove was implicated, but the State Department was reported to be looking at emails between the two men. President Bush remains under pressure to fire Mr Rove, his closest and most trusted adviser, because of his role in discussing the identity of the CIA agent Valerie Plame with reporters in the immediate aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

[Maraya1969]

1. The hits just keep on coming.

[Wordie]

4. Doncha just love it??? :) n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

18. Oh yes

Sounds like karma! Or God. Whichever is your choosing.

[Bjornsdotter]

10. Popcorn anyone?

I'm enjoying the show....:popcorn:

Cheers!

[IndianaGreen]

12. Yes, please!

I'll some too...

:popcorn:

[Wordie]

13. The truly lovely thing is there were ALREADY calls for his resignation!

Even BEFORE this happened! :)

[gristy]

2. jeebus

Is this repuke #1 at the CPB? The one everyone's been complaining about?

[Wordie]

7. Yep, but the State Dept is also investigating a SEPARATE misuse of funds

That being
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...at a second job, as head of the federal agency overseeing government broadcasts to foreign countries. The New York Times reported he was suspected of diverting federal funds to further his partisan agenda at the CPB. The investigation is also looking at allegations that he put unqualified cronies and ghost employees on the federal payroll.

Goes to show just HOW corrupt these guys really are.

[Erika]

3. Republicans: The culture of corruption and cronyism

It will be so good to get rid of these crooks.

[Wordie]

5. There were TWO different investigations of this guy; they got him in both!

[truthisfreedom]

6. corrected link here

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article325160.ece

[Wordie]

9. Thanks for the catch...corrected in OP now. My apologies.

[Digit]

8. Happy Dance, Happy Dance, Happy Dance!

[FreedomAngel82]

19. Aw

They're so cute dancing. Where did you get them? They should be added here to the boards emoticons.

[ebayfool]

20. My first reaction, too! Picture a grey-haired grammy w/a bun doing the ...

Snoopy happy dance! :rofl:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. I used to know of a drink called a "Spin, Crash, and Burn"

THIS shit that's going down is giving me a head rush a hundred times more powerful! Man, the freepers must be absolutely imploding right about now... :rofl:

Perhaps they should have a drink. I used to know a good recipe.... :rofl:

[AndyTiedye]

14. 2 For 1 SALE!

:kick:

:kick:

[mike_c]

15. republican pigs at the trough....

It's amazing how frequently the republican party epitomizes political corruption.

[Wordie]

17. It's truly amazing how many stories like this we've had recently! eom

[Eugene]

16. Karl Rove scores a trifecta!

First there was the CIA leak scandal.
Then Rove is implicated in the Abramoff
infuence peddling scandal.
And now he pops up in a case of
old school graft!

The fun never ends at BushCo. /sarcasm

If our dear leader had two brain cells to
rub together, Rove would be long gone.

[LeftNYC]

21. Any investigation that Rove isnt linked too? nt

[cassiepriam]

22. No wonder they missed 9/11 and Katrina. Too busy with dirty tricks.

[Raiden]

23. The fact that all these scandals are now being uncovered

almost make it worth it that Bush won....almost

Maybe now people will realize that GOP spells corruption

[spanone]

24. How odd that we have to read this in a British publication.......

[MADem]

25. My first thought on reading that headline was that

Rove was Rush Limpball's source for oxycontin!!!

[SharonRB]

26. I think we need an "under investigation" or "indictment"

forum or group. They just keep coming!

[NVMojo]

27. Remember when Reid and two other Senators called for an investigation

into the White House using federal dollars to fund PR?? I think they knew where it was all going to lead ...