He was the guy that headed up the Office of Special Council under
Bush. This was the agency tasked with determining whether or not Karl Rove and others violated the Hatch Act during the 2006 campaign season. Old Scott was
that guy who called in outside contractors, Geeks On Call, to wipe the hard drives of all the computers in his department. Shockingly (not) Rove and friends were never charged with violating the Hatch Act.
Anyways, old Scott just plead guilty to withholding evidence:
Bush special counsel Bloch to plead guilty to withholding evidence from probe
By Carol D. Leonnig
Friday, April 23, 2010
Scott J. Bloch, the former director of a federal office in charge of helping shield government whistleblowers from unfair treatment, plans to plead guilty to withholding information from congressional investigators after he had his office computer files professionally deleted in 2006.
U.S. prosecutors filed papers in federal court Thursday that accuse Bloch, who led the Office of Special Counsel through much of President George W. Bush's administration, of failing to truthfully answer questions about whether he arranged for private computer technicians to "scrub" his office computer and that of other political appointees. This type of filing, known as an information, is made public when a suspect is about to plead guilty to allegations.
Bloch came under criticism early in his tenure as special counsel for ordering that all mention of workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation be removed from the office's Web site and printed materials. Bloch said his office lacked the authority to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
He was abruptly removed from his post and barred from returning to his office in October 2008 after a meeting with White House officials...
link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/22/AR2010042205724.html
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