investigation of the prostitution ring itself was triggered by an investigation of Spitzer. [View All]

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http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/03/hbc-90002589
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However, there is a second tier of questions that needs to be examined with respect to the Spitzer case. They go to prosecutorial motivation and direction. Note that this prosecution was managed with staffers from the Public Integrity Section at the Department of Justice. This section is now at the center of a major scandal concerning politically directed prosecutions. During the Bush Administration, his Justice Department has opened 5.6 cases against Democrats for every one involving a Republican. Beyond this, a number of the cases seem to have been tied closely to election cycles. Indeed, a study of the cases out of Alabama shows clearly that even cases opened against Republicans are in fact only part of a broader pattern of going after Democrats. So here are the rather amazing facts that surface in the Spitzer case:
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The article was written by Scott Horton and he was interviewed on the Thom Hartmann show yesterday. He doesn't dispute that Spitzer broke the laws against prostitution, BUT it sure does look like the NY AG's were going after Elliott the same way they went after Siiegleman in Alabama. Scott's position is that Spitzer should resign BUT we also should investigate just how many laws were broken by the DOJ folks in their effort to "GET HIM"
no matter what it took.

It's an interesting read.