The Usual Suspects

LEFT WITHOUT A VOICE

The Usual Suspects

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CURRENT AND FORMER JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS

POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS ARE REWARDED WITH POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS

At the same time Congress looks into the firings of 7 United States Attorneys for their unwillingness to engage in political prosecutions, the Justice Department continues to reward individuals who would.

Jon Tukel suspected of criminally leaking information to the newspapers when he was the First Assistant AUSA in the Eastern District of Michigan.

Tukel is now the Chief of the Detroit Counter-Terrorism Unit

Eric Straus was one of the prosecutors responsible for sabotaging the Detroit Terrorism Case and is suspected of playing a role in the leak. He is now the Criminal Division Chief at the United States Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Michigan

Noel Hillman was the former Head of the Public Integrity Section

He is now a Federal Judge in New Jersey

Glen Fine remains the Inspector General for the Department of Justice.

AFTER BILL SULLIVAN AND SENATOR GRASSLEY INSISTED, THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CRIMINAL LEAK OF ALLEGATIONS AGAINST RICK CONVERTINO TO REPORTER DAVID ASHENFELTER.

A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WAS OPENED AGAINST RICK CONVERTINO RIGHT AFTER HE FILED HIS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR THE LEAK.

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL CLAIMED THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

WAS THIS LEAK INVESTIGATION INFLUENCED AND TAINTED BY THE OTHER CONCURRENT INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST RICK CONVERTINO?

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