Go Get 'Em

From the LA Times:

Most of the time, an obscure federal investigative unit known as the Office of Special Counsel confines itself to monitoring the activities of relatively low-level government employees, stepping in with reprimands and other routine administrative actions for such offenses as discriminating against military personnel or engaging in prohibited political activities.

But 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.

The new investigation, which will examine the firing of at least one U.S. attorney, missing White House e-mails, and White House efforts to keep presidential appointees attuned to Republican political priorities, could create a substantial new problem for the Bush White House. * * *

This is the same outfit that is looking into whether U.S. Attorney David Iglesias was wrongfully terminated due to his Navy Reserve duty, which I think is funny as hell because everybody knows that Iglesias was fired for political reasons. According to the White House, though, the "real" reason he was fired was because he missed a lot of work due to his Navy Reserve duty, which, of course, would be unlawful grounds to fire someone.

Oops.