Who wants to see Michael J. Garcia investigated after this?

My fellow Americans are well aware of how often we lecture "backward" countries like Russia for abusing government authority. A common example of this abuse is Moscow's disturbing habit of selectively investigating the sketchy activities of political enemies while leaving political allies completely unscathed for the same infractions.

After watching this movie, can any of you say that you feel comfortable beyond a reasonable doubt that this did not happen in Spitzer's case?

Citing precedent, Garcia announced in a press release that the DOJ does not typically prosecute johns who buy women from pimps, except in cases of prostitution of children. ("In light of the policy of the Department of Justice with respect to prostitution offenses and the longstanding practice of this Office, as well as Mr. Spitzer's acceptance of responsibility for his conduct, we have concluded that the public interest would not be further advanced by filing criminal charges in this matter."

This much is true. But it doesn't explain the unusually salacious, often gratuitous, nature of FBI questioning which, as Gibney points out, seemed calculated to gather political and personally embarrassing information irrelevant to the alleged reason for the investigation: misuse of government funds.

The scandalous lack of curiosity about this investigation leads me to wonder how dearly we value our democracy.

Reporters, why not drop Michael J. Garcia a line and set up an appointment to interview him?

http://www.kirkland.com/sitecontent.cfm?contentid=220&itemid=9663

Better yet, call up DOJ and ask why they haven't launched their own investigation?


You mean my whole fallacy is wrong?