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FBI Agents Raid Work, Home Of Special Counsel's Bloch

The Wall Street Journal (excerpt, subscription) ^ | May 6, 2008 | John R. Wilke

Posted on by HAL9000

Excerpt -

WASHINGTON -- Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided the Office of Special Counsel here, seizing computers and documents belonging to the agency chief Scott Bloch and staff. More than a dozen FBI agents served grand jury subpoenas shortly after 10 a.m., shutting down the agency's computer network and searching its offices, as well as Mr. Bloch's home. Employees said the searches appeared focused on alleged obstruction of justice by Mr. Bloch during the course of an 2006 inquiry into his conduct in office. ~ snip ~

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TOPICS:

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News/Current Events

KEYWORDS:

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fbi

geeksoncall

osc

scottbloch

specialcounsel





To: HAL9000

This is about allegations that Bloch hired “Geeks on Call” to erase some computer disk drives.



by 2 posted onby HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)

To: HAL9000

WTF is this all about? I can’t open the article as I don’t belong to the WSJ club.



To: HAL9000

What was this guy investigating?



by 4 posted onby HOYA97 (Hoya Saxa = What Rocks)

To: HAL9000

Mr. Bloch confirmed that he contacted Geeks on Call but said he was trying to eradicate a virus that had seized control of his computer. Another satisfied Microsoft customer.



by 5 posted onby HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)

To: HAL9000

Scott Bloch’s web page - http://www.osc.gov/specialcounsel.htm



by 6 posted onby HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)

To: geezerwheezer

by 7 posted onby HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)

To: HAL9000

I’m not a subscriber, so I can’t get any more details. Could you summarize it for us? Thanks.



To: HAL9000

According to the wiki on Bloch, from the very start he has been the target of the homosexual lobby, who have done their level best to destroy him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bloch This goes to show how vehement this lobby can be. Truthfully, it says more about their strength as a special interest group than it does for any “agenda”. Sexuality doesn’t matter, only money and power.



To: HAL9000

So, this was his personal computer in his home? Imagine the trouble he’d be in if he’d asked a government employed FBI computer geek to fix it. It’s a no win situation.



To: livius

Please see #7 above.



by 11 posted onby HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)

To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

If Bloch was destroying evidence and obstructing justice, I don’t care who exposes it or their agenda.



To: geezerwheezer

"WTF is this all about? I cant open the article as I dont belong to the WSJ club." I realize the need for excerpts, but posting an article that requires membership is a waste of space and time. I won't sign up with any of these news sites just to read their stupid articles. I wish the people who post links to sites that require membership would at least put that info in their post.



To: SeaHawkFan

If I were intending to destroy electronic evidence, I probably wouldn’t be using “Geeks on Call”. They probably have no concept of how a file system really works, so they wouldn’t know how to eliminate all traces of the data on the disk drive.



by 14 posted onby HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)

To: HAL9000

How about a heavy duty industrial sized magnet?



To: mass55th

I found an article from a different source and posted the link in #7. Should we slow down news coverage because it is unfair to non-subscribers?



by 16 posted onby HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)

To: meanie monster

Devices called “bulk erasers” exist for this purpose.



by 17 posted onby HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)

To: SeaHawkFan

remember fbi raid on curt weldon two weeks before election?

turned out to be a nonstory but it costs weldon his job which

is what clinton’s wanted. maybe this guy is guilty, but i do not

trust fbi. wife-o-buckhead



by 18 posted onby Buckhead (just making the comments buckhead won't make.)

To: All

Interesting, he was also responsible for defending whistleblowers.



To: HAL9000

A high tech political lynching? Next we'll hear rumors, speculation, accusations, pundits that discuss it on TV and radio, hearsay, “expert” testimony from bystanders, former friends, ex girl friends........ When the dust settles he'll be crushed and the fact that he'll be found innocent won't matter either. I am very skeptical of these sorts of things, they tend to reek of political motivation when you look behind the scene, which I can't in this case.



by 20 posted onby Red6 (Come and take it.)

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