The Wake-Up Call

The ‘08 Race
Rudy Giuliani failed to show up for a single official meeting of the Iraq Study Group because he had more pressing commitments: earning $11.4 million on a 14-month speaking tour.

Beltway Blotter
Federal officials have disobeyed at least six new laws that President Bush challenged in his signing statements, according to the Government Accountability Office.

The Department of Justice only filed official corruption charges against 37 people in February 2007, a drop of 20 percent from the previous month and about one third from five years ago. As for white collar crime convictions, the numbers are down 7 percent from five years ago and white collar crime prosecutions are down almost 24 percent from five years ago.

Scandal Sheet
Karl Rove and other White House aides made extensive use of political email accounts for official government business. “Bush’s Brain” sent or received more than 140,000 emails between 2002 and 2007, more than half of which involved individuals using official email accounts.

War on Terror 
The Department of Justice was busy last month, reporting 57 national security/terrorism convictions, an increase of 480 percent from five years ago and almost 40 percent from the previous month.

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