Informed Comment: "Several high-profile FBI investigations, in which substantial progress have been made, may well have been put on hold by the Bush administration for political reasons. That is, it has been alleged to me that the White House may have leaned on the FBI-- not to drop the investigations but to postpone some key arrests until after the November elections."
Prof. Cole's analysis rests on the assumption that the arrest of a senior aide to the Vice President for putting the life of a C.I.A. agent for the sake of political payback, and the arrest of a Pentagon official who has been spying for Israel would not redound to the benefit of the administration.
*DODO: Doesn't Obey Direct Orders
