Political Handcuffs put on FBI

Juan Cole reports the FBI has been given a temporary restraining order by the White House to hold off on the Valarie Plame and and Lawrence Franklin investigations until after the election.

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.

Professor Cole also has a good description of what a neoconservative is and who the players are.