Rove's playbook in the U.S. attorney scandal:
In the U.S. attorneys scandal, all eyes are on Karl Rove as the presumed architect. But, long before Karl Rove began plying his trade, Fred Malek wrote the manual for politicizing the Justice Department.
In the U.S. attorneys scandal, all eyes are on Karl Rove as the presumed architect. But, long before Karl Rove began plying his trade, Fred Malek wrote the manual for politicizing the Justice Department.
Malek, a little known but influential Republican operative and "hatchet man," devised the strategies used to remove Democrats and whistleblowers from the civil service and to turn the federal government into a Republican Party headquarters. Malek's connections with President Bush may explain why the U.S. Attorney's office discontinued investigation of wrongdoing at Fannie Mae, where Malek was then a board member and was one of several individuals named in a civil suit. Rather than face criminal penalties, Fannie Mae settled with the SEC and OFHEO for a $400 million civil penalty.
And who is Malek?
It all began on March 17, 1972, according to the Senate Watergate Report, when Malek, deputy chairman of President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign, presented his plan to H.R. Haldeman.
On March 17, 1972, Malek submitted to Haldeman a document entitled, "Increasng the Responsiveness of the Executive Branch." (Malek Ex. 4) The document, which was initially drafted by William Horton and designated "Extremely Sensitive—Confidential," constituted Malek’s broad-view conception as to how the federal bureaucracy could be put to work for the President’s re-election. His plan subsequently received Haldeman’s approval." [SWR, p. 329]
And who is Malek?
It all began on March 17, 1972, according to the Senate Watergate Report, when Malek, deputy chairman of President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign, presented his plan to H.R. Haldeman.
On March 17, 1972, Malek submitted to Haldeman a document entitled, "Increasng the Responsiveness of the Executive Branch." (Malek Ex. 4) The document, which was initially drafted by William Horton and designated "Extremely Sensitive—Confidential," constituted Malek’s broad-view conception as to how the federal bureaucracy could be put to work for the President’s re-election. His plan subsequently received Haldeman’s approval." [SWR, p. 329]
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