Tuesday, November 18, 2008
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
PJM: A Taste of the Future in Obama's Justice Department - '...In the September 19 posting I pointed out that sources who attended an election training session this summer at Justice specifically were told that the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division intended to prosecute anyone it considered to be engaging in voter "intimidation" or "oppression." I have seen the materials from the conference that substantiate that claim. One of the deputy chiefs, Mark Blumberg, told some attendees that anyone sending a mailer to voters telling them that you must be a citizen to vote was engaging in voter suppression and should be hauled before a grand jury. Mr. Nelson denies that occurred, stating that "the anonymous blog inaccurately describes the content of the presentations and comments" made at the training session. However, Mr. Nelson did not attend the training session and my sources did -- and the Civil Rights Division did precisely what I predicted in my September 19 column...'
