The problem with Matt Taibbi's piece...

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38. It looks to me

First, that Ms. Fleischmann was subject to some confidentiality agreement. Further, it appears she was mollified by DOJ assurances that their investigation was going to get the perpetrators. She also seems to have foolishly believed that when the DOJ investigators took her statements and evidence, that they were interested in, you know, justice.

By the time it became apparent that DOJ was actually in collusion with the targets of their investigation to cover up the whole scheme, it was far too late for one individual to do anything. Thanks to the confidentiality agreement, the investigators for any Senate hearings may not have even been aware of Fleischmann's existence, so they didn't know to subpoena her to testify. But why should Fleischmann testify? Chase was being duly investigated by the enforcement bulldogs of the DOJ. Going public with her testimony could jeopardize her freedom, because the United States considers whistle-blowing a far more serious crime than anything exposed by that whistle-blowing. Ask Chelsea Manning or Jon Kiriakou about that.

It also takes some time for someone serious about an investigation to look into someone's whistle-blowing evidence and establish that the person knows what he or she is talking about. It's a shame that that job was left to Matt Taibbi, who doesn't have any law enforcement credentials, instead of being taken up by government officials whose job is to enforce the law.

Why didn't DOJ prosecute a crime, instead of working with the perpetrators to sweep it under the rug?