CNN: Investigators to House: Keep Foley documents

Investigators to House: Keep Foley documents
October 4, 2006

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal investigators have asked the House of Representatives to keep computer records and papers from former Rep. Mark Foley's office, a senior Justice Department official said Wednesday.

The move is a sign that a criminal investigation into the congressman's correspondences with teen pages is imminent, perhaps within days, Justice Department officials said.

The investigation remains a preliminary inquiry, but a full criminal investigation will pave the way for subpoenas, searches and grand jury testimony, Justice Department officials said.

House members are expected to cooperate with any necessary searches during the probe, according to federal law enforcement sources....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/04/foley.scandal/index.html

Don't destroy any evidence that we are not aware of yet *wink wink*.

i mean really:

"yah, that computer has some pretty bad stuff on it, but we better not touch it in case the FBI wants to see it."

WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT ARE THESE PEOPLE GETTING AWAY WITH?

good God this government pisses me off.

This ain't the hyper-efficient "TV myth" FBI...
this is our very own "our computer system doesn't work too good" FBI...

Talk about being late to the table when they were told of the red flags months ago.

sorta like Valerie Plame investigation