The W Scandal Scorecard

Salon.com (subscriber only) has written an article documenting 34 cases of the administration's dishonesty, corruption and amorality. A must-read. In fact, I'd even recommend printing it out as a handy reference tool. My reaction to most of them was "Oh, yeah! Say, whatever happened with that?" The answer is usually 'nothing at all.'

A sample:

1. Memogate: The Senate Computer Theft

The scandal: From 2001 to 2003, Republican staffers on the Senate Judiciary Committee illicitly accessed nearly 5,000 computer files containing confidential Democratic strategy memos about President Bush's judicial nominees. The GOP used the memos to shape their own plans and leaked some to the media.

The problem: The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act states it is illegal to obtain confidential information from a government computer.

The outcome: Unresolved. The Justice Department has assigned a prosecutor to the case. The staff member at the heart of the matter, Manuel Miranda, has attempted to brazen it out, filing suit in September 2004 against the DOJ to end the investigation. "A grand jury will indict a ham sandwich," Miranda complained. Some jokes just write themselves.