[Imc-chicago-audio] Voter Fraud: The Imaginary Crime

[Erin Polgreen]

MEDIA ALERT April 18, 2007 | For Immediate Release

Voter Fraud: The Imaginary Crime
Available now on www.inthesetimes.com: a two-part investigation into  
the illegal firing of eight U.S. attorneys by Joel Bleifuss and Greg  
Palast.

To interview the authors, contact Erin Polgreen at  
erin at inthesetimes.com.

In “The Fraudulence of Voter Fraud,” In These Times Editor Joel  
Bleifuss reveals the true story behind the Bush administration’s  
illegal purge of U.S. attorneys: they were fired for refusing to  
prosecute crimes of voter fraud that never occurred. Since 2005, Bush  
has appointed new U.S. attorneys in nine out of the eleven states  
that will play a pivotal role in the 2008 elections—and, according to  
Bleifuss, “the firings of U.S. attorneys in New Mexico, Arkansas and  
Washington appear directly related to [a] Republican plan to exploit  
the issue of voter fraud and suppress Democratic turnout.”

“Fradulence” offers inside information unavailable anywhere else,  
including:

·  How reports on voter fraud released by the American Center for  
Voting Rights Legislative Fund were used by Karl Rove with the  
express purpose of suppressing Democratic votes in the 2008 election.

·  The real reasons behind former-U.S. attorney David C. Iglesias’  
removal

For the full text of this article, visit: http://www.inthesetimes.com/ 
article/3135
And in “The Talented Mr. Griffen,” author and investigative  
journalist Greg Palast unmasks newly appointed U.S. attorney Tim  
Griffin’s role in the ongoing voter fraud scandal—via confidential  
emails Griffin sent to Republican leaders. “The only thing worse than  
sacking an honest prosecutor is replacing one with a ‘criminal.”  
writes Palast of Griffin.

“Griffin’s dozens of e-mails contained what he called “caging lists”— 
And most of the lists were made up of itinerant, vulnerable voters:  
students, the homeless and, notably, soldiers sent overseas,” Palast  
writes. But if Griffin is such a shady character, why appoint him?

“Perhaps [Karl Rove and Harriet Miers] wanted an operative  
experienced in suppressing Democratic turnout in one of the 11  
battleground states in the 2008 election.”

For the full text of this article, visit: http://www.inthesetimes.com/ 
article/3144

In These Times is celebrating 30 years of progressive, thought- 
provoking reporting and political analysis. To interview Editor Joel  
Bleifuss or Publisher Tracy Van Slyke about this milestone, contact  
Erin Polgreen.
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