EXHAUSTIVE ANALYSIS: More Questions about Obama and Blagojevich in the Wake of Obama’s Latest Gambit at Transparency
Obama, in other words, will ask his staff to compile documents that reveal when they established contact with Blagojevich’s office. But what about the many “advisors” and other individuals who appear to be relaying information between Blagojevich and Obama in the conversations transcribed and summarized in the criminal complaint filed by Special Agent of the FBI David Cain? I ask this question, as it is clear to me that communication between Obama and Blagojevich was occurring between third parties. While they may not embroil his immediate advisors in any scheme that involving “pay to play,” it does reveal that others who served as emissaries for Blagojevich and Obama did embroil themselves and, by implication, Blagojevich and Obama in such conversations.
Obama, according to Advisor B, one of Blagojevich’s advisors cited on page 68 of the complaint, wanted to avoid any “fingerprints” in any arrangement made with Blagojevich. And Blagojevich, according to page 57 of the complaint, sought to “conduct indirectly … a negotiation” with Obama. Nothing could be in writing, and everything must be indirect: this is why Obama’s attempt to appear transparent with a release of all direct communications with Blagojevich’s office is irrelevant. What is relevant are all the indirect communications that occurred. Who are the Advisors mentioned in the complaint? Who spoke with the SEIU representative? Why was Blagojevich on the telephone with “advisors” in Washington, DC? And who on the Obama staff was speaking to these “advisors?”
Let us review the chronology as it is outlined in the criminal complaint.