Feith to be investigated by DoD IG

I'm not sure how I feel about this. About a year ago, in my little circle of emailers that preceded this blog, I ran an informal pool as to whom/what group in this administration would be the first to go down. The Libby indictment pipped my favorite, the Perle/Feith/Wolfowitz group at DoD, but the misrepresentations of the OSP are still out there, and, now, look to be investigated. (notice, however, that Feith, Perle, and Wolfowitz are all no longer with the administration.)

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The Pentagon's inspector general has been asked to investigate the prewar intelligence role of a planning office headed by former U.S. defense policy chief Douglas Feith, a main architect of the Iraq war, officials said on Tuesday. ....

Democrats on the committee including the vice chairman, Sen. John Rockefeller of West Virginia, opposed Roberts' action and warned the move could delay the Senate investigation of Feith's office by up to a year. (Past the midterm elections - mike)

However, this would be investigated in the DoD which would keep all of the investigative processes quiet. As well, although the IG is technically independent, I would question their willingness to really dig into crimes committed by their past, present, and, possibly, future, bosses. This would also serve to allow Sen. Roberts to kick the responsibility for the Phase II investigation out of his office and down the road a bit.