If Bush hired them, more than likely they're under indictment or being investigated. Jeff Gannon, Armstrong Williams and now Bush's hand-picked propagandist at the Corp of Public Broadcasting.
A lot of similarities to an earlier era.
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the head of the federal agency that oversees most government broadcasts to foreign countries, including the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, is the subject of an inquiry into accusations of misuse of federal money and the use of phantom or unqualified employees, officials involved in that examination said on Friday.
Through an aide at the broadcasting board, Mr. Tomlinson declined to comment Friday about the State Department inquiry.
In recent weeks, State Department investigators have seized records and e-mail from the Broadcasting Board of Governors, officials said. They have shared some material with the inspector general at the corporation, including e-mail traffic between Mr. Tomlinson and White House officials including Karl Rove, a senior adviser to President Bush and a close friend of Mr. Tomlinson.
Mr. Rove and Mr. Tomlinson became friends in the 1990's when they served on the Board for International Broadcasting, the predecessor agency to the board of governors. Mr. Rove played an important role in Mr. Tomlinson's appointment as chairman of the broadcasting board.
If Bush hired them, more than likely they're under indictment or being investigated. Jeff Gannon, Armstrong Williams and now Bush's hand-picked propagandist at the Corp of Public Broadcasting.
A lot of similarities to an earlier era.
