On the national scene: Trouble for WH as Rove is targeted.

Several news sources, such as the LA Times, are reporting that the President's Chief Strategist and Deputy White House Chief of Staff, Karl Rove, is the subject of a massive investigation by the Office of Special Counsel. The 106-person Office of Special Counsel, whose primary mission has been the enforcement of the 1939 Hatch Act, a law designed to preserve the integrity of the civil service by prohibiting certain political activities by federal employees, "has never conducted such a broad and high-profile inquiry in its history".

Certain penalties attach to a violating of the Hatch Act. Thus, "[a]n employee who violates the Hatch Act shall be removed from their position, and funds appropriated for the position from which removed thereafter may not be used to pay the employee or individual. However, if the Merit Systems Protection Board finds by unanimous vote that the violation does not warrant removal, a penalty of not less than 30 days' suspension without pay shall be imposed by direction of the Board."

Stay tuned to this site as updates on the investigation will be brought to you.

Update: The Washington Post is reporting that the probe may have Kentucky connections by implicating Scott Jennings. We hope not.

Weird: On finding out who the Special Counsel is, I find this info. that he is being investigated himself.

Update: WH political briefings at Agencies disclosed.