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An internal Justice Department report found that a former senior official routinely used an ideological litmus test in filling what were supposed to be apolitical posts. Guest: Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Senior Legal Correspondent
An internal Justice Department report released yesterday found that a former senior official routinely used an ideological litmus test in filling what were supposed to be apolitical posts, and then lied to a Congressional panel investigating the practice. Slate Senior Legal Correspondent Dahlia Lithwick joins us to examine why the official won’t be prosecuted, and looks at the larger trend of not holding Bush Administration officials accountable.