Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Law Enforcement Quote of the Week

"If it isn't the most corrupt state in the United States, it's certainly one hell of a competitor. Even the most cynical agents in our office were shocked..."
-FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Grant, describing Illinois politics in the aftermath of the arrest of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.

6 comments:

Jenny Jenny Flannery said...

Wow...that's corrupt when you can shock the cynics!

Randal Graves said...

They aren't cynical enough.

Moderator said...

I'm less amazed at his corruption than his stupidity.

Anonymous said...

I nearly peed my pants laughing when I heard that on the presser yesterday!

Anonymous said...

Heh.. I wonder how these guys would have responded to Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall political machine. Then again, I hear that Richard Daley was no saint either. Nice to know that the FBI and the DOJ aren't just chasing international terrorists.

Johnny Yen said...

Even by Illinois standards, it's pretty shocking. And worse, he doesn't have the sense to get out while the getting is good. I heard his chief of staff resigned yesterday. He should follow suit.