Higher and Deeper

The sludge from the morass that is the investigation into uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff just keeps piling up - on Monday, a White House procurement official was arrested and charged with making false statements and obstructing the federal criminal probe into Abramoff's sleazy business dealings, the Washington Post reports.

My guess is that investigators are trying to get the procurement guy (David Safavian) to give up the goods on Abramoff ... and they're playing hardball. Good for them. Let's get to the bottom of this muck-pit.