Grand Old Police Blotter: Administration Charged With Multiple Counts of Soliciting Prostituion Edition

Seems Rod Paige was violating the law when he went on the down low with Armstrong Williams:

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 - Federal auditors said on Friday that the Bush administration violated the law by buying favorable news coverage of President Bush's education policies, by making payments to the conservative commentator Armstrong Williams and by hiring a public relations company to analyze media perceptions of the Republican Party.

In a blistering report, the investigators, from the Government Accountability Office, said the administration had disseminated "covert propaganda" in the United States, in violation of a statutory ban.

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The Education Department said it had paid Ketchum $186,000 for services performed by Mr. Williams's company. But it could not provide transcripts of speeches, articles or records of other services invoiced by Mr. Williams, the report said.

Those responsible should be forced to pay restitution, particularly since Williams isn't returning the money. Perhaps through community service educating the victims of No Child Left Behind.