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:: 620ktar.com ::: "Federal investigators have concluded President Bush's former telecommunications policy chief committed three ethics violations by allowing industry lobbyists to throw her a party. The Justice Department, however, is declining to prosecute her.

The previously confidential findings by the Commerce Department's inspector general came in late June, two weeks before Nancy Victory announced her resignation as assistant secretary for telecommunications and information.

The inspector general said that Victory violated ethics standards that prohibit federal employees from accepting gifts from anyone whose interests they substantially affect and require them to avoid any appearance of impropriety in carrying out their official duties.

Ten days after the catered party in her honor in October 2001, Victory urged a policy change benefiting telecommunications companies that helped pay for the catered $3,000 event with 60 to 80 guests at her home in Great Falls, Va."

This is the same Justice Department that has asked Federal prosecutors to inform Lord Protector Ashcroft if any judge has the audacity to deviate (on the low side) from federal sentencing guidelines, which has been urging prosecutors to seek the death penalty, and has recently told prosecutors to go for the most serious charge whenever they have a choice of prosecuting someone on several charges.

Gee, I wonder if this comes under the heading of restoring "honor" to government, or would this be "dignity"?