It was the fall of 2008 when an Illinois State Police technician was inside of Rod Blagojevich’s North Side campaign office under orders from Blagojevich’s camp to search for bugs.
The tech left the office telling Blagojevich’s people that no listening devices were found.
But the bugs were, in fact, in place, the FBI was listening, and the State Police employee even knew where they were. He pretended not to detect them.
That’s because the Illinois State Police, the agency charged with protecting Blagojevich and his family, was at the same time secretly working with the FBI, providing them with inside information during a critical period of the probe against the former governor.
The oath is to the law, the Constitution and the people of Illinois, not the guy holding office at the moment. ISP acted in the manner expected by the citizens of Illinois. Sometimes our cynicism of the corrupt system here in Illinois makes us forget that.