Former whistleblower special counsel will plead guilty to withholding evidence

The Washington Post reports that Scott J. Bloch, the Bush-era director of a federal office in charge of protecting government whistleblowers from unfair treatment, will plead guilty to withholding information from congressional investigators.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia filed papers accusing Bloch of failing to truthfully answer questions about whether he arranged for private computer technicians to “scrub” his office computer and that of other political appointees. The Project on Government Oversight has posted a copy of that filing.