Tim Russert is the Washington DC Bureau Chief for NBC News Division.

This entire division has been corrupted by the CIA Agent prosecution and closeness to the Bush Administration:

- Russert was called by Scooter Libby to complain about Hardball.

• Chris Matthews was pressured by that Scooter Libby call. Chris Matthews was also called by Karl Rove and told Valerie Plame is "fair game."
  
• Andrea Mitchell has made many mistatements about the Scooter Libby and Valerie Plame situation, on Imus, on Hardball, and on NBC Nightly.

Furthermore:

- Pete Williams, former employee of Dick Cheney at DoD, is allowed to report on Dick Cheney the VP.
- Brian Williams (no relation) has admitted his affinity for listening to Rush Limbaugh as an arbiter of public opinion.

Karl Rove played all of them for chumps. He played on their natural tendency to suck up, then zinged them with the Plame leak.

By those two facts, the entire DC Bureau of NBC News has been compromised - if not corrupted - by their unethical behavior and their inordinate symapthy with the Bush Administration.

NBC News used to be represented by the likes of John Chancellor, David Brinkley, and Tom Brokaw. None of them would have been dragged into this mess when they were at NBC. NBC News needs to clean house. Now.