Longtime Idaho political observer Jim Weatherby had this reaction to today’s announcement by federal prosecutors that they won’t file criminal charges in the CCA contract scandal: “If not criminal negligence, then at least gross mismanagement was on display in the CCA case. This will be a blemish on the Otter record regardless of legal technicalities.” Weatherby said he hopes a newly named interim legislative committee on state purchasing procedures “can learn lessons from the CCA and IEN (Idaho Education Network) cases,” adding, “The credibility of state government is at stake.”

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