The much anticipated report on fired U.S. Attorney’s from Justice Dept. Inspector General Glenn Fine will be released today, after an 18-month investigation. But the Washington Post’s Carrie Johnson reports that the findings will not lead to a grand jury referral for former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The report will, however, likely result in current AG, Michael Mukasey, appointing a special prosecutor to further investigate the politically-tainted firing of nine U.S. Attorneys in December 2006.

Fine is a good IG and he’s worked on this blockbuster probe with the Office of Professional Responsibility to deliver a report sure to bring context. But the investigation has been hurt by the lack of legal authority to talk with people outside the Justice Dept. That’s a big, big problem when the question on many people’s minds is whether Karl Rove and other White House officials were involved in the dismissals.-MB

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