Clues but No Full Account of Order That Turned a N.J. Town Into a Parking Lot

[Pete from Boston]

The fact remains...even though thousands of emails, text messages, phone calls, helicopter rides, smoke signals, sand writings, etc were looked at, not a single one shows that the Governor was ever involved.  Not even a blind carbon copy has been found with his name attached to it.

The problem is really one of reputation--even if this search for a latter-day equivalent of the partisan order has come up dry, it is difficult to believe that Christie wouldn't have approved of the bridge closure if he had been informed, at least until it led to genuine political blowback that continues to threaten his chances in the 2016 presidential election.

All other assessments of Christie aside, he's got a huge reputation as a bully.  When something like this comes from one person removed from him, even if he never knew it people are going to believe he knew. But it still doesn't look much better to have hired people who did this.