June 28, 2007 (LPAC)--One week after Lyndon LaRouche's historic webcast, "BAE: The World's Biggest Loose End," the London Times , the flagship of the Rupert Murdoch media empire, writes that "Washington sources indicated that the White House was powerless to stop the DOJ's inquiry" into BAE's bribery operations involving Saudi Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, the "go-to" guy for Dick Cheney's covert operations.

The Times ' June 28 story, called "Washington's Inquiry Leaves British Officials in the Dark," says that the British government is "scrambling ... to find out how wide and deep" the DoJ investigation into BAE will be. The British government had not been contacted by the DoJ, and the government had not seen the subpoenas which the DoJ "presented to BAE."

One diplomat lamented, "Right now, we don't know exactly what powers they have. It will certainly be embarrassing, but we are trying to figure out if they can do long-term damage to the Government or to BAE."

President Bush "has no desire to embarrass Mr. Blair or Prince Bandar bin Sultan, a long-time friend of the Bush family," says the article, but the White House is so "mired in controversy" over the Gonzales firing of federal prosecutors that "any further evidence of political interference would be incendiary on Capitol Hill." In addition, the Times suggests that U.S. defense companies may have had a role in pushing for an investigation.

The fact that the DoJ probe--announced by BAE on June 26--was preceded by a strongly-worded letter from Democratic Senator John Kerry (Mass.), demanding an investigation of the BAE bribery and corruption allegations, further ties the hands of the "special relationship." With the Justice Dept. probe announced on Tony Blair's last day in office, the new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, "will not want to risk relations with Congress by being seen to impede the investigation."

In all, the days of the "special relationship" are over and the Cheney-Bandar-Blair-Bush arrangement is on the chopping block.