Looks like Israel's government is about as accountable as ours:
"Police Say Olmert Inquiry Should Be Closed" by ISABEL KERSHNER
JERUSALEM, Nov. 29 — The Israeli authorities, who were investigating whether Prime Minister Ehud Olmert acted criminally in the 2005 sale of a bank, recommended on Thursday that the case be closed, citing a lack of evidence.
Three other criminal investigations involving Mr. Olmert are still under way, an Israeli police spokesman said.
“After examining the materials in the Bank Leumi case, the investigators concluded that there are insufficient grounds to indict the prime minister,” said the spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld.
The police have handed over all the materials in the case to the state prosecutor, who will make the final decision. Mr. Rosenfeld said it was “most unlikely” that the state prosecutor’s decision would differ from that of the police.
The prime minister’s office had no comment on the police recommendation. Mr. Olmert has always denied any wrongdoing in the bank case and in the other three cases.
The Bank Leumi investigation focused on accusations that Mr. Olmert, as finance minister, had tried to tailor the rules for the sale of the state’s ownership stake in the bank to suit a particular bidder — Frank Lowy, an Australian shopping mall magnate and friend of Mr. Olmert.
In the end, Mr. Lowy did not bid for the bank. Mr. Olmert, however, was suspected of breach of trust, and investigators from the national fraud squad questioned him twice in October at his official residence.
The police announcement on Thursday was made hours after Mr. Olmert had returned to Israel from the United States, where he attended the Middle East peace conference. The police officials originally intended to make their recommendation public last Sunday, two days before the conference started, but decided to delay the announcement until Mr. Olmert’s return.
One of the continuing investigations focuses on Mr. Olmert’s purchase of an apartment in a historic Jerusalem building in 2004. There is a suspicion that Mr. Olmert received a significant discount in return for helping the development company that was renovating the building to obtain special building permits from city hall. The other investigations focus on Mr. Olmert’s activities when he served as minister of industry and trade."
Just because the courts can't prosecute him doesn't mean he isn't a corrupt slime!
