The thing about obstruction of justice is that there was and is no judicial action in progres, so no obstruction of justice. Also, there is no evidence that a crime has occurred--none! Only an assumption, in some quarters, that since the girl is missing, therefore she was killed, and therefore the congressman is culpable--The fact that there is no evidence or testimony relating to the crime seems to be regarded as proof, at least by some people, that something terrible happened, since it then is assumed that the reason there is no evidence is that the congressman has amazing powers to order crimes and to totally obliterate evidence--

And so, for lack of evidence, and for need of an explanation, the man becomes a demon, with powers that are almost inconceivable in their reach--

Nixon, after all couldn't conceal Watergate--and that was only a burglarly--Condit had more to worry about, with fewer resources--Where's the body? Where's the blood? Where was the oportunity? Even the idea of a motive is shakey--some people say his motive was that he wanted to get rid of her and some say he did it in a rage because she was leaving him--

The third, less entertaining, possibility, is she wanted to leave and he wanted her to leave, so she left--the good news, she had somewhere to go, and went--This explanation is no less likely than the other, in fact, what little evidence there is, points in this direction--

Of course, murder or not, he seems a fairly despicable character, and, murder or not, Washington is a place that opens its arms to those such as he--