Full Report on Clinton Years Is Sought by GOP Senators

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[Sub-Driver]

Full Report on Clinton Years Is Sought by GOP Senators

BY BRIAN McGUIRE - Staff Reporter of the Sun January 20, 2006 URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/26218

WASHINGTON - Republican senators are puzzling over how to ensure full release of a long-awaited independent counsel's report that alleges obstruction at the highest levels of the Clinton administration but which omits by court order a large narrative chunk that some conservatives think could be damaging to the former first lady, Senator Clinton.

The New York Sun reported exclusively on Monday that a 10-year probe by independent counsel David Barrett into allegations of tax fraud by a former housing secretary under President Clinton, Henry Cisneros, would culminate in a report alleging a coordinated effort to obstruct the investigation by Clinton administration officials who were looking to protect Mr. Cisneros.

Mr. Barrett's final report, which was released yesterday, confirmed that the second half of the investigation was complicated by a former chief of the public integrity section of the Department of Justice, Lee Radek, and a former assistant chief counsel for criminal tax matters at the IRS, Barry Finkelstein. It also implicated a former attorney general, Janet Reno.

"After a thorough reading of the report, it would not be unreasonable to conclude, as I have, that there was a cover-up at high levels of our government, and it appears to have been substantial and coordinated," Mr. Barrett's office said in a statement issued with the report.

Democrats have cast the $21 million investigation as a waste of time and funds, citing it as the best evidence yet that the independent counsel statute that expired seven years ago squandered taxpayer money. And Messrs. Radek and Finkelstein hotly reject the claims against them in an appendix to the report.

[Just mythoughts]

Senator Frist is not seeking reelection as a Senator, and if anybody in the Senate could get a look see it would be him.

Further if Feingold, Kerry, Biden, etc., are seriously contemplating a run for prez they would have the greatest motivation to make sure the primary colors of hillry gets a look see.

[saveliberty]

Ping a ling, Snowflakes!

Here's a little reading before today's show. Tony will speak with Senator Grassley about what he plans to do about releasing the entire the Barrett Report.

[rdb3]

Tony will speak with Senator Grassley about what he plans to do about releasing the entire the Barrett Report.

Good! I'll be listening.

This is a ch__ch. What's missing?

[maggief]

Good morning!

No doubt Tony Snow will delve into this:

The Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Grassley, of Iowa, inserted language into a Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill in October that would have resulted in full disclosure of the report, but that language was diluted in committee by House of Representatives staff, a source familiar with the investigation said.

Mr. Grassley is now poised to make another attempt at inserting the request into another bill when the full Congress returns to session at the end of the month.

"As we continue digging into the details of the report, I'll know just how significant the redactions are and will be able to determine how to proceed in the coming months," Mr. Grassley said yesterday in a statement.

[saveliberty]

 

Sacrés chats!  What is wrong with the House?

[1FASTGLOCK45]

" "The American taxpayers have paid an enormous sum to get this report, and the American taxpayers expect to read it."

---I got my steak sauce out. Maybe we'll have a field day with the Clintons if the report is like a juicy steak =)
If i was in the position to toss some stones into their "political glass house " i would.

[maggief]

Post #5 gives more insight to language added, (and diluted), to bills.

Cross reference:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1561002/posts?page=159#159

To: mewzilla

"Initially, the panel of three judges that oversees the lingering issues involving the independent counsel law agreed in October to the public release of Mr. Barrett's report but said the section with accusations about Clinton officials must be deleted.

But after Congressional Republicans attached a rider to a Department of Housing and Urban Development spending bill requiring publication of the full report, the judicial panel in November ordered a full disclosure."

25 posted on 01/19/2006 11:59:25 AM CST by maggief



To: mewzilla

http://appropriations.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=529&Month=11&Year=2005

* Requires the Cisneros Independent Counsel to issue a report 90 days after enactment of the bill.


http://appropriations.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutTheCommittee.MemberList&SubcommitteeId=18

38 posted on 01/19/2006 12:41:53 PM CST by maggief


To: maggief
Thanks! Good info!

And check this out. From this May 3, 2005 link: (http://appropriations.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=468&Month=5&Year=2005 )

n Independent Counsel—Drops extraneous language related to Independent Counsel’s investigation of former Secretary Henry Cisneros.

Wonder what that was all about?
39 posted on 01/19/2006 12:45:15 PM CST by mewzilla


To: mewzilla

Added by the Senate???

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:fe0iCoM3J0gJ:www.house.gov/pence/rsc/doc/FY05%2520Iraq-Tsunami%2520Supplemental%25202.pdf+extraneous+language+Independent+Counsel%E2%80%94+Henry+Cisneros.&hl=en&client=firefox-a

Independent Counsel
The bill drops extraneous language added by the Senate related to
Independent Counsel s investigation of former Secretary Henry Cisneros

40 posted on 01/19/2006 12:55:01 PM CST by maggief

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1560740/posts

159 posted on 01/19/2006 1:39:45 PM CST by maggief

[dinasour]

May I be on your ping list.

Seems you are building a blizzard.

[conservativecorner]

"After a thorough reading of the report, it would not be unreasonable to conclude, as I have, that there was a cover-up at high levels of our government, and it appears to have been substantial and coordinated," Mr. Barrett's office said in a statement issued with the report."

More Clinton slime BUMP!

[saveliberty]

LOL! Absolutely, fellow Snowflake! Expect a ping just before the Tony Snow Show at 9am eastern.

Welcome! :-)

[yoe]

Unlike Patrick Fitzgerald who has been chasing a non-crime for several years, the Barrett Report reveals real crime in government, covered up by Janet Reno and clever lawyers, one who now says:

It is clearer than ever today that this report wasted $21 million in taxpayer funds and 10 years of digging, and today produced no results," Mr. Carson said. "And Mr. Barrett's feeble allegations of a cover-up are laughable given that the Bush Administration has been in charge during the majority of this investigation. It really is clear that he is only grasping for excuses to justify his expenses and fruitless witch hunt."

I would like to see those "feeble" allegations, especially the 120 pages the Clinton judicary felt too dangerous to release - Cisneros and gang were not about National Security, they are about real crime in government. Let the people decide - release that report!

[AD from SpringBay]

Kerry: I for one would like to read the entire Barrett Report, as would my constituents. No administration is above the law and the American people are tired of the partisan nature of Washington. I demand full disclosure.

Dream a little dream with m e.

[mikeybaby]

Republican legislators, confronted with the Barrett report, are puzzling over how to construct a plan to start negotitations to begin discussions of how to start hearings on how to discover a spine.
"We think retreat is a viable option", commented an unnamed Republican staffer.
Geesh.

[RoadTest]

I'll say it again. The Clintons, both Ahab and Jezebel, are untouchable. Name one intance of their foul and evil administration publicly and it quickly gets swept under the rug, shredded, or otherwise made to diasappear by somebody.

[Thermalseeker]

I would like to see those "feeble" allegations, especially the 120 pages the Clinton judicary felt too dangerous to release -

Well, if they are so "feeble", then why not release them? While you're at it, release the JFK assasination files too. I, for one, am just about sick of being treated like a 5 year old, being told what I can and what I can't after my tax dollars paid for the investigation!

[Just mythoughts]

It would truly be an interesting question for any Congressperson on a Sunday morn.

[LegendHasIt]

Well, next time I get a request for a donation from a Senator or Congressperson, I know what I'm going to send them:

I think a similar thing helped a lot to get them concerned about illegal alien invaders, (the Nada Peso 'bills' from SacredCowBurgers.com) no reason why it won't help with this.

[Dewy]

WOW, and all this happened under the culture of HONESTY!!!

[saveliberty]

You may want to check out PoliPundit as Jayson regularly posts unreported achievements of the Immigration service. I don't have an entire list handy, I recall when I first started reading his posts there were tens of thousands captured and deported in the first one I'd read.

Here's what Jayson posted last night:

Border Control

 

Speaking of censored items, here are various gems which had little to zero chances of receiving headline treatments from the national media:

“ICE Removes More Than 2,000 Illegal Aliens From the South Texas Region During December“

[ICE] announced today that the [San Antonio] office . . . deported 2445 non-criminal aliens during the month of December under the new Secure Border Initiative (SBI).

Excellent. Especially for only one month’s work merely in one region.

Hopefully, the denizens of that rabble finally will get the message and stay the heck out.

* * *

“11 Illegal Aliens Arrested Working at Texas Military Base“

Read the whole thing.

* * *

“Career Criminal Alien Sentenced to 115 Months in Prison“

A career criminal alien from Mexico was sentenced [in Detroit] . . . to 115 months in federal prison and deportation [following his sentence] for manufacturing fraudulent documents and re-entering the U.S. after having been previously deported.

May his stay behind bars be fraught with extreme amounts of pain.

* * *

“More than 60 day laborers arrested during raid in League City [Texas]“

* * * -- Jayson

Posted at 12:52 am Link to this post | Comments (2)

[jmaroneps37]

This is too hot not to get out. It will. The question is will it hurt the beast and clinocchio?

[LegendHasIt]

Cool,...
Thanks!

[ken5050]

I thought I read somewheres that ANY member of Congress could release it..is this wrong?

[saveliberty]

You're welcome!

[saveliberty]

I had thought the same thing - that they could read it into the record.

Maybe the issue is that other members can redact it so that the net effect is that it's still not public?

I am hoping that Senator Grassley can shed some light on it today when he will be on Tony's show.

[not2worry]

I'm going to go for Joe Liberman stepping up to the line.

[gov_bean_ counter]

BTW, this is a redacted version of an already watered down report. I think the 26th draft was finally approved by attorneys of Hillary's friend at the IRS.

[gridlock]

Simple three-step procedure:

Step 1: Demand un-redacted report
Step 2: Receive un-redacted report
Step 3: Release un-redacted report

It ain't rocket science, guys!

[b4its2late]

Democrats have cast the $21 million investigation as a waste of time and funds

Which, IMHO, can only mean there IS something there......

[Fresh Wind]

Mr. Grassley is now poised to make another attempt at inserting the request into another bill when the full Congress returns to session at the end of the month.

Why do those wimps feel they have to hide this in some unrelated legislation? Introduce this as a separate bill, in the House and Senate, and put it up for a vote. Then, watch with amusement as the Democrats argue against it and, hopefully, start a filibuster.

[saveliberty]

There probably is, but the fact that some R's continue to clamp down on it in the House makes me wonder who else is implicated.

[b4its2late]

Let 'em all go down in flames. Time to clean house anyway.

[FOXFANVOX]

Two things never change.

1- Clinton scandals still abound even until today.

2- The Clinton attack dogs try to kill the messenger and say there is no evidence of wrong doing. Of course they work very, very hard at making sure that the "no evidence" is not released!

The Nazi "Big Lie" was never more evident than in the efforts on the part of ex-Clinton administration sycophants to accuse the current administration of being a "culture of corruption". [I exclude Congress from my defense as both parties have less than a stellar ethical record.]

[saveliberty]

It is time to clean House. And Senate

[saveliberty]

Great points. I have heard/read a number of rants (LOL! by trolls of course) that allege that the Clinton administration was so moral and legal and it all falls apart when you start making the list.

I think that we can't even begin to know just how low they actually go....When you look at the list, it's just too awful to be credible. Which is what the Clintons trade on.

Our good fortune is that they are very sloppy, thin skinned, intolerant and humor impaired and these are more successful avenues to pursue to get them out of the political system.

[F16Fighter]

Republican senators are puzzling over how to ensure full release of a long-awaited independent counsel's report that alleges obstruction at the highest levels of the Clinton administration but which omits by court order a large narrative chunk that some conservatives think could be damaging to the former first lady, Senator Clinton.

By whose "court order"??

And let's re-open the Vince Foster File AND Waco Files while we're at it.

The GOP and Bush DoJ has the means and reason for exposing the "highest levels" of the Clinton Admistration for obstructing justice on a regular basis...

It would be like shooting goldfish in a bowl, but will they??

Let's put it THIS way: Do we all recall 'Operation Ambassador' starring GH Bush and Bill Clinton??

[CBart95]

It's high time.

The high-handed contemptous suppression of unbelievable misdeeds will not be forgotten.

Bill and his arrogant spouse are criminals with a current agenda that must be reveled and stopped cold.

Time is nigh.

[Just mythoughts]

I doubt we will know the who if and when it gets leaked. I expect it will show up kinda like Rockefeller's memo did to Hannity.

Hannity told us we would be shocked to know who leaked it to him and to my knowledge he has never outed his whistle-blower.

[b4its2late]

Yep. I figure whomever is involved in shady stuff should be held responsible for it.

[F16Fighter]

"Bill and his arrogant spouse are criminals with a current agenda that must be reveled and stopped cold.

Time is nigh."

Should have been done already, but there is this pesky feeling -- something about a "conspiracy" involving EVERYONE (use your imagination.)

If the Clintons haven't been exposed by now, it ain't happening.

[harpu]

thanks...for the lead

[saveliberty]

I agree

[kalee]

self ping for later reading

[Mo1]

Gee .. what was it the Dems have been yapping about ... Full Disclosure???

[Unicorn]

BTTT

[trebb]

Wouldn't it be a sweet scenario to have the Hildebeast doing her best to distance herself from what she has been touting as the greatest Administration this country has ever had? I would actually pay movie theater prices, and not sneak in my own candy, in order to see an aggregate of all her attempts to wipe the crap off her feet as she tries to run for the Office.

Having the full report released to the Public would make my year.

[Just mythoughts]

"Having the full report released to the Public would make my year."


Would be a cause for celebration.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[saveliberty]

You're welcome Alamo- Girl!

[LegendHasIt]

You are welcome. :-)

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Go to my FR profile for a link to the file if you (all) want to download it.