EDITORIAL: A Fine exit at Justice--Inspector general shouldn't leave until his work is done

The Washington Times ^ | November 30, 2010 | Editorial

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Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine should finish one major piece of business before his announced retirement next month: the investigation into Justice's Civil Rights Division.

On Sept. 12, Mr. Fine announced that while he's precluded by law from investigating a "specific piece of litigation" such as the Black Panther voter-intimidation case, "we do have the authority to conduct [a] broader program review ... regarding the Civil Rights Division's enforcement of voting rights laws." Mr. Fine vowed to review "whether the Voting Section has enforced the civil rights laws in a non-discriminatory manner." Substantial testimony, backed by a record of official inaction on whole classes of cases, indicates the Justice Department under Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has refused cases for racial or political reasons.

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The law requires depoliticized, race-neutral justice. Mr. Fine should delay retirement until he can show whether or not that is what America is getting from Mr. Holder's Justice Department.

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If Inspector General Glenn Fine doesn't finish the investigation he said he'd do it shows Obama, Holder or their flunkies got to him.