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Why the IRS IG Stopped with an Audit [ex-IG Gerald Walpin]
National Review ^ | 6/14/2013 | Gerald Walpin

Posted on 06/14/2013 11:24:42 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross

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IG Gerald Walpin was fired by 0bama because he did his job.
1 posted on 06/14/2013 11:24:42 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
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To: Servant of the Cross
Related ....

Anatomy of a Coverup (The firing of Gerald Walpin, AmeriCorps' inspector general)

Over the past few years Barack Obama has attempted to starve the beast by refusing to fill vacancies in the ranks of Inspectors General as they have arisen. The White House been routinely chided for years over its negligence. Timothy Smith of the Washington Post reported in May of last year that "there were 10 IG vacancies, including five at cabinet-level agencies. Four of them had been vacant for more than 3 years."

2 posted on 06/14/2013 11:27:00 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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Servant of the Cross ~:” George was particularly careful to limit his answer to the “audit phase.”

It is apparent that George ,himself , CHOSE not to pursue the audit and go into an investigative phase of inquiry.
He valued salary and pension over doing his job !


3 posted on 06/14/2013 11:32:12 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Servant of the Cross

THey stopped when they realize that no one will do anything about the use of FED to stop voter participation.

They know that we are sheep and the weakest generation the nation has yet seen.

I feel we should write a strongly worded email!

Or maybe a call to Rush is in order!

That will teach em!


4 posted on 06/14/2013 11:33:18 AM PDT by NoLibZone (None here can be puzzled by why Jews walked into the cars so quietly- we are walking up the planks.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Are there no options available? Seems BO has absolute immunity for everything. The entire extent of oversight is having a congressional hearing and then nothing.


5 posted on 06/14/2013 11:35:25 AM PDT by DrDude (Governor of the 57th State)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Thanks for posting this, I thought about this guy’s story and wanted to post about him as a reminder of what this admin does to people that speak out but I couldn’t remember his name. Isn’t he the one that they claimed was senile or something like that?


6 posted on 06/14/2013 11:48:12 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Servant of the Cross

The Federal Government is not capable of investigating itself. We need an Amendment that somehow turns this responsibility over to the States.


7 posted on 06/14/2013 11:50:54 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: maggief; holdonnow; penelopesire

Seems like a thousand years ago but I remember this. .very clear thinking guy as I recall.


8 posted on 06/14/2013 11:53:38 AM PDT by SE Mom
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To: Servant of the Cross

The most transparently evil administration in the history of Republic.


9 posted on 06/14/2013 11:54:05 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
We could start by repealing an Amendment - the 17th.
10 posted on 06/14/2013 11:55:56 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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IG Gerald Walpin was fired by 0bama because he did his job.

The "news" media are only interested when a Repub administration fires someone, like when W fired 7 (?) attorneys. Then they go nuts.

11 posted on 06/14/2013 12:04:49 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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State Dept IG vacancy

Feb 14, 2013

Tired of waiting for the Obama administration to act, Republican and Democratic lawmakers recently wrote to the White House and the State Department about the latter’s lack of an inspector general (IG).

It has been five years since the State Department had a permanent IG, leaving the office in the hands of deputy inspector general Harold W. Geisel.

That’s far too long, as far as House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-California) and ranking Democrat Eliot Engel (D-New York) are concerned. They wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to find someone for President Barack Obama to appoint.

Another group of lawmakers wrote to Obama expressing their own concerns about installing a permanent IG, who is needed to assure that the State Department is working to prevent waste, fraud and abuse, they said.

No other agency in the federal government has had an inspector general vacancy as long as the State Department has.

The last State Department IG, Howard Krongard, resigned effective January 15, 2008, after allegations that he had blocked investigations into Iraq-related contract fraud and alleged arms smuggling by Blackwater Worldwide (now Academi).

The vacancy was the subject of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report (pdf) two years ago. The GAO pointed out that relying on U.S. ambassadors to lead inspector general inspections “resulted in, at a minimum, the appearance of independence impairment.”

http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/state-department-has-gone-5-years-without-an-inspector-general-130214?news=847063


12 posted on 06/14/2013 12:08:49 PM PDT by thouworm (Steyn: They let [Stevens] die, and then told lies over his coffin.They did that to one of their own.)
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To: jeffc
The "news" media are only interested when a Repub administration fires someone, like when W fired 7 (?) attorneys. Then they go nuts.

Six, IIRC. And they were fired for not doing their jobs -- failing to take action on vote fraud cases for political, not legal, reasons.

13 posted on 06/14/2013 12:09:03 PM PDT by kevkrom (Obama: less class than Bill Clinton)
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To: Servant of the Cross

I guess protecting Bambi, the uncoordinated and white but wannabe black basketballer, was one of his jobs? Pity he didn’t realize it.


14 posted on 06/14/2013 12:11:14 PM PDT by livius
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Inspector general wants hearing with fair judge (Good piece on entire Walpin illegal firing)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2584060/posts


15 posted on 06/14/2013 12:11:46 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does — POSIWID. The purpose of an Inspector General is not to make sure that everything is on the up-and-up. The purpose of an Inspector General is to protect the interests of the higher-ups.


16 posted on 06/14/2013 12:17:57 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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Don’t forget that Walpin was fired illegally. Obama was required to give 30-days’ notice to Congress of his intention to fire an IG.

Had Obama been held accountable for illegally firing Walpin, we might have prevented his continued, flagrant abuse of power and the law.


17 posted on 06/14/2013 12:27:42 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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I beg to disagree.

...Established by the Inspector General Act of 1978, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) examines all actions of a government agency or military organization. Conducting audits and investigations, either independently or in response to reports of wrongdoing, the OIG ensures that the agency’s operations are in compliance with the law and general established policies of the government. Audits conducted by the OIG are intended to ensure the effectiveness of security procedures, or to discover the possibility of misconduct, waste, fraud, theft, or certain types of criminal activity by individuals or groups related to the agency’s operation. Misuse of agency funds or equipment are often revealed by OIG audits....

18 posted on 06/14/2013 12:29:55 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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so the democratic hypocrites howl when AG gonzales fires a few US attorneys (who serve at his pleasure), yet they have nothing to say when the WH obstructs investigations by inspectors general, who are independent of their agencies?

and the nation thought nixon was corrupt...


19 posted on 06/14/2013 1:28:53 PM PDT by von tirpitz
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Walpin was one of the FIRST OF MANY scandals by THE FOREIGNER.
At that time THE FOREIGNER, being black, couldn’t possibly do anything wrong.


20 posted on 06/14/2013 1:54:55 PM PDT by spawn44 (MOO)
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