Posted on 12/06/2015 6:15:56 AM PST by Libloather
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"This is by far the most aggressive assault on the inspector general concept since the beginning," said Light, and Peace Corps inspector general Kathy Buller said it "runs against transparency."
The new rules come from a dispute within the Justice Department after its former inspector general, Glenn Fine, gave a series of reports on FBI abuses. After that, FBI attorneys said that he could no longer have access to their confidential records.
A Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel opinion, though, said a law passed in 1978 did not mean the inspector general did not have all access in materials used in an investigation, including wiretap data and results from federal grand juries.
The 1978 system was created after Watergate and now includes watchdogs from some 72 federal agencies, reports The Times. They have published thousands of reports on government abuse, and tension has grown between the Obama administration.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
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“The Obama administration is threatening to roll back more than 30 years of policy that has allowed government watchdogs access to records in order to conduct internal investigations, The New York Times reports.
“It’s the complete evisceration of the concept. You might as well fold them down, Paul Light, a New York University professor who has studied the system told the Times. “They’ve become defanged.”
“At least two government investigations have either been slowed or shut down because the White House has withheld records, the Times reports.”
Hillary is doing a rehab tour this morning on This Week.
George is softballing questions and giving her time to put her spin on them.
Benghazi — fog of war and people will understand that. [No account for who came up with the stupid movie excuse. No account for the 4 dead Americans and the lack of any outside military support for them.]
Honesty/trustworthiness — that hurts. I am so nice and so good and everyone who ever voted for me or knows me knows that I am.
Trump says you should be in jail — CACKLE CACKLE CACKLE.
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Gerogie will get a bonus check for all those ‘difficult’ questions this morning.
I wouldn’t trust most democrats any further than I could throw them.
If liberal elites are pushing something it’s thinly veiled thuggery. They can not be trusted.
Same, except I do not trust ANY politician of any stripe.
welcome to the SOVIET UNION.......
he coverd up his personal records and now he wants to coverup his public ones
TRANSPARENT...
What I do is place politicians on a continuum...
For instance I trust George Bush MORE than Hillary... And Cruz more than Bush.. and Trump more than Cruz... (but not by much) and it many ways I trust Carson the most. But I don't trust Carson to do the best job being President... I trust Trump to do the best job... to be the most effective.
I'll bet you do the same... (maybe a different order, but you get the idea. In short - I agree with you, but with caveats.
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