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Barrett Report
email | 12/13/05 | Evans-Novak Political Report

Posted on 12/13/2005 4:06:32 PM PST by lancer

Democrats have their own scandal brewing at the moment, but they are doing much better in covering it up than their Republican counterparts. At issue is the report by David Barrett, the last remaining U.S. independent counsel. Over ten years, Barrett has spent $21 million on the investigation of former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros, who lied to FBI investigators about hush money paid to an ex-mistress.

The reason the report and the investigation have taken so long is that allies to Cisneros and the legal team of former President Bill Clinton at the powerhouse Washington law firm of Williams and Connolly have fought its progress in court at every step. Meanwhile, Clinton-sympathetic judges have sealed everything concerned with the case, including Barrett's report.

The report contains shocking allegations of high-level corruption in the Internal Revenue Service and Justice Department under Clinton, which Barrett found as Clinton aides monitored his investigation and sought to derail it in order to cover up the Cisneros matter. A regional IRS official had formulated a new rule enabling him to transfer an investigation of Cisneros to Washington to be buried by the Justice Department. Barrett's investigators found Lee Radek, head of Justice's public integrity division, determined to protect President Bill Clinton.

A recently passed appropriations bill, intended to permit release of this report, was altered by Democrats behind closed doors to ensure that its politically combustible elements never see the light of day. Democrats succeeded in inserting instructions into the bill's conference report that are very broad and will allow judges to continue suppressing the report. Three of the toughest Democrats in Congress -- Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. Byron Dorgan and Rep. Henry Waxman -- have been behind the effort to suppress, and they have done it effectively. The final language authorized the judges "to protect the rights of any individual named" in the report. With two out of three judges on a three-judge panel inclined to the Democrats, that means hardly anything out of Barrett's allegations will remain in the report made public. The bill was passed by Congress Nov. 18 and signed into law Nov. 30.

The only hope for the public seeing the report lies with Senate Finance Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), who may still try to force its release. Grassley would love to see a thorough investigation of the tax agency. Otherwise, Republican Congressional sources expect Section B of the report, dealing with the allegations of IRS-Justice corruption, to be eliminated in its entirety. The rest of the report will be so heavily redacted to obey the new Congressional language that it will be of scant interest to either ordinary citizen or legislator.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; 2005; 200512; billclinton; byrondorgan; carllevin; charlesgrassley; cisneros; corruption; davidbarrett; dorgan; henrycisneros; henrywaxman; irs; justicedept; leeradek; waxman
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OK, Freepers, do what ya gotta do to get this report out! Call, write, email your senators and push for the Barrett Report to get out to the public!
1 posted on 12/13/2005 4:06:33 PM PST by lancer
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To: lancer

I'm afraid Senators Kennedy and Kerry appear disinclined to respond favorably to my e-mails.

(They don't take my calls either.)


2 posted on 12/13/2005 4:11:51 PM PST by Maceman (Fake but accurate -- and now double-sourced)
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To: lancer

---and where (obviously) do our gutless Republidum congresscritters and our vetoless President stand on this--???


3 posted on 12/13/2005 4:12:01 PM PST by rellimpank (Don't believe anything about firearms or explosives stated by the mass media---NRABenefactor)
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To: lancer
Maybe first , someone should alert the Republicans on the hill. What dopes , letting something like this go by. Lets hope its mere incompetency and not more new tone crap.
4 posted on 12/13/2005 4:12:33 PM PST by fantom
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To: Maceman

My sincere condolences. I have to deal with Biden and Carper...so I don't deal...


5 posted on 12/13/2005 4:14:06 PM PST by lancer (If you are not with us, you are against us!)
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To: lancer

Last I heard, congress was controlled by the GOP. What have they been doing about this? (That's a rhetorical question. I know the answer)


6 posted on 12/13/2005 4:14:31 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: rellimpank

Call them and ask them.


7 posted on 12/13/2005 4:14:59 PM PST by lancer (If you are not with us, you are against us!)
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later read


8 posted on 12/13/2005 4:15:59 PM PST by Mo1 (Message to Democrats .... We do not surrender and run from a fight !!)
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To: lancer

If Republicans tried to do this it would be on the front page of the NY Times and Wash. Post. CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC and MSNBC would lead with this on every broadcast demanding that the public has a right to know.


9 posted on 12/13/2005 4:16:29 PM PST by hags
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To: fantom

Stay tuned for a glaring expose of this cover up by the Democrats due out by the Washington Post, New York Times, etc. by their crack investigative reporters who won't take no for an answer and will work unceasingly to uncover this entire story. It is sure to dominate the entire press cycle from now into the early summer.(sarc)


10 posted on 12/13/2005 4:18:11 PM PST by headstamp
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To: lancer

The bill was passed by Congress Nov. 18 and signed into law Nov. 30.

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Uh,, who signed it into law?


11 posted on 12/13/2005 4:24:59 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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I wonder if Drudge has a heads up on this, maybe he could help.
12 posted on 12/13/2005 4:27:17 PM PST by rodguy911 (Support Able Danger and Lt.Col Shaffer,Condi Rice/VP in 08--)
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"signed into law Nov. 30"

Signed by Bush?

I'm shocked, simply shocked.

Built any walls or Fences along the southern border lately, W?

13 posted on 12/13/2005 4:28:01 PM PST by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Looks like we need one of those leakers at Justice to get "the rest of the story" to the Washington Times...?

Would be nice to think that someone is working on that angle as we speak...


14 posted on 12/13/2005 4:29:03 PM PST by lancer (If you are not with us, you are against us!)
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I've got you both beat: Feinstein and Boxer, and my rep is another female Dem.


15 posted on 12/13/2005 4:29:45 PM PST by p. henry
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To: lancer

Didn't Tony Snow talk about this on his radio show? Seems I heard him mention it but had to go away from the radio before his got to it.


16 posted on 12/13/2005 4:31:24 PM PST by TruthWillWin
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Tony has been on it for a while.

Apparently, the length of the investigation is due to Clintinoid litigation over everthing with literally hundreds of motions and/or appeals during Barrett's efforts. The 'rats' last gasp was trying to cut off funding in the Senate. That was beat back. I am really anxious to see what it says. Think: "Culture of Corruption". Hehehehehe....

17 posted on 12/13/2005 4:39:13 PM PST by eureka! (Hey Lefties and 'Rats: Over 3 more years of W. Hehehehe....)
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To: eureka!
What pisses me off is that this is far bigger than Rove/Scooter yet it remains buried unless we keep it alive, typical msm BS.
18 posted on 12/13/2005 4:43:38 PM PST by rodguy911 (Support Able Danger and Lt.Col Shaffer,Condi Rice/VP in 08--)
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To: NormsRevenge

A recently passed appropriations bill, ..that may explain why it was signed....


19 posted on 12/13/2005 4:49:20 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: rodguy911

Re#18 Yep. But for talk radio and the 'net, we wouldn't even know it was out there. Here's hoping it gets out and the MSM and 'rats can't totally bury it...


20 posted on 12/13/2005 4:53:43 PM PST by eureka! (Hey Lefties and 'Rats: Over 3 more years of W. Hehehehe....)
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