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Senator questions firing of 3 inspectors general
Chicago Trib ^ | 6/18/09 | Tom Hamburger

Posted on 06/18/2009 7:17:18 AM PDT by pissant

WASHINGTON - -- He was appointed with fanfare as the public watchdog over the government's multi-billion dollar bailout of the nation's financial system. But now Neil Barofsky is embroiled in a dispute with the Obama administration that delayed one recent inquiry and sparked questions about his ability to freely investigate.

The disagreement stems from a claim by the Treasury Department that Barofsky is not entirely independent of the agency he is assigned to examine ¿ a claim that has prompted a stern letter from a Republican senator warning that agency officials are encroaching on the integrity of an office created to protect taxpayers.

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, sent the letter Wednesday to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner demanding information about a "dispute over certain Treasury documents" that he said were being "withheld" from Barofsky's office on a "specious claim of attorney-client privilege."

A White House spokesman declined to comment, referring questions to the Treasury Department. Treasury spokesman Andrew Williams said late Wednesday that the agency would read Grassley's letter and respond to the senator before any public comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: americorps; barofsky; bho44; bhofascism; chicagoonthepotomac; corruption; democrats; fascism; fubo; impeach; impeachobama; larrysinclairslover; obama; walpin; walpingate
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To: pissant




Revenge is certian!!!
21 posted on 06/18/2009 7:49:57 AM PDT by mentor2k
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To: Mouton

I don’t think that’s entirely correct. I don’t think the IGs serve at the pleasure of the President.


22 posted on 06/18/2009 7:51:14 AM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
He is arrogant yet in public off teleprompter seems like the cool guy next door.

I think they are both evil, radical marxists.

How can you believe that an "evil, radical marxist" "seems like the cool guy next door"?

Are you a plant?

23 posted on 06/18/2009 7:58:30 AM PDT by MSSC6644 (Defeat Satan. Pray the Rosary)
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To: pissant

He must have been too close to the real corruption going on in the Obama White House. There WILL be more as time goes by.


24 posted on 06/18/2009 8:01:41 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (Give me LIBERTY or give me an M-24A2!)
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To: MSSC6644
He is an evil marxist. VERY EVIL. YET he puts on a good nice guy act at times when off the cuff. He is evily charismatic.
25 posted on 06/18/2009 8:02:24 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: pissant

bookmark.


26 posted on 06/18/2009 8:10:39 AM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: pissant; M. Espinola
Obama is out of control . . . Impeachment is the Only Answer !

And impeachment will open the door to his real Kenyan birth certificate.

27 posted on 06/18/2009 8:13:19 AM PDT by ex-Texan (Ecclesiastes 5:10 - 20)
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To: savedbygrace

I don’t think that’s entirely correct. I don’t think the IGs serve at the pleasure of the President.


You are very right. They are independent.


28 posted on 06/18/2009 8:15:31 AM PDT by Bush Revolution (Exhausted from this Obama mess)
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To: Kansas58

Let us not forget the interference into the Justice Department investigation of the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia and their voter intimidation on election day.

A pattern is emerging here.


29 posted on 06/18/2009 8:16:53 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: NormsRevenge
O, Just fire everyone and rule by decree.

Patience, Grasshopper, he's getting there as fast as he can.

30 posted on 06/18/2009 8:21:59 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: pissant

Hard to believe bump


31 posted on 06/18/2009 8:25:24 AM PDT by woofie
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To: capt. norm

The Best SCOTUS justices justices ever were Burger and Frankfurter. :)


32 posted on 06/18/2009 8:26:24 AM PDT by Unlikely Hero ("Time is a wonderful teacher; unfortunately, it kills all its pupils." --Berlioz)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
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33 posted on 06/18/2009 8:39:25 AM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts (There is no Far Right.. There is only Far Left.)
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To: Kansas58
...Obama uses Michelle as window dressing...

Well, considering how she uses drapes for her dress material, I guess you can see why it works for him.

34 posted on 06/18/2009 8:41:19 AM PDT by theDentist (qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: ex-Texan

I want his college records and BC released. Is that asking too much?


35 posted on 06/18/2009 8:41:42 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: divine_moment_of_facts

throw alinsky in there and you have TOTUS.


36 posted on 06/18/2009 8:42:25 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: theDentist

Haven’t you seen “Gone with the Wind”??
LOL


37 posted on 06/18/2009 8:48:26 AM PDT by Kansas58
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To: pissant
The Obama stonewall persists and will likely succeed.

Nobody in the state run media is questioning what is going on and are barely reporting it. If the GOP persists (they probably won't as few even mention it), they will be tarred and feathered as sore losers. That should shut them up.

It really would help if we had a genuine opposition Party with a spine to speak up for America. As it is, all we have are millions of concerned and angry Americans seething at how we are getting continually ignored and screwed by our masters in Washington.

38 posted on 06/18/2009 8:59:42 AM PDT by Gritty (Obama is a militant proponent of get evenism, misusing the power of the state - David Limbaugh)
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To: pissant

ping


39 posted on 06/18/2009 9:01:26 AM PDT by Ulysse
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To: capt. norm
Gotta' love the reporter's name: Tom Hamburger.

Wow, what a multi-tasker, this guy's a legend here in Los Angeles...


40 posted on 06/18/2009 9:16:06 AM PDT by GalaxieFiveHundred
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