Posted on 01/03/2006 10:08:57 AM PST by redgirlinabluestate
WASHINGTON — Potentially explosive allegations from a 10-year independent counsel investigation may never see the light of day due to an appropriations bill negotiation that has some conservatives crying foul.
The final report of David M. Barrett, independent counsel appointed in 1995 to investigate potential felonies committed by one-time Clinton administration Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, is tentatively scheduled for release on Jan. 19, Barrett told FOXNews.com.
However, Barrett and others say, thanks to an amendment to the November judiciary appropriations bill, key elements in the final report, which was completed in August 2004 and has been sitting with a three-judge panel at the U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. ever since, may be heavily redacted before its release.
"As it currently stands, the report will not be released in its entirety," said Barrett, who didn't want to speculate why or which portions of the report may not be made public. One decade and some millions of taxpayers' dollars later, he said he is disappointed that the report may not reflect his careful and diligent efforts.
"I believe after 10 years and the expense of $22 million, the public has the right to see the entire report and make their own judgments," he said.
As the contents of the report have been sealed, Barrett is unable to offer details, but sources say the most serious of the allegations concerns, in part, the use of the Internal Revenue Service under the Clinton administration to intimidate political foes. The charges in the report could embarrass former members and associates of the Clinton White House, including former first lady and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., say the sources.
"Some people have said it contains some serious allegations, and when people see the report, they can decide for themselves," Barrett said.
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Leak it and then watch the left implode.
Republicans get kicked in the crotch and fight back with spitballs.
A redacted release leaves a lot of nice questions to ask Candidate Hillary...
Take the appropriation as passed and then "accidentally" send the entire report to be printed instead of the cleansed copy.
It's not leaking. It's whistleblowing! ;^)
Only the fabricated ones about Bush. Isn't it amazing how the public "has a right to know" about National secrets, that help the enemy, just as long as they might be used against Bush, yet we don't have the right to know about the most corrupt presidency in the history of our Nation?
Sounds like time for the report to be leaked. Would the NY Times leap at the chance to publish it like they gladly did for the Pentagon Papers?
THIS IS A OUTRAGE! EVERYONE NEEDS TO SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS.
I'm holding my breath, waiting for the ACLU to file a request under FOIA, so this report will see the light of day.
No. They're too busy defending the civil liberties of al Qaeda operatives in the US.
I hope someone leaks it.
There was blowing, but it wasn't a whistle..........
Whatever happened to "the public's right to know", cited to shield the leakers of NSA secrets? The public certainly has a right to know how the Clintons treated "the right to privacy" when it set the IRS on their political enemies. Any Republican that signed off on this bogus "agreement" needs to be driven from office in the next election in which he runs.
Start with Bill O'Reilly, who was audited twice during the Clinton years.
Hasn't Bill O'Reilly complained of IRS abuse against him?
How many years can a report exist
Before it's whitewashed completely?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're outed as commies?
Yes, 'n' how many times can the media turn its head,
Pretending it just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, needs a whistle blowin' in the wind,
The answer needs a whistle blowin' in the wind.
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