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Darrell Issa battles Barack Obama's DHS over FOIA requests
politico.com ^ | 2/2/2011 4:34 PM EST | JAKE SHERMAN

Posted on 02/03/2011 1:28:06 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Darrell Issa has picked his first real fight with the Obama administration, accusing the Department of Homeland Security of letting political appointees interfere with freedom of information requests.

Issa is claiming that he has information from an unnamed whistleblower that top DHS officials were involved in restricting information released under FOIA requests. DHS officials say it is extremely rare for anyone outside the FOIA department to be involved to such requests — and when they do, they do not restrict the data that’s being released.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: dha; foia; issa; obama
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Wow! This is bad even for Obama's state run MSM! Read the rest of the article...

Politico is not reporting the facts :::::BIG SHOCKER::: They are giving they're opinion on how it is a witch hunt.

1 posted on 02/03/2011 1:28:15 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

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Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

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2 posted on 02/03/2011 1:33:25 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

This administration is corrupt on a scale like we’ve never seen before. This clown makes Bill Clinton look honest.


3 posted on 02/03/2011 1:33:29 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

...Politico is not even-handed and fair, really? Wow.


4 posted on 02/03/2011 1:33:52 PM PST by pointsal
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

ISSA Bros


5 posted on 02/03/2011 1:36:46 PM PST by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

How many of you know that Border Czar Alan Bersin is Hermann Goering’s secret son?

See any Nazi similarities in policy?

“Naturally the common people don’t want war. But after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it’s always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.”
-— Hermann Goering, Hitler’s Reich Marshall, at the Nuremberg
Trials after World War II.


6 posted on 02/03/2011 1:38:38 PM PST by Valerie de Rothschild
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To: cripplecreek

——Obama ignores Issa deadline for document request.——

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2667072/posts

If it is a subpoena can Obama get away with ignoring it?
Has Issa not subpoened yet but asked kindly and will now subpoena or did he subpoena and Onama ignored it?


7 posted on 02/03/2011 1:43:03 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama:If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun (the REAL Arizona instigator))
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Hey Politico, it's called stonewalling! Even when Democrats do it.
8 posted on 02/03/2011 1:50:58 PM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

We don’t need no stinkn papers !!!


9 posted on 02/03/2011 1:51:05 PM PST by truthbetold11 (truthbetold11)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

So what are ISSA’s options?

He can impeach Obama, but it would take the Democrat controlled Senate to convict.

What’s the process for holding Obama’s underlings in contempt of the House? Is that something that the House can do by itself?


10 posted on 02/03/2011 1:51:47 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN
Holy crap!

It's Bushes Fault!

But instead of asking Napolitano to testify – a tact that would certainly provide the GOP with the Issa versus Obama drama that many in D.C. crave – Issa is going after smaller fish. He has asked Napolitano’s chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, the chief of staff to the general counsel, Callahan and top FOIA officials to speak to the committee behind closed doors on Capitol Hill. DHS aides would not comment on whether those aides would be made available for interviews.

As DHS sought to brush back on Issa’s claim, they’ve taken to a tried-and-true Democratic tactic: blaming the Bush administration.

WAIT Maybe I read it wrong let me go back and read it again! It can't be!

11 posted on 02/03/2011 2:07:01 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama:If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun (the REAL Arizona instigator))
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To: cripplecreek
This administration is corrupt on a scale like we’ve never seen before. This clown makes Bill Clinton look honest. -------------------------------------------------------
12 posted on 02/03/2011 2:11:12 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike (TeaNami)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

I would say they are an arm of Soros run media matters (homo David Brock).


13 posted on 02/03/2011 2:12:13 PM PST by boomop1
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To: boomop1

It’s Bushes fault. See post 11. It is beyond insanity...


14 posted on 02/03/2011 2:14:54 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama:If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun (the REAL Arizona instigator))
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Marked for later....


15 posted on 02/03/2011 2:16:36 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: cripplecreek

He makes Klinton look like a saint.


16 posted on 02/03/2011 2:19:42 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
"As DHS sought to brush back on Issa’s claim, they’ve taken to a tried-and-true Democratic tactic: blaming the Bush administration."

Of course.

17 posted on 02/03/2011 2:24:47 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
But instead of asking Napolitano to testify – a tact that would certainly provide

Journalists, soich a commnad udda english language.

18 posted on 02/03/2011 2:30:35 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: Valerie de Rothschild

Alan Bersin was born Oct 15, 1946, the very day Hermann Goring died.

Weird...


19 posted on 02/03/2011 2:41:29 PM PST by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on...)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

From the comments at the link;

“Makes sense to me too, if I just read Free Republic all all day while Glen Beck played in the background!”


20 posted on 02/03/2011 2:43:16 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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