Posted on 03/18/2011 12:58:23 PM PDT by Red Steel
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading House Republican warned the Obama administration on Thursday about demoting a federal worker who complained to her agency's internal watchdog that political appointees were interfering with records requests by journalists and others.
Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said the demotion at the Department of Homeland Security "appeared to be an act of retaliation." The committee is investigating the political reviews of records requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
"Obstructing a congressional investigation is a crime," said Issa, R-Calif.
The department said it had done nothing wrong.
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"Denying or interfering with employees' rights to furnish information to Congress is against the law," Issa wrote in a five-page letter to Napolitano that was obtained by The Associated Press. "Federal officials who retaliate against or otherwise interfere with employees who exercise their right to furnish information to Congress are not entitled to have their salaries paid by taxpayer dollars."
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At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said, "It would seem obvious that the political vetting process at the Department of Homeland Security that was uncovered by AP violates both the president's and the attorney general's orders."
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A senior Justice Department official in charge of Obama's openness policy, Melanie Pustay, told senators Tuesday that "if the statements in the (AP) article are true, it would be very serious, and we would have very serious concerns with that."
(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...
Obastard cares nothing about the law. He knows that whatever he does, he will be protected by a dozen layers of political appointees and the Rats in Congress.
He knows that whatever he does, he will be protected by a dozen layers of political appointees and the Rats in Congress.
When he leaves office everyone involved needs to do time.
Yes, for now. But you can cover up just so much Rat shit before things stink so bad that it is easy to find the source.
Check out the picture of the whistle-magnet whistle-blower at the deseret site and the check out the bio and picture of the lady who replaced her.
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/impactaid/iapdirector.html
It may just be a bit of favors for the ethnically faithful at work...
good stuff
good stuff above
Federal employees willing to trash someone’s life or even, perhaps, start a chain of events that might kill the person—to make a point to the person or some political adversaries? Or because someone might be worried about prior bad acts?
Ppfffffft. They’re public servants, doncha know. They serve their master, and it ain’t the public.
When will impeachment proceedings begin? We have a means to rid ourselves of this lawless illegal alien in the WH.
When will impeachment proceedings begin? We have a means to rid ourselves of this lawless illegal alien in the WH.
67 votes in the Senate are needed.
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