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Defense IG: Obama administration “bureaucrats” trying to silence me about corruption in Afghanistan
Hot Air ^ | 5/9/13 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 05/09/2013 10:50:09 AM PDT by Nachum

In yesterdays hearings on Benghazi, Gregory Hicks told the House Oversight Committee that the State Department warned him about cooperating with investigators and retaliated against him for challenging the bogus talking points about a “spontaneous demonstration.” Mark Thompson further testified to being cut out of the loop after he insisted that FEST should be activated, and Eric Nordstrom dismissed the supposedly independent ARB effort as a whitewash aimed at protecting senior officials in the State Department.

Those aren’t the only complaints coming from career professionals within the Obama administration. Politico reports that the Inspector General for the reconstruction of Afghanistan is now claiming that “bureaucrats” are trying to silence him to keep the reports of corruption in the Karzai government from doing any more damage (h/t Rovin):

The watchdog who tracks the billions of taxpayer dollars spent to rebuild Afghanistan says government officials have tried to silence him because they think he’s embarrassing the White House and Afghan President Hamid Karzai by pointing out the waste and fraud.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; benghazi; bureaucrats; defense; gregoryhicks; ig; karzai; obama
What difference does it make!?
1 posted on 05/09/2013 10:50:09 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

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2 posted on 05/09/2013 10:50:42 AM PDT by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum
What difference does it make!?

It really won't make any difference because nobody in the Obamanation regime will suffer any negative consequences.

3 posted on 05/09/2013 11:01:11 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: Nachum

Oh, so that’s why we’re not out of Afghanistan.....the Democrats are making money there.


4 posted on 05/09/2013 11:01:23 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Nachum
I hope this is a trend...

DHS Whistleblower Says War On Terror Is A Charade – Real Targets Are American Patriots

5 posted on 05/09/2013 11:02:51 AM PDT by GregNH (If you can't fight, please find a good place to hide!)
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