The Barrett Report: 'Serious Corruption'

Human Events Online ^ | 19 January 2006 | Robert Novak

[Aussie Dasher]

Yet another attempted Clinton cover-up?

[frankjr]

Democrat Culture of Corruption!!!

[NormsRevenge]

Henry Cisneros, an exceptional public figure ?

Bob, he's just another crook and Clintonoid in my book..

get over trying to be 'Fair and Balanced' already..

[mattdono]

Bump for later reading.

[Loud Mime]

This makes me sick. 120 pages of censored information?

So much for accountability from Congress and our nation's leaders.

[MNJohnnie]

About time Bob Novak remember which side he is on. See this yet Rod?

[Ohioan from Florida]

One of many!!

[Lancey Howard]

Gee, this report reads exactly the same way as the New York Times' version of the story.

[T.L.Sink]

YES! SEE THE DRUDGE REPORT -- it seems that another BIG scandal involving both Clintons may be breaking!

[Digger]

For the 45th time the Klintoons escape any prosecution. You know they have the contacts with the REAL people that control the world. Watch out because here comes the Hildabeast.

[HAL9000]

Any member of Congress can read it merely by asking. Any such lawmaker, who believes American taxpayers should see the product of $23 million in expenditures, presumably could then publish the material without fear of legal sanction.

That's the plan.

[darkwing104]

This will go over like a lead balloon...

[COEXERJ145]

I'll take stories you won't hear about in the MSM for $1,000.

[processing please hold]

A little more info would be nice.

[MarkeyD]

I can see the MSM jumping all over it. /sarcasm

[goodnesswins]

"However, the judges have established an exception, or rather 535 exceptions, to the rule that nobody can see what has been redacted. Any member of Congress can read it merely by asking. Any such lawmaker, who believes American taxpayers should see the product of $23 million in expenditures, presumably could then publish the material without fear of legal sanction."

OKAY....time to start calling, faxing and harassing our Congress people.

[pennboricua]

Can't we start a petition? I am sure we can generate enough signatures to make some noise. Send it to the Senate or the house.

[John Lenin]

Yet another attempted Clinton cover-up?

Sure sounds like it. Here is Tony Snow's take on it.

Like most independent counsels, Barrett didn't set out on such a mission. He was assigned the duty of looking into whether former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros committed tax fraud in trying to cover up payments to a former mistress.

Yet, as published reports have indicated, he soon discovered that he was onto something much bigger. He found unsettling evidence that Justice Department officials were actively interfering with the probe and even conducting surveillance of Barrett and his office. Worse, there were indications that Team Clinton was using key players at the IRS and Justice to harass, frighten and threaten people who somehow got in the former president's way.

The pattern was set early on, when the White House sicced the FBI on Billy Dale, who had served as the director of the White House Travel Office since the days of John F. Kennedy. They mounted a baseless probe of Dale's finances, while chasing after his daughter, his sister and others. Dale was guilty of holding a job coveted by presidential pal Harry Thomasson. But rather than simply firing Dale, the Clinton White House chose to destroy him.

By all accounts, the 400-page Barrett report is a bombshell, capable possibly of wiping out Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential prospects. At the very least, it would bring to public attention a scandal that would make the Valerie Plame affair vanish into comical insignificance.

Publish the Barrett report now

[pennboricua]

Tancredo would probably welcome the opportunity.

[Howlin]

Novak is a registered Democrat.