BARRETT REPORT RELEASED

OIC David Barrett ^ | January 18, 2006 | David Barrett

[mondonico]

Here it is:

Final Report

[R. Scott]

I did like reading the discrepancies with Cisneros’s reported income. I’ll get to the obstruction part later.

[Carry_Okie]

Members of Congress are entitled to see the entire report.

And can do with the info what they wish.

I say we demand to know what's in the entire report.

There are 535 members of Congress. There has to be one honest critter up there.

I would assume Ron Paul is on that list. He is certainly unlikely to be beholden to anybody, so if he has access to a pdf version of the unredacted report, one would think it should be posted very soon.

Are you with us Dr. Paul?

[mondonico]

"Thanks - I'm on page 423 and the redactions are showing up in almost every line. Many of them relate to cited documents, and depositions.
I'm starting to get the feeling that in addition to protecting the Clintons, the reason for dems wanting to hide this from us is bacause it is an alarming indictment of the IRS. Thus, fanning the flames of Tax Reform Now!"

Thanks. Looks like we'll have to get congress to release the redacted portions.

[mewzilla]

The real question is, if the redacted version is so harmless, why the call from the court to Barrett last night quashing the report? Only to do a 180 this morning. I'm assuming only the 1rst Circuit could reverse itself?

[edcoil]

Our congressman don't read 100 pages pieces of legislation that they vote for a pass laws on - they are not going to read a 400 page report of political corruption.

It is up to the people to force this issue.

[Carry_Okie]

I've called Ron Paul's office about this. The young lady told me that she does not know if he plans to release the report.

[John Lenin]

It is my hope that people will read the entire Report and draw their own conclusions.

Why bother if 1/4 of the report is left out ? What a joke.

[NormsRevenge]

Heavily Redacted BARRETT REPORT RELEASED

There. :-)

[mondonico]

"Why bother if 1/4 of the report is left out ? What a joke."

There's a lot of good stuff in there.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The second part of our investigation was directed at the serious and unsettling possibility that certain high-ranking officials of the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service had improperly attempted to shield Cisneros from independent counsel scrutiny for tax offenses. This Office was not alone in perceiving these potential problems; numerous dedicated officials within those agencies raised alerts, largely unheeded, about possible failures to pursue meritorious claims involving Cisneros. If nothing else, this portion of the story emphasizes the need to guarantee both the appearance and the reality that everyone, regardless of their status, is treated the same by their government when it comes to matters of criminal conduct. There are no parts of our government that touch more closely the individual citizens than the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice, and the integrity and the reputation for integrity of both are critical to the operation of our government.

The story told in this Report about this latter phase of the investigation is incomplete. The Department of Justice and the individuals under scrutiny resisted our efforts to investigate, and the Independent Counsel Act lapsed under its sunset provisions, leaving our Office in operation but with an escalating need to complete its business. In the end, we saw that it was necessary to cease investigative operations before we had pursued the matter to its conclusion. In other words, we were only partially successful in pursuing the goals of the Office in this phase of our work. Although we are not able to say with certainty whether any criminal laws were broken, it is clear, I think, that there was questionable activity – as well as inactivity – by a number of government officials.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

BARRETT REPORT RELEASED!

Report follows:

[John Lenin]

Just checked Yahoo and Excite home pages. Not a single headline on the release of this report from any of the big news orgs.

Nothing to see here, move along ....

[mewzilla]

The young lady told me that she does not know if he plans to release the report.

Snort.

[AD from SpringBay]

After a thorough reading of the Report it would not be unreasonable to conclude as I have that there was a coverup at high levels of our government and, it appears to have been substantial and coordinated.

If this were said about a Republican administration they would be rolling out the chopping block. It will be interesting to see how this doesn't play in the MSM.

[mondonico]

"Just checked Yahoo and Excite home pages. Not a single headline on the release of this report from any of the big news orgs.

Nothing to see here, move along ...."


Maybe the conservative blogs will raise its profile. I've pinged instapundit and michelle malkin.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Yes! good thinking

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The Department of Justice and the individuals under scrutiny resisted our efforts to investigate

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

At least hardly any of us expected a "Fitzmas present" with the release.

If we were Democrats, we could make up what's in there.

[saveliberty]

It may be redacted but this Cisneros thing is unbelievable. I am still in the first hundred pages.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"Our congressman don't read 100 pages pieces of legislation that they vote for a pass laws on - they are not going to read a 400 page report of political corruption."

You'd be surprised how much Rep Dana Rohrabacher read.