Posted on 10/08/2009 12:51:48 PM PDT by jazusamo
When last we left Gerald Walpin, the unfairly fired inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service, he had filed a lawsuit on July 17 protesting his dismissal. He submitted technical amendments to his complaint on July 24, and the government was supposed to respond within 60 days. Seventy-five days later, the government still is stonewalling.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
Government lawyers Tony West, Channing Phillips, Susan Rudy and Kathryn Wyer filed for an extension until Oct. 26, explaining that they were only "recently assigned this case." It's odd, though, that when it suits the White House's political needs, it finds grounds to fire Mr. Walpin immediately, without proper notice, but when it comes to responding to his complaint, it can't manage to move fast enough to meet court rules that are entirely reasonable.
Mr. Walpin was fired shortly after releasing two reports highly critical of close allies of the White House. He was fired without any independent White House investigation of the lame claims against him. Those claims were, first, that he was "disoriented" at a single meeting, and second, that he had the temerity to write an unapproved letter to the editor of a California newspaper to defend, entirely accurately, his investigation of a political ally of President Obama. As fireable offenses go, especially for a quasi-independent official such as an inspector general, his supposed transgressions rank in importance somewhere between piddling and nonexistent.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
They’ve taken his age into account, and plan to stonewall until he dies, and the case with him.
No doubt you’re correct.
Evade, deny, postpone, lie...it’s the Obamanation!
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Someone needs to start a website entitled “Whatever Happened To.... (fill in the blank)”.
That way we will be able to track what has happened to the enormous number of people that this administration will have to “deal with”.
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