Revenge is certian!!!
Posted on 06/18/2009 7:17:18 AM PDT by pissant
WASHINGTON - -- He was appointed with fanfare as the public watchdog over the government's multi-billion dollar bailout of the nation's financial system. But now Neil Barofsky is embroiled in a dispute with the Obama administration that delayed one recent inquiry and sparked questions about his ability to freely investigate.
The disagreement stems from a claim by the Treasury Department that Barofsky is not entirely independent of the agency he is assigned to examine ¿ a claim that has prompted a stern letter from a Republican senator warning that agency officials are encroaching on the integrity of an office created to protect taxpayers.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, sent the letter Wednesday to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner demanding information about a "dispute over certain Treasury documents" that he said were being "withheld" from Barofsky's office on a "specious claim of attorney-client privilege."
A White House spokesman declined to comment, referring questions to the Treasury Department. Treasury spokesman Andrew Williams said late Wednesday that the agency would read Grassley's letter and respond to the senator before any public comment.
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I don’t think that’s entirely correct. I don’t think the IGs serve at the pleasure of the President.
I think they are both evil, radical marxists.
How can you believe that an "evil, radical marxist" "seems like the cool guy next door"?
Are you a plant?
He must have been too close to the real corruption going on in the Obama White House. There WILL be more as time goes by.
bookmark.
And impeachment will open the door to his real Kenyan birth certificate.
I don’t think that’s entirely correct. I don’t think the IGs serve at the pleasure of the President.
You are very right. They are independent.
Let us not forget the interference into the Justice Department investigation of the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia and their voter intimidation on election day.
A pattern is emerging here.
Patience, Grasshopper, he's getting there as fast as he can.
Hard to believe bump
The Best SCOTUS justices justices ever were Burger and Frankfurter. :)
Well, considering how she uses drapes for her dress material, I guess you can see why it works for him.
I want his college records and BC released. Is that asking too much?
throw alinsky in there and you have TOTUS.
Haven’t you seen “Gone with the Wind”??
LOL
Nobody in the state run media is questioning what is going on and are barely reporting it. If the GOP persists (they probably won't as few even mention it), they will be tarred and feathered as sore losers. That should shut them up.
It really would help if we had a genuine opposition Party with a spine to speak up for America. As it is, all we have are millions of concerned and angry Americans seething at how we are getting continually ignored and screwed by our masters in Washington.
ping
Wow, what a multi-tasker, this guy's a legend here in Los Angeles...
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