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  • Senator asks about firings of watchdogs

    06/18/2009 7:58:37 PM PDT · by Sons of Union Vets · 13 replies · 805+ views
    Chicago Tribune ^ | June 18, 2009 | Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten
    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...