Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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White House Inspector General Stonewalling, Sen. Grassley gets the brush-off - 'When it comes to discussing controversial issues, the Obama administration's idea of dialogue is a curiously one-way affair. According to an Oct. 26 administration court filing, a lawsuit by fired AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin should be dismissed without a trial because the White House already has participated in the "political dialogue" with Congress required by the statute governing IG dismissals. It's odd, then, that the administration continues stonewalling Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, long a champion of independent IGs...Hiding documents from Congress without explanation and canceling meetings between senators and administration appointees is not dialogue or transparency; it's evasiveness. Indeed, throughout this whole controversy, the administration has behaved as if it has something to hide. Mr. Grassley is right to keep the pressure on, and the badly mistreated Mr. Walpin is justified in seeking to air his own complaints in an open court of law.' [No tapas yet for Alan Solomont.]
