Bush's offices reportedly refused probe

[sabra]

Source: LA Times

An oversight agency's effort in 2005 to inspect the president's offices over suspected leaks was rebuffed, Rep. Waxman says.

WASHINGTON — A federal watchdog agency planned to inspect the president's executive offices in the White House in 2005 for evidence of suspected leaks of classified information, but it was rebuffed by Bush administration officials, congressional investigators have been told.

The report of the White House's refusal to be inspected comes amid criticism from congressional Democrats of how President Bush signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to submit to independent oversight of their handling of classified information, but did not enforce it for his office or that of Vice President Dick Cheney.

The blocked inspection was described in an April 23 letter to former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card from Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles), who provided a copy of the letter to the Los Angeles Times on Monday.

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On Monday, Perino said she thought the oversight office had "had only a complaint about the vice president's office, not about other places within the executive branch."

But Waxman said the White House in 2005 denied a similar effort by the oversight agency to inspect the executive offices where the president's top advisors work, known as the West Wing. Waxman said investigators from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform were told of the incident by White House security officers.

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[mainer]

1. the consequences? Absolutely nothing.

I think Bush could rape and murder little kids on national TV and he'd still get off scot free. Because no one's paying attention.

[atreides1]

4. Very True

He's getting away with it because his base would prefer a child raping warmonger over any liberal!!!!

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. It's all part of a very orchestrated strategy.

How to control the pivotal points:

(1) Tip the outcome wherever possible.

(2) Engineer a stalemate where you cannot win.

(3) Reopen Debates that your rivals thought were resolved.

And now we can add:

(4) Stall, stall, stall; or, resist at all cost giving your rival ammunition they can shoot you with.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1185098&mesg_id=1185098

[TwilightGardener]

2. Oh, the oversight guys were "rebuffed" in 2005?

Was not aware that federal investigators could simply be told "no", and that would work--what a brilliant strategy! Does this work for everybody? So if the IRS calls me up someday, I'll simply tell the auditor "no". If the police try to pull me over for speeding, I'll just emphatically shake my head and keep going. And I'll get away with it, right?

[PurityOfEssence]

9. No. Sorry, you're a peon. They're the monarchy.

Silly you.

And don't you forget it.

[WHAT]

11. I think of the monarchy as a sponza scheme...

as in spawns of...

[OwnedByFerrets]

3. The first thing I thought when I read the subject line was......

they refused the probe because they would rather Fuck others than get fucked.:puke: FLAVIN!!!

[Pooka Fey]

6. "Rebuffed???" Like the class nerd with a crush on the prom queen?

OMFG

[LiberalFighter]

7. How was Fitzgerald able to do his investigation? Or was he refused too?

[NoodleyAppendage]

8. Hello. It's called a DICTATORSHIP. Bush said as much prior to 2000.

When the Executive Branch has to answer to no one and the VP is an entity into himself, I think we have breached the line and can confidently call the Bush Regime a dictatorship.

I'm waiting for the day that we finally see this TRAITOROUS bunch brought to justice.

J

[Independent_Liberal]

10. Enough talk already!

We want to see some action Dems! Do you have the guts?