And it brushes ever closer to the seat of power:
…In the past 10 days, two major developments have occurred. First, Obama administration attorneys continued their efforts to deny Mr. Walpin his day in court. On Dec. 7, they filed reply briefs rearguing their demand that the case be dismissed without even a hearing. Second, Rep. Darrell Issa of California and Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, both Republicans, have openly questioned the honesty of CNCS Chairman Alan D. Solomont. Most explosively of all, dirty deeds may have been employed to hide extensive involvement in the affair by the office of first lady Michelle Obama, whom the White House months earlier had announced would play “a central role in the national service agenda.”
Mr. Walpin’s suit claims that President Obama did not abide by the requirement in the Inspector General Act that IGs be given 30 days’ notice before being “removed” from office. Mr. Walpin instead was placed on “paid administrative leave” for 30 days. The new administration brief argues that such “leave” does not constitute “removal.”
Mr. Walpin’s suit explained that the entire reason for the 30-day-notice requirement is to ward off political interference with ongoing investigations. The administrative leave that denied him access to all the tools of his job, he contended, effectively “removed” him just as he was following up on two reports extremely critical of close allies of the Obamas or of Mr. Solomont…
Any government official who is arguing that a critic should not even have a day in court is a government official hiding the truth. Period. We can now rest assured that Walpin was, at the least, close to things which would have caused acute embarrassment to the Obama Administration, even if they didn’t rise to criminal behavior. And the longer and harder the Administration fights against the truth coming out, the more likely it is that a genuine crime is being covered up.
It always amazes just how swiftly Democrats start to engage in unethical behavior once they obtain office – like the ill-famed Clinton Administration, it looks as though the Obama Administration was playing fast and loose with the rules from Day One. For now, Obama and Co are safe – with Holder as AG there’s no chance of a criminal investigation and with Democrats firmly in control of the relevant House and Senate committees, there is no chance that Congressional oversight will find anything.
But 2010 is coming, and after that we might have a chance to find the truth…
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