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Obama has fired 2 IGs in 2 weeks, leashed another
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Obama has fired 2 IGs in 2 weeks, leashed another posted at 8:47 am on June 18, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly The firing of Gerald Walpin as Inspector General was not an isolated incident, as the Chicago Tribune reports today. Two more IGs have been dismissed in the past two weeks, and Senator Charles Grassley has started demanding answers. The sudden push to rid the government of independent watchdogs appears to coincide with Barack Obama’s plans to use government spending to get control over more aspects of American life, such as with stimulus spending, the financial sector, and volunteer organizations ...
Three IGs fired?
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Three cases where the White House may have interfered with Inspectors General:
Not Just Walpin - 3 IG Firings Being Questioned
This is interesting. I looked around and perhaps I missed it on another blog, but the Chicago Tribune reports that it isn’t just Walpin’s firing over which Senator Grassley wants some answers. He’s worried about a pattern, as no fewer than three IG’s have recently been fired, all while investigating so-called sensitive issues.
We know about Walpin: Ed posts,
We’ve already covered the case of Gerald Walpin, whose work brought him into conflict with ...
