The Uncooperative White House

The Bush Administration does not like to play nice and share their toys. I wonder how many tax payer dollars have been wasted because of this. Maybe the real reason Bush keeps pushing for so many tax cuts is so there won’t be any agencies left to investigate him.

From Report Implicates White House by Carrie Johnson:

In 18 months of searching, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine and Office of Professional Responsibility chief H. Marshall Jarrett have uncovered new e-mail messages hinting at heightened involvement of White House lawyers and political aides in the firings of nine federal prosecutors two years ago.

But they could not probe much deeper because key officials declined to be interviewed and a critical timeline drafted by the White House was so heavily redacted that it was "virtually worthless as an investigative tool," the authorities said.

Read the rest here.

What is the Office of Professional Responsibility? Look here to find out.