Who’s Afraid of the White House Attorneys Connection? “After Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty testified to the Senate Judiciary committee, word leaked that Gonzales was upset by McNultyâs claim that former US Attorney Bud Cummins was not fired for performance reasons. On April 15, Congressional sources tell TIME, Gonzales’ former chief of staff Kyle Sampson told a different story. During a private interview with Judiciary Committee staffers Sampson said three times in as many minutes that Gonzales was angry with McNulty because he had exposed the White House’s involvement in the firings had put it’s role ‘in the public sphere,’ as Sampson phrased it, according to Congressional sources familiar with the interview.” (Time)Federal Watchdogs Facing New Scrutiny “Four of the federal government’s top watchdogs have found themselves under investigation recently, a trend experts call unprecedented and troubling. The men are inspectors general, known in Beltway parlance as “IGs” — special senior political appointees who serve at each federal agency to expose and remedy instances of government waste, fraud and abuse. Instead, they have found themselves facing investigations into allegations including fraud, wasteful spending and abuse of power.” (ABC’s The Blotter)
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