Darrell Issa wants inspectors general to loop in Congress on big investigations

Kiss my ass

What a useless douche.

They'll inform Congress if its in the law that sets them up. THEY do their jobs, whether you do yours or not.

GOP REPORT FINDS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN WHITE HOUSE AND ‘FAST AND FURIOUS’ | Despite insistence from GOP leadership that the White House was behind the so-called “Fast and Furious” gunwalking program, a report from House Republicans released Tuesday names five officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms as culprits in the misguided effort. All five were reassigned before the release of the report — the first of three. The indictments in the report contradict House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) insistence that the President invoked executive privilege over the Justice Department’s information on ongoing investigations to protect his personal interests. The indication, however, is that the upcoming reports will try to tie the President to the program. It will “address the unprecedented obstruction of the investigation by the highest levels of the Justice Department, including the attorney general himself,” according to the Republicans who wrote the report.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/07/31/614491/fast-furious-report-white-house/

...the applicable statute, The Inspector General Act of 1978 (as amended) is quite clear. Section 3A reads in part: "Each Inspector General shall report to and be under the general supervision of the head of the establishment involved or, to the extent such authority is delegated, the officer next in rank below such head, but shall not report to, or be subject to supervision by, any other officer of such establishment."

Let's look at the relevant line again, shall we? ...shall not report to, or be subject to supervision by, any other officer...

Issa's intent is clear. His witch hunts aren't generating the kind of dirt he wants, so now he's attempting to interject himself into ongoing IG investigations. The whole idea behind the IGs is that they operate without political or supervisory interference.

Go fuck yourself, Darrell...

. . . so he can get a heads up and save his sorry, crooked ass.

he's a repuke whore

These self-important crusaders who think they're going to turn the world
upside their way. It's personality - narcissistic, histrionic - dominance, and
religious zealotry too. The kind of people you just want to RUN away from.
Heaven help you if you have a family member or boss like this.

The Republicans, who have problems with critical thinking, can't find one on their own. That is compounded by the fact that this President ain't a fucking criminal, unlike the last guy.

They stupidly threw their chips behind the gun-running scandal, too, which is going to blow up in their faces when it is revealed that the perpetrators were in regular contact with Republicans, but not the federal government.

But the House of Representatives' oversight role is weak. President Bush showed everyone how a House investigative committee could be literally sneered at and ignored, without reprisal.

So good luck, Issa. One of our boys will be by soon to feed you another fake scandal that hurts you more than us. Because when the fox actually tries to guard the henhouse, the fur-hunters have a target.

If the shtf, this guys house should be the first one looted.