The Barrett Report

[centristo]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/politics/19inquire.html?ei=5065&en=25e2d365821f3ec5&ex=1138338000&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print

Inquiry on Clinton Official Ends With Accusations of Cover-Up
By DAVID JOHNSTON and NEIL A. LEWIS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 - After the longest independent counsel investigation in history, the prosecutor in the case of former Housing Secretary Henry G. Cisneros is finally closing his operation with a scathing report accusing Clinton administration officials of thwarting an inquiry into whether Mr. Cisneros evaded paying income taxes.

The legal inquiry by the prosecutor, David M. Barrett, lasted more than a decade, consumed some $21 million and came to be a symbol of the flawed effort to prosecute high-level corruption through the use of independent prosecutors.

Mr. Barrett began his investigation with the narrower issue of whether Mr. Cisneros lied to the Federal Bureau of Investigation when he was being considered for the cabinet position. He ended his inquiry accusing the Clinton administration of a possible cover-up.

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Mr. Barrett's 746-page report said that the tax and obstruction phase of the inquiry ended without a definitive conclusion, but it declared: "These agencies' treatment of possible charges against Cisneros was at best questionable and at worst represented serious wrongdoing. There seems to be no question that Cisneros was given special consideration and more limited scrutiny because of who he was - an important political appointee."

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Folks, what's wrong with this picture? We spent $21 million and 10 years to investigate tax fraud and obstruction of justice charges? How ridiculous is this? Cisneros seems like a shifty fellow, but damn don't we have other things to worry about? I think this should be looked into, even if its against the Clintons, but damn $21,000,000???!!!! How could it possibly cost that much? How much have we spent investigating the reasons we went to war in Iraq? OH that's right, $0. You stupid, dickless Republicans. Quit wasting my fucking money!!!

[Mr.Green93]

1. What is in the redacted 120 pages?

What's BushCo hiding?

[centristo]

2. i think its more like what are the Clintons hiding

but at this point its hard to tell. This Barrett Report is supposed to be damaging to the Clintons, however after all this waste of taxpayer money I wouldn't be surprised if Barrett wanted his inept investigation redacted.