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RW>> Oh, it isn't bad news, per se'...it's interesting because O'bama needs
RW>> the permission of Congress to fire any IG...they're protected from such
RW>> political manuevers in order to keep them from being intimidated. O'bama
RW>> must give Congress a 'good' reason for wanting to fire him and Congress
RW>> decides on whether or not the IG will be let go or not.

 RN> The way I understand the tiny portions I've read is that BO
 RN> must give Congress 30 days notice before doing something
 RN> like that.

 You are correct. And Obama satisfied that requirement by
 suspending Walpin, with pay, for the 30 days the notice
 requires.

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RW>> election funds, etc.. O'bama got into it because that major is a friend
RW>> of his, a former NBA star, Kevin Johnson. Since the IG is white, it'll
RW>> probably come out as racist. BTW, Walpin is a former US Attorney who has
RW>> prosecuted a lot of cases such as this.

 RN> That figures.

 Of course the fact that the bipartisan board that overseas
 Americorps unanimously requested Walpin be replaced, and the US
 Attorney involved in the investigation, a Bush appointee, filed
 a complaint that Walpin interfered in the investigation and
 withheld evidence, should count for something.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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