The Department of Justice's Office of Legal Council has issued a 68-Page memorandum of instruction warning government agency Inspectors General that they no longer have access to agency documents and information, such as wire taps, grand jury testimonies, and credit information. IG's are charged with auditing and conducting internal reviews of federal agencies and most recently two IG's announced they had information about Hillary Clinton's use of a private server to send classified emails. It was also an IG at the IRS who determined that emails the agency claimed were destroyed were actually available on a backup system.
The move has infuriated not only Republicans and Democrats in Congress, but the Inspector General of the DOJ as well: “I strongly disagree with the OLC opinion,” DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said in a statement, “Congress meant what it said when it authorized Inspectors General to independently access ‘all’ documents necessary to conduct effective oversight. … Without such access, our office’s ability to conduct its work will be significantly impaired.”
That, of course, is the whole idea. The Obama Administration is running out of options with respect to their ongoing obfuscation and obstruction of justice regarding the Fast & Furious, Benghazi, IRS, and other scandals. They simply have no choice but to shut off access of information to the IG's. This move is clear indication of gross government misconduct that the administration must keep from Congress and the American public at all costs.
The problem is that such information contains prima facie evidence that would give rise to swift impeachment proceedings. The good news for Obama, of course, is that Congress can be as upset as they want about such things, but they will never do anything about it.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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