INSPECTOR GENERAL: ANOTHER SHAMEFUL SESSIONS STONEWALL

Both the Republican and Democrat establishments are wanting us to believe that having the Inspector General conduct an investigation into the FISA abuses is a huuuge step toward into getting to the bottom of Washington crime and corruption during the Obama-Clinton years.  The fact is, having the Inspector General look into this mess is like trying to insert a wet noodle into a sewing needle and it's just another downright lie.  

For over 18 months, the DOJ, the FBI and the DOS have been openly obstructing justice and stonewalling any and all efforts to get to the facts.  Out of 1.2 million documents that have been subpoenaed three times since August of 2016 by Congress, only 3,000 have been delivered; many of those have been greatly redacted.  Congress, in playing along with this dog and pony show, has accepted the delays without doing anything about it.  There have been no calls for Contempt of Congress or for impeachment of the officials responsible for their refusal to comply.  

I have no bad things to say about Inspector General Horowitz, but the fact of the matter is that he is toothless.  An IG cannot file criminal charges, cannot subpoena testimony or documents, and cannot compel former government employees or outsiders to cooperate.  All he can do is refer his conclusions to the DOJ for possible further action, and neither AG Jeff Sessions or his sidekick Rod Rosenstein have shown even the slightest inclination or desire to get to the bottom of all of this.

But, that's not all.

The IG "investigation" being touted as the cat's meow only looks at FISA.    What about the Clinton Emails?  What about pay-for-play?  What about the Clinton Foundation?  What about the cellphones that were smashed in defiance of a government subpoena?  What about Benghazi?  

But, that's not all.  

Sessions is directly responsible for perpetrating another establishment slight-of-hand and erecting yet one more barrier to justice.   He's telling Horowitz, and another U.S. Attorney, David Huber, (an Obama appointee from Utah), who is supposedly looking into certain issues involving the FBI, the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One, that these two guys are ordered to report directly to Sessions and/or Rosenstein, which means that DOJ and the FBI will have the opportunity to see what they are uncovering and to take steps in advance to spin the results for public consumption... or to bury the facts altogether.  

And Congress is complicit in playing right along with the dirty, rotten scheme. 

Happy Easter.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.