House GOP [Minority] Report Defends State Dept. Official [PRE today's meeting}

[rodeodance]

Source: Wpost


House GOP Report Defends State Dept. Official

By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 14, 2007; Page A04

A report produced by the Republican staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee concludes that while State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard has "an extraordinarily abusive management style," charges that Krongard thwarted investigations into Iraq and was motivated by political bias cannot be supported by the evidence collected.

The 117-page report by the minority staff, prepared for a hearing today into Krongard's leadership of the IG's office, is an unusually tough broadside against the tactics of Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.). The report contends that Waxman jumped the gun by accusing Krongard in a Sept. 18 letter of a long list of failings before, Republicans charged, the committee had conducted a thorough investigation.


The report asserts that, other than Krongard's poor management skills, 10 of the 11 charges raised in the Waxman letter turned out to be wrong, misplaced or overstated.

"These issues were aired publicly with highly charged attacks against the IG for which there was no evidence, other than the unsupported allegations of current and former employees," the minority report says. It says that the "expenditure of time and taxpayer funds proving that the State Department IG is abrasive and abusive is itself an abuse of the Committee's authority."


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111302121.html

[Supersedeas]

1. extraordinarily abusive but not motivated by politics...says the partisan GOP report

[rodeodance]

2. so far=at the meeting ISSIA, SHAYS & PIIMP MchENRY HAVE ALL DISSED wAXMAN FOR THE CHARGES

AND PATTED THE IP ON THE HEAD

CSPAN 3 BUT THEY ARE ON A SHORT BREAK FOR HOUSE VOTES

[ROakes1019]

3. brother=Blackwater

And yet, when asked, he said his brother had absolutely no connection to Blackwater. This was disproved when it was established that his brother is right now, today, at a Board Meeting of Blackwater at a hotel in Williamsburg, VA. He said if this is true he will recuse himself from any Blackwater investigation. How can a man not know his brother is on the Blackwater Board? Would that he is investigating Blackwater have come up between him and his brother? I believe the IG is lying.

[DeSwiss]

4. Hmmmm....

"....while State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard has "an extraordinarily abusive management style," charges that Krongard thwarted investigations into Iraq and was motivated by political bias cannot be supported by the evidence collected."

- Sounds like a Bush candidate for the Medal of Freedom, eh?

[bobthedrummer]

5. More lies to conceal domestic enemies of The United States of America

and other criminals.

Pre-emptive lies at that, isn't that also a crime, like part of a criminal conspiracy?

IMPEACH GEORGE WALKER BUSH NEXT!

[Toots]

6. unsupported allegations of current and former employees,"

So a lot of employees gave testimony to the fact but they can't be trusted,,,,,why??? We should trust the Republican's highly partisan report over eyewitness testimony.....why?? Please tell us why all of these highly trained eye witness aren't to be trusted???