Just When You Thought...

***From the Desk of Patrick J. Fitzgerald***


you could not be any further outraged...

Provision in Iraq bill blocks US from auditing crooks...

"Exactly how and why the change was made isn't clear. Republican Appropriations Committee aides say legislators shifted the Iraq money to the foreign operations accounts at the request of the White House, not to curb oversight. They say administration officials sought the change to streamline accounting so the Iraq reconstruction would be incorporated into the State Department's operations and budget rather than kept in stand-alone accounts."


posted by Patrick J. Fitzgerald