Cheney’s Son-In-Law Blamed for Delaying Investigations of Homeland Security

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Cheney’s Son-In-Law Blamed for Delaying Investigations of Homeland Security Department

The Department of Homeland Security refuses to cooperate on oversight activities, according to testimony offered today by GAO Comptroller General David Walker and Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner. The investigators highlighted the role of Philip Perry — Chief Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security and Vice President Cheney’s son-in-law — as the major stumbling block in their investigations.

Walker said the DHS strategy in dealing with investigations is to “delay, delay, delay.” CongressDaily reports:

“(Homeland Security)has been one of our persistent access challenges,” GAO Comptroller General David Walker told the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee. Walker said the problem is “systemic” and not the fault of any single individual. But he complained that GAO has had to go through the office of Chief Counsel Philip Perry. Perry is married to Elizabeth Cheney, a former State Department official who is one of the vice president’s two daughters. Walker said it is his understanding that Perry’s office has to review documents GAO seeks before they are released and that Perry selectively sits in on interviews with department employees.

The GAO’s Skinner “said his investigations have also been hindered”:

“We’re experiencing the same problem,” said Skinner, who added his office is “oftentimes” told who they can interview and that it sometimes takes weeks to get documents. Skinner said he prepared a document last summer to inform all department employees of the IG’s responsibilities and authorities and encouraging them to cooperate with investigations. “That letter has been sitting up in counsel’s office at DHS since I believe June or July of ‘06,” Skinner said.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/06/perry-homeland-security/

[fooj]

1. OMG! What the hell is it going to take?

Holy crap.

[trixie]

2. Color me

not shocked!

[EFerrari]

3. The back of this bus is getting reallllllllllly long.

:nuke:

[TerdlowSmedley]

4. Ah, our very own Borgias.

[damntexdem]

5. Ah, keeping it in the family.

And not just in the same crime family.

[Cass]

6. Astounding. It just never stops with this bunch.

[goforit]

7. This is just so irritating!

[goforit]

8. Just like a Maffia Family. Well, may they all go down with dear old Pop!

[Solly Mack]

9. Yeah...there's a shocker

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. Major obstruction charges should be filed.

Put the whole Cheney family in jail.

[bonito]

11. This is really sick

So much corruption by this administration.:puke:

[AzDar]

12. Time to designate the CFEE to go along with the BFEE, apparently.

:puke:

[Diane R]

13. Oh my god. They're all breeding. How many bushes and Cheney's are we going to have to put up with?

[Independent_Liberal]

14. K&R!

The poop trail once again leads back to Cheney.

:)

[mod mom]

15. How do they sleep at night?

[autorank]

16. Peeling back the veili of the *shadow government* K&R

Not much of a veil here though;) Cheney's son in law, what a bunch of bumblers they are.

You think that they'd get some one for whom there was plausible deniability. But no, they're
lazy, arrogant, they'll live on forever ruling form Paraguay.

Geez

:thumbsup: cal04