Bush's offices reportedly refused probe

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An oversight agency's effort in 2005 to inspect the president's offices over suspected leaks was rebuffed, Rep. Waxman says.

A federal watchdog agency planned to inspect the president's executive offices in the White House in 2005 for evidence of suspected leaks of classified information, but it was rebuffed by Bush administration officials, congressional investigators have been told.

The report of the White House's refusal to be inspected comes amid criticism from congressional Democrats of how President Bush signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to submit to independent oversight of their handling of classified information, but did not enforce it for his office or that of Vice President Dick Cheney.

The blocked inspection was described in an April 23 letter to former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card from Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles), who provided a copy of the letter to the Los Angeles Times on Monday.

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Waxman asked Card, who was White House chief of staff until April 2006, to voluntarily testify before his committee about the problems. Card declined, Waxman said Monday, but Waxman might still call him to testify.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-security26jun26,1,4141790.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true

[0007]

1. .....junior will have no choice when the time comes

Jeff baby sez its right up his alley

[Bonobo]

2. Blech. I thought it said "Bush's Orifices Refuse Probe"! Gross!

[Bitwit1234]

3. How come President Clinton's tenture in the white house was inspected.

They even went over all his records to find out why he sent out so many Christmas Cards. If he used taxpayer stamps and paper to send out letters in the whitehouse cat fan club. How many people stayed the week end in the whitehouse etc etc. How come bush does not have to release any records of any thing he has done.

[Edweird]

4. Because our reps are allowing it.

[MiniMe]

5. Because 9-11 changed everything

except the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Rule of Law. Hmm, perhaps it really changed nothing.