AMERICORPS SCANDAL:WHISTLEBLOWER SPEAKS

'BASELESS' CHARGES BY WHITE HOUSE:

"I am now the target of the most powerful man in this country, with an army of aides whose major responsibility today seems to be to attack me and get rid of me."
--Gerald Walpin, inspector general
fired by Obama administration

BLOG REACTION: MEMORANDUM, MOE LANE, PUNDIT & PUNDETTE, NEO-NEOCON, FAUSTA WERTZ, ANN ALTHOUSE, MONIQUE STUART, RED STATE, GATEWAY PUNDIT, VOLOKH CONSPIRACY, QUIN HILLYER, POWER LINE, OBI'S SISTER, HOT AIR, VELOCIMAN

MICHELLE MALKIN: "GOP Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa is pressing Obama for more details. Tough questions need to be asked of First Lady Michelle Obama, who has 'taken the lead' in selecting AmeriCorps’ managers . . . Mrs. Obama ran the AmeriCorps-funded non-profit Public Allies in Chicago from 1993-1996 and served on its national board until 2001 . . . Public Allies was found to have violated basic eligibility and compliance rules." . . . READ MORE

FBI PROBES COVER-UP CHARGE
SACRAMENTO BEE: The FBI's Sacramento division is investigating allegations of obstruction of justice, Acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown confirmed . . . READ MORE

AMERICORPS: ACORN CONNECTION
MATTHEW VADUM: AmeriCorps has long been ripe for abuse. ACORN took advantage of the federal agency a decade ago . . . used government resources to promote legislation. A congressional report noted that there was "apparent cross-over funding between ACORN . . . and ACORN Housing Corp. (AHC), a non profit, AmeriCorps grantee" . . . READ MORE