MORE QUESTIONS ON OBAMAAND INSPECTORS GENERAL

GRASSLEY'S I.G. PROBE WIDENS
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley questions Treasury dispute with bailout watchdog Neil Barofsky . . . Senator looking into the firings within last week of two other inspectors general . . . Both IGs had investigated sensitive subjects at the time of their firings. . . . READ MORE

BLOG REACTION: DAN RIEHL, SO IT GOES IN SHREVEPORT, FAUSTA WERTZ, POWERLINE, OBI'S SISTER, THE OTHER McCAIN, QUIN HILLYER, SISTER TOLDJAH, DAN COLLINS, FRUGAL CAFE, RICK MORAN, JIMMIE BISE JR., MOE LANE, HOT AIR, MEMEORANDUM

GRASSLEY: D.O.J. STONEWALL?
Iowa Senator at Committee Hearing: "I want to point out my serious concerns with the department's continued failure to respond in a prompt manner to letters and other inquiries from members of the Judiciary Committee. During the last three oversight hearings -- with the department and FBI -- I've started off my questions with a request for an explanation as to why I have not received answers . . . I asked FBI Director Mueller at the March FBI Oversight hearing why the FBI has questions outstanding from the March 2008 and September 2008 hearings. . . . READ MORE

WASHINGTON TIMES:
WITNESS DISPUTES WHITE HOUSE

• I.G. REPORT ON SACRAMENTO INVESTIGATION
• GRASSLEY LETTER TO WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL

WASHINGTON POST: Sen. Charles E. Grassley threatened to hold up the confirmations of Justice Department nominees if Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. does not provide an accounting of the department's role . . . Iowa Republican says "until we start getting some answers to these outstanding requests, I’m noticing my intention to hold certain Justice Department nominees." . . . READ MORE

ABC NEWS/JAKE TAPPER:
GEITHNER VS. INSPECTOR GENERAL

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