"ALL CAPS IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE."

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Walpin's Case Just Got Really Interesting

Turns out that Walpin wasn't the only whistleblower or the only IG to be bullied by the Obama administration, and there was more corruption -- of the highly felonious sort.

Washington Times reports:
It also was learned last week that the White House is involved in major disputes with two other inspectors general who were poking around the administration's business, including Neil M. Barofsky, whose job is to serve as watchdog for spending the $787 billion in controversial economic bailout funds.
Old news, OK, but here's where it gets good:
On the very same day that the president fired Mr. Walpin, St. Hope's executive director, Rick Maya, left his job at St. Hope. He did not go quietly. His resignation letter charged Mr. Johnson and several St. Hope board members with numerous ethical violations. Most explosively, he charged that a board member improperly deleted e-mails of Mr. Johnson's that already were under a federal subpoena.

Suddenly, the problems at St. Hope begin to look as severe as Mr. Walpin had charged rather than being minor infractions.

On Wednesday, the Sacramento Bee reported that Mr. Maya's allegations have been deemed serious enough that the FBI is investigating potential obstruction of justice at St. Hope. In that light, the firing of Mr. Walpin, who properly blew the whistle on mismanagement and possible corruption, looks ill-considered.

And this is from the guys who have nothing left to lose. Who knows how much worse this gets?

Oh, and Walpin's suing, bless his heart. Somehow I doubt the liberal media will report the juicy details of the case, but it should be interesting. I'm dying to know what those emails were under subpoena for.

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