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     Oldog |
IRS, DHS, and now drum roll EPA http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/05/07/epa-acc used-blocking-independent-investigations/ looks like the IG's been busy again... "This is truly a broken agency," committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said, adding that the employee problems have gotten to the point of being "intolerable." <<>> >> At the hearing, Sullivan detailed specific concerns with the agency's little-known Office of Homeland Security. The office of about 10 employees is overseen by EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy's office, and the inspector general's office is accusing it of operating illegally as a "rogue law enforcement agency" that has impeded independent investigations into employee misconduct, computer security and external threats, including compelling employees involved in cases to sign non-disclosure agreements. EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe told Congress that the agency's employees work cooperatively with the inspector general and support its mission. Perciasepe assured Congress that the EPA remains committed to ensuring that the inspector general's office successfully roots out waste, fraud and abuse across the agency. He said some of the cases aired Wednesday are "not the norm." The inspector general, Arthur A. Elkins, Jr., was appointed to lead the office by Obama in 2010. However, it's an independent office within the agency expected to be outside of political influence. EPA's Office of Homeland Security was set up in 2003 by an administrative order, and has no statutory authority to conduct investigations or enforce the law, according to Sullivan's testimony. Sullivan's opinion was backed up by a staffer in the Office of Compliance and Enforcement Assurance, but the agency has not issued a legal opinion on the office's role. Since July 2012, in an agreement with the FBI, it has been the primary contact on all investigations with a connection to national security. << more over reach..... man building pond on own property gets threats from epa gold mine is visited by epa agents [ heavily armed ] } | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
Sadly, most people could care less unless it affects them directly. Expect things to get worse before they even have a chance of getting better which by then will take violence to rectify. | ||
| Midknyte |
In yet another case, an employee was accused of viewing pornography for two-to-six hours a day since 2010. An IG probe found the worker had 7,000 pornographic files on his EPA computer.  He's either an amateur or has a very narrow fetish... | ||
| Slaughter |
I'd rather have them on their asses in front of the computers watching porn than actively wrecking the economy. Be careful what you wish for. | ||
| 46champ |
I'd rather have them on their asses in front of the computers watching porn than actively wrecking the economy Boy Howdy  | ||
| Aesquire |
This is the EPA that illegally runs it's business on "private" email accounts so they don't leave a paper trail. And lie about it. I think if they let all the pot dealers out of prison there'd be almost enough room for the folk in this administration to take their place. | ||
| Aesquire |
Midknyte, what do you think? Panda porn? Seriously, only 7000? That leaves out almost all the Japanese 'toon derivatives, and leaves you with unlikely animals or lawn equipment. Let me look. Hmm. google. "Lawn equipment porn" OH DEAR SWEET LORD DON"T LOOK FOR THE LOVE OF SATAN DON"T LOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( just kidding ) http://newsthump.com/2011/04/07/police-smash-lawnmower-porn-ring/ (Message edited by aesquire on May 08, 2014) | ||
| Midknyte |
Let me look. Hmm. google. "Lawn equipment porn" That returned more than a few hoe's  |
