Obama Veto Is Threatened on 2010 Intelligence Budget Measure
By Jeff Bliss - March 15, 2010
A proposed probe by the intelligence agencies’ inspector general “would undermine public confidence” in an FBI probe of the attacks “and unfairly cast doubt on its conclusions,” Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, wrote in a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Intelligence committees.
On Feb. 19, the Obama administration released a 92-page summary of a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe that said the late Bruce Ivins, a government scientist, was behind the attacks. Lawmakers including Representative Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat, have questioned the thoroughness of the investigation.
Anthrax-laced letters sent to lawmakers and news outlets nine years ago infected 22 people, killing five.
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See Also:
Protecting agencies from oversight, Obama threatens to veto intelligence funding
http://rawstory.com/2010/03/protecting-agencies-oversight-obama-threatens-veto-intelligence-funding/
Shocker: Obama agencies invoke secrecy provision in Freedom of Information Act more often than under Bush. http://rawstory.com/2010/03/obama-agencies-invoking-secrecy-provision-bush/
Rush Holt calls for a new investigation into the 2001 Anthrax attacks [Video]
http://911blogger.com/node/22917
The Anthrax Attacks Remain Unsolved: The FBI disproved its main theory about how the spores were weaponized.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704541004575011421223515284.html
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