M.N.: What do they have to hide? And if they do, maybe this is exactly the reason why these "secrets" should be the subject of the rigorous government oversight. Support the FBI's IG Michael Horowitz in his quest for needed information, write the letters of support demanding FBI's compliance to your congressmen and senators! - Fight For Access Pits FBI, Justice Against Federal Watchdogs: “This process ignores an unbroken history of more than 20 years of cooperation and compliance by the department and FBI with the records production requirements of the Inspector General Act,” DOJ Inspector Michael Horowitz said in a written update to Congress last month. “At no time before 2010 did the FBI, any department component, or department leadership raise any concerns over the legality of providing records to the OIG, including grand jury, wiretap, or FCRA material; prior to this time, the OIG routinely received such material from the department,” Horowitz added. In the last few years, Horowitz told Congress in May, his investigators have run into roadblocks accessing information related to the Boston Marathon Bombing, and Fast and Furious Operation, among other incidences.
Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's inspector general, goes before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee a day after he faulted the department for disregard of public safety in "Operation Fast and Furious," the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' program that allowed hundreds of guns to reach Mexican drug gangs, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. While the IG's report confirmed findings by Congress' investigation of misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures in "Fast and Furious", it did not find direct fault with Attorney General Eric Holder, who had been directly targeted by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the committee's chairman. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Fight For Access Pits FBI, Justice Against Federal Watchdogs Posted By Kathryn Watson On 11:54 PM 07/19/2015 In | No Comments Tweet In August, 47 federal watchdogs signed a letter to