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By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler • December 3, 2015

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In recent years, it's become easier for wrongdoers to get away with abusing their government-given power.

The Obama administration has made it increasingly difficult for federal watchdogs to obtain records.

Government scandals are getting harder to investigate as the Obama administration turns away from promises of government transparency. Here's what's going on.That's because it wants to prevent unauthorized disclosure of sensitive personal information. But this contradicts the intent of a government oversight system in place for 37 years.

The current law was set up in 1978 following the Watergate scandal. The idea was to install inspectors general at the government agencies and give them the power to investigate any scandals within that agency. Each inspector general was authorized access to all agency records.

But in recent years, agencies have balked at turning over information they deemed confidential, such as grand jury reports, wiretaps, credit reports, and in some cases, emails.

This has disrupted at least 20 investigations of government scandals in the past five years.

Then, in July, the U.S. Department of Justice made things worse.

How the DOJ Made Government Scandal Investigations Harder

The ongoing disputes between the agencies and the watchdogs over access to records led to a series of Justice Department reviews.

On July 20, the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion that "all records" did not necessarily include the "confidential" categories, legitimizing what had been unofficial Obama administration policy.

"This is by far the most aggressive assault on the inspector general concept since the beginning.... They've become defanged."

"This is by far the most aggressive assault on the inspector general concept since the beginning," Paul Light, a New York University professor who has studied the IG system, told The New York Times. "It's the complete evisceration of the concept. You might as well fold them down. They've become defanged."

It's especially galling coming from the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, who has consistently promised a more transparent government.

"Every agency and department should know that this administration stands on the side not of those who seek to withhold information but those who seek to make it known," President Obama said in a 2009 welcoming message to his senior staff.

But within a year something happened that left those words ringing hollow...

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Mort
Mort
7 years ago

Wakeup people. The current resident of White House and it's administration are TRANSPARENTLY CORRUPT !!!!!

Get your heads our of your normalcy bias, politically correct butts and face the reality that the enemies of our nation are in the gate and in charge.

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DAVID SUMPTER
DAVID SUMPTER
7 years ago

THE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE LEFT IN THE DARK/THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE AND OPEN INFORMATION SOCIETY ABOUT WHAT OUR GOVERMENT IS DOING SO WE WILL NO HOW TO VOTE, ALSO WE SHOULD NO WHO VOTED ON WHAT AND WHEN~ PAST AND PRESENT AND TOMORROW AND ON*

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dave
7 years ago

It is time to take our country back. Even the Majority in the house and senate have not done anything for us ! All these radical islam killings ! ! Enough is enough Is there a hidden agenda we should be looking for ???

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Cal
Cal
7 years ago

800 secret prisons in this country several that have been documented and witnessed on TV yet no one (not even this media outlet) wants to talk about them.

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NGATCHOU OBAMA ABEL
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