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Actually, I think (and hope, as well) that Josh took a little journalistic license with the facts. The restrictions apply to:
“…sensitive operation plans, intelligence matters, counterintelligence matters, ongoing criminal investigations by other administration units of the [Defense Department] related to national security, or other matters the disclosure of which would constitute a serious threat to national security…”
I don’t see the connection between food service operation costs, gasoline prices and any of the above. Of course, that observation applies equally to attempts to hinder investigations.
My personal observations of Inspector General investigations is that they don’t get scared away very easily.
Actually there is quite a lot that needs to added such as comparing the restrictions on IG/CPA investigations and how they compare to restrictions on the IG/CPA in comparable situations. It could be that they’re pretty much the same and this is much ado about nothing or they could in fact be something unique and/or unprecedented. You cannot tell from reading the article and it seems to me that would be essential information in critiquing the policy.
I agree with Dave (even though he isn’t here) that I doubt that these restrictions – contrary to Marshall’s spin – can be reasonably construed to apply in the Haliburton matter and this seems like a case of spin doctoring on Marshall’s part (which is pretty much all he does as a blogger, so why the heck anyone would use him as a source is beyond me) to try and accuse Bush of not being “tough enough” on Pentagon waste.