There has been many reports that what the White House told the American People was not the truth. In fact now there is even more evidence that not only did they lie, they tried to cover up the truth and alter the findings, and they wanted the whole thing to be held until after the election.
CNN Story:
David Nieland, the lead investigator for the Department of Homeland Security who was tasked to look into all this, told Senate staffers that he was told to delay the final report of the investigation "until after the 2012 election." Nieland also said that, during the investigation itself, his superiors told him "to withhold and alter certain information in the report of the investigation because it was potentially embarrassing to the administration." White House spokesman Eric Schultz insisted, "Of course there was no White House interference with an IG (inspector general) investigation."The picture seems to be coming into focus. What happened in Colombia showed bad judgment by Secret Service agents. If the allegations against Dach are true — and we can't be sure -- then his judgment was just as poor. And yet, despite the hijinks in Cartagena, it seems what happened next in Washington, on the part of White House officials, was the real dereliction of duty. Once again, the cover-up may have been worse than the crime.
These are serious accusations. It would appear from the reports, that the Obama Administration didn't want the public to be informed before it voted. The Administration used it's power to coverup, alter and delay the report to help Obama get re-elected.
How in the world does anyone find this to be OK? This is not a Democrat vs Republican issue.
The fact that the White House was evidently aware that a White House aide was involved and yet they continued to come out and lie to us that no one from the White House was involved.
Now it also comes out that Kathryn Ruemmler is on the short list to replace Holder as the Attorney General was involved in the whole thing.
CNN
According to the Post, government documents and interviews reveal that senior White House aides — including Kathryn Ruemmler, who was then serving as White House counsel — were given information by the Secret Service at the time suggesting that the scandal extended to a member of the advance team who was in Cartagena at the behest of the White House.Jonathan Dach, then a 25-year-old law student at Yale University, was a volunteer with the White House travel office who helped coordinate drivers on the trip. He was paid a per diem, not a salary, and reimbursed for expenses. Still, according to the story, travel volunteers are often reminded that their conduct reflects on the President and first lady.The allegation was that Dach's conduct in Colombia left something to be desired. Despite the young man's insistence, through his attorney, that he didn't engage the services of a prostitute or invite anyone to his hotel room, the information that the Secret Service shared with the White House at the time suggested that Dach had registered a prostitute as an overnight guest.That's a serious allegation that should have been thoroughly investigated. But was it? The Secret Service shared its findings twice in the weeks after the scandal with top White House officials, including Ruemmler. Each time, the White House counsel and other White House aides conducted an interview with Dach and concluded that he had done nothing wrong.Those who support the Secret Service agents insist the White House should have dug deeper.In the end, nothing happened to Dach, whose father, it turns out, is a prominent and generous donor to the Democratic Party.
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