Education Department Coverup In The Works

There is typical White House maneuvering underway during the Congressional Education Committee's investigation into the hiring of columnist Armstrong Williams to promote the Bush agenda. The New York Times reports that not only is the Bush administration impeding an investigation into the hiring, but that Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., said Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is considering invoking a privilege that he said would require information to be deleted when the final version is publicly released, which is expected within days. Miller called for Jack Higgins, the inspector general at the Education Department, to delay the report until Spellings agrees not to invoke "deliberative process privilege" and the White House grants interviews with current or former officials familiar with the deal. Well this is not surprising. It is just another example of the way Bush and the rest of his hypocritical cronies play their game of dodge and stonewall. MORE.....