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MORE INSPECTOR-GENERAL QUESTIONS, AT THE L.A. TIMES: Timing of Treasury Department challenge, AIG p?

By Glenn Reynolds

MORE INSPECTOR-GENERAL QUESTIONS, AT THE L.A. TIMES: Timing of Treasury Department challenge, AIG probe raises concerns.

A Treasury Department challenge to the authority of government bailout watchdog Neil M. Barofsky came just as he had begun a sensitive investigation of the department’s role in approving bonuses to executives of insurance giant AIG, sources said Thursday. . . .

Asked why Barofsky’s legal authority was challenged by the department just as the AIG inquiry began, Treasury Department spokesman Andrew Williams said: “It is entirely a coincidence.”

Hmm. Stay tuned. (Via Dan Riehl).

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on June 19, 2009 (boomark / email).