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TechCrunch has written about the FCCs pre-emptive reaction to the new inspector general report regarding an alleged attack on the FCC comment system last year which the FCC had long alluded to concerning the net neutrality debate. The FCC now admits that the attacks never actually took place, after a report from its inspector general found a lack of evidence supporting the idea. Chairman Ajit Pai immediately turned around and blamed both the previous CIO and ... wait for it ... Obama.
Pai's statement was issued before the OIG publicized its report, as one does when a report is imminent that essentially says your agency has been clueless at best or deliberately untruthful at worst, and for more than a year. To be clear, the report is still unpublished, though its broader conclusions are clear from Pai's statement. In it he slathers Bray with the partisan brush and asserts that the report exonerates his office
TechCrunch is still waiting to hear back from the FCC and its Office of the Inspector General for more information, including the report itself.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday August 07 2018, @03:16PM (2 children)
Another day another admission of corruption from the Trump admin.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @05:53PM
Go hop in the recent Trump story and see a crazy person who still doesn't comprehend Trump.
(Score: 4, Funny) by RamiK on Tuesday August 07 2018, @06:23PM
Hard to say. It used to be common practice to enter a congressman' or senator' office with an envelop full of cash to get the ball rolling. As technology improved it became harder to hide evidence and bury investigations which made buying politicians and fixing jobs for friends a dangerous and expensive affair. You can get a feel for it here comparing pre and post Nixon scandals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States [wikipedia.org]
IMHO, the fact a millionaire had to risk their own neck and run for office using their own money is proof enough that they couldn't get enough corrupt politicians to do their job for them. Now sure he's trying to do all sorts of corrupt stuff. But as far as what he's actually getting away with, I'd say he's utterly failing. I mean, just think, aside from the stuff the house and congress were eager to sign on and would have passed under Hillary anyhow (tax cuts, more F35s for Lockheed...), everything he tried under his own jurisdiction failed since the other branches kept interfering.
Overall, executive branch wise, this might very well end up being the least corrupt administration in recent times.
So, crossing fingers for another 4 years? :D
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