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Tuesday,
19 February 2013 12:59

EPA Ex-boss Jackson Caught Breaking Law, Scamming U.S.
Taxpayers
Written by  Alex Newman

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The Environmental Protection Agency and its disgraced
former boss Lisa Jackson are under fire from lawmakers and activists for,
among other reasons, having recently been exposed violating federal law by using
bogus identities and e-mail accounts to coordinate
propaganda and policy with media allies, "green" groups, and policymakers to
advance the Obama administration’s radical
“environmental” agenda. Other EPA corruption is also still in the headlines, too, with the agency being criticized for ripping
off U.S. taxpayers and foisting more unconstitutional regulations on the economy
by working with extremist pseudo-environmental groups using a controversial
scheme dubbed “sue and settle.”

The most recent major scandal, which
began unraveling late last year after a federal court ruling, involves former
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, who conveniently announced her resignation in
late December. The self-styled “most progressive EPA chief in history" was
caught, apparently in violation of federal law, using the fake name "Richard
Windsor" and a bogus e-mail account to conspire with allies in the establishment
media and friendly policymakers. The shady dealings were part of an effort to
promote Jackson and the Obama administration’s wildly unconstitutional policies
without being exposed to public scrutiny.

The pseudonym and fake e-mail
account scandal, already being called "Windsorgate," was essentially aimed at
skirting federal record-keeping laws barring the use of fake names in official
government dealings, according to analysts. The other purpose of the unlawful
scheme, first uncovered by a researcher at the Competitive Enterprise Institute,
was to conceal the lawless EPA boss’s activities from mandatory public and
congressional oversight. After a Freedom of Information Act request and a
successful lawsuit by CEI, however, the whole plot is slowly coming to light.

Unsurprisingly, the EPA — created in 1970 by an unconstitutional
“executive order” issued by then-President Richard Nixon — is still trying to
hide as much of the incriminating evidence as possible using bogus
justifications. Among other concerns, the agency has been redacting — blacking
out — massive segments of the documents it was forced to release under court
order. It flat out refused to release hundreds more.

Indeed, CEI Senior
Fellow Christopher Horner told the Washington Examiner his organization
estimates that about 85 percent of the "Richard Windsor" e-mails released last
week were redacted. The concealment of the information was “justified,”
according to the EPA, under the FOIA's exemption for documents dealing with a
"deliberative process" used in formulating policy — possibly including the
lawless policies surrounding the administration’s so-called “war on coal.”

Now, however, lawmakers and watchdog groups are starting to ask serious
questions and demand answers. “For the sake of transparency, and of easing the
road ahead for the next EPA administrator, we hope the EPA starts providing some
answers,” noted CEI media coordinator Nicole Ciandella in a statement
published by the Daily Caller, pointing out that the agency continues
to stonewall all efforts to get to the truth. Other officials are publicly
hammering the EPA as well.

Aside from the CEI, members of Congress
are also trying to find out just what was going on at the EPA. Last month, for
example, Republicans on the House Science Committee sent yet another letter to Jackson demanding that she hand over the
documents — the third official request from the committee lawmakers since
November of last year, when the scandal was first becoming a major public
concern and a PR nightmare for the agency.

“The use of a false identity
raises serious questions about whether the EPA has adequately preserved related
records. Despite these legitimate concerns, the EPA has thus far refused to
comply with the Committee’s request,” states the January 23 letter signed by six
congressmen, adding that continued refusal to comply was “unacceptable” and
could result in formal action to force the agency to obey.

The House
committee’s letter continued, demanding answers. "As we mentioned in our
previous letter, the public trusts that its government will operate in an open
and transparent manner,” the lawmakers wrote. “EPA regulations have a
significant impact on the everyday lives of Americans, and the agency should
implement them in a manner that respects the public's trust."

The
committee chairman, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), has also been vocal in demanding
answers, but so far, few have been forthcoming. “The American public deserves to
know whether Administrator Jackson’s secret email accounts were appropriately
maintained by the agency according to requirements by federal law. If they have
nothing to hide, why not comply with our request?” Rep. Smith wondered. “EPA’s refusal only adds to suspicion that
Administrator Jackson’s secret email accounts were intended to evade
transparency and circumvent congressional oversight.”

In the Senate,
lawmakers are speaking out, too. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), for example, said he
thought the EPA alias scandal was the real reason for Jackson’s well-timed
resignation in late December. “I think this e-mail issue clearly spurred Lisa
Jackson’s resignation,” Sen. Vitter was quoted as saying. “But it’s much broader
than her. It’s about a culture of hiding an extreme agenda from Americans
because it can’t be sustained in public debate.”

Some critics of the
administration are even calling for a proper law-enforcement investigation and potential
criminal prosecutions, saying it was obvious that federal law had been
violated. However, with Attorney General Eric Holder already facing
criminal contempt of Congress charges for covering up the Obama Justice
Department’s “Fast and Furious” scheme arming
certain Mexican drug cartels, the chances of justice being served, at this
point at least, appear slim. Holder, in fact, is currently abusing his position
as DOJ boss to avoid prosecution himself.

Meanwhile, despite
repeatedly promising to run the “most transparent” and “open” administration in
history, this is not the first time President Obama’s top officials have been
caught trying to unlawfully avoid federal record-keeping laws. As The New
American reported
in August, scandals swirling around the Department of Energy, for example, are
strikingly similar. Top officials there were exposed using private e-mail
accounts for official business — again in an apparent effort to unlawfully
conceal their shady dealings from the public and
Congress.

Another EPA scandal
back in the headlines this week is the so-called “sue and settle” scam, used by
various agencies and especially the EPA, to rip off taxpayers, provide public
money to extremist groups, and implement unconstitutional regulations by fiat.
Essentially, the process works like this: A radical green group sues the EPA in
court demanding that the agency do something — pass more unconstitutional,
economy-destroying regulations, for example. Then, the agency agrees to
“settle,” taking the lawless actions that were already being sought by the
administration while offering huge taxpayer-funded “settlements” to the
organization that sued.

Millions of tax dollars have been funneled to
extremist “green” groups using this tactic in recent decades, according to a
2011 official report by the GAO cited by Forbes energy and environment analyst Larry
Bell. Among the largest beneficiaries of the scam — aside from the
administration in its efforts
to foist
more lawlessness
and pain
on the American people — were organizations such as Earthjustice, the Sierra
Club, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

The U.S. Chamber
of Commerce studied the issue and concluded in a report that the “sue and settle” scam was responsible for
many of the EPA’s “most controversial, economically significant regulations that
have plagued the business community for the past few years.” The study found
that among the regulations imposed on the American people using the strategy
were restrictions on power plants, refineries, mining operations, cement plants,
chemical firms, and numerous other industries and sectors, Bell reported.

Members of Congress have been meekly trying
to rein in the out-of-control EPA for years. However, with each successive
administration, the rogue, unconstitutional entity continues to usurp more and
more power — destroying countless
jobs and lives
in the process. Critics of the agency, however, say it is time for lawmakers
to abolish the EPA altogether. Not only is there no constitutional authority
for such an agency, its lawless
reign of terror is contributing to the destruction of the already-battered
American economy — all with virtually no real benefits to the
environment.

Alex Newman is a correspondent for
The New American, covering economics, politics, and more. He
can be reached at

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5 comments

Comment Link Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:54
posted by Peggy Finch

We need to impeach Obama and remove him from office. Then we'll se what we
can do with Joe Biden.

Comment Link Tuesday, 19 February 2013 23:36 posted by BigMamaTEA

And if I'm not mistaken, I think I remember from my research that the EPA
was actually "formed" by E.O.. by Richard Nixon. Does that mean an E.O. could
get rid of it? Certainly legislation could with a new Constitutional
Conservative President.

Comment Link Tuesday, 19 February 2013 20:46 posted by Patty Reynolds

We found out the hard way that if you don't eradicate the first pair of
rats , because you did not notice them, it becomes almost an impossibility to
eradicate them humanely. Before long, even a professional exterminator has a
difficult time doing anything more than trying to control them on a continuing
basis.

The same thing applies to out of control government, because the
criminals multiply faster than noticed, until they have taken over, because
the rule of law according to our constitution has not been enforced, and that
began in 1913.

Case in point: They have gotten away with disloyalty
and outright theft of our country, and it may take more than we had planned to
take our country back, due infection of the disease which has been spread
worldwide.

"Give them an inch, they take a mile" (or the world !)

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