GOP threats halted GAO Cheney suit

"Threats by Republicans to cut the General Accounting Office (GAO) budget influenced its decision to abandon a lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney," reports The Hill.

"Sources familiar with high-level discussions at the GAO said Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Appropriations Committee, met with GAO Comptroller General David Walker earlier this year and 'unambiguously' pressured him to drop the suit or face cuts in his $440 million budget."

This is blatant extortion. As each day passes, the Bush administration keeps adding to the pile of outrages.

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