Barney Fran k is a master of diversion, he is a pro protection of fraud, waste and abuse, asking him where he was in the mess; Right in the middle egging it on. and so ASK:

Why did Congress pass jurisdictional bars to help crooks defraud the USA, and its accounts. (and get away). Oh, the same bunch Barney Frank who gave us the trillion $$$ meltdown holes in accounts, was at it, but why doesn't Congress look at how miffed the public is see below--as it passes the buck:

FROM POGO WWW SITE

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog: DOJ in Doghouse Over Anti-Fraud Lawsuits Filed by Government Employees

The DOJ DC Bush Administration is for jurisdictional bars to favor crooks who rip off the USA. Congressman Conyers should be on notice of the sorry DOJ history on that given his latest letter to the DOJ AG, Michael Mukcasey in DC. A real Lincoln Law had no jurisdictional bars. Repeat none, NADA, not one provision on jurisdictional bars.
Despite a jury verdict on millions(against Kerr McGee and todate not a penny collected, & no money has yet been paid to the USA---that is because of the jurisdictional bars.(making the 1986 False Claims Act a protective measure for crooks). POGO SHOULD SEE that given how the DOJ toyed with it(Its trap doors in the things that went down in Texas, soem real oily things that went on--later pulled as DOJ v POGO)
Those(jurisdictional bars to favor crooks) were supported by subprime Congressman like Barney Frank, who is pro crook helper by his antics in Congress.(now of concern to so many in AMERICA).
Sadly, this is covered up in DC. Like a lot of things in the beltway
But, how much longer will some be able to fool the entire Congress and America, who is in no mood for pro crook protection ruses from some in Congress
So Conyers gets back some snotty letter from AG Mukasey to support Kerr McGee OIL, what else is new.(DOJ never intervened .ya like that has been known for years.)
One thing he (CONGRESS) could do(if it cares at all for America accountability) is move to amend the 1986 False Claims Act to eliminate every jurisdictional bar(that is now helping crooks who rip off the USA), and make that retroactive.(but Frank has impeded a real Lincoln law for years)
But, no ---for some time those pro crook protection measures are in the flawed 1986 FCA.
Like the Fannie Mae thing some in Congress were bought off--by large corporations who get billions out of the Uncle Sammy's coffers, and want crook protection measures(in the flawed 1986 FCA) as they kick back some PAC $$$$ to their favorite helpers in Congress
Strange how Barney Frank has been bought off to protect so many crooks, but maybe some rather not look at that, just like some let Fannie Mae drift until all unraveled to bring America to its knees( like a big depression at the door) on the fall out. Figures ,Fannie Mae had Janet Reno's DOJ side kick manipulating things over at Fannie Mae(in a top position), after she did he trips at the DOJ MAIN.
America is watching---- Barney Frank is on the radar of causing vast unaccountability, and so Kerr McGee--big OIL-- must be laughing its ass off how it can defraud the USA, and exploit jurisdictional bars, can't Congressman Conyers figure all that out ? Or do some in Congress like OIL company rip offs, after all, despite all their talk, yap yap yap...

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By Marisa Taylor and Greg Gordon | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee demanded Tuesday that the attorney general provide an "immediate explanation" for a Justice Department decision that could have cost taxpayers up to $40 million in royalties from a major oil company.

Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers' cited a McClatchy story Sept. 12 that detailed the department’s rejection of the Colorado U.S. attorney’s recommendation to intervene in a whistleblower’s suit against the Kerr-McGee Corp.

In a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Conyers said charges that politics might have played a part in a decision favoring a major oil company "must be taken seriously and thoroughly investigated." Conyers said he wanted to question the officials involved in the case and that he sought access to all related records.

Conyers also criticized the Justice Department’s "apparent inaction in the face of growing evidence of mismanagement and fraud in the Interior Department’s oil and gas marketing program."

Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said the department "will review the letter from Chairman Conyers and respond, as appropriate," but he shed no further light on its decision in the whistleblower case.

In his letter, Conyers noted that the Interior Department’s inspector general was frustrated that the Justice Department had declined to prosecute two senior officials of the scandal-plagued Minerals Management Service, which oversees federal oil and gas leases.

Inspector General Earl Devaney was so displeased with the department's refusal, Conyers wrote, that he pulled his investigators off a department task force examining disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff's influence-peddling.

"I find it highly troubling that the Interior Department’s inspector general would feel compelled to take such an extraordinary step," Conyers said, echoing concerns expressed last week by Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Ken Salazar, D-Colo.

Conyers said he found "troubling" McClatchy’s report that Justice Department officials in Washington had turned down a recommendation by Colorado U.S. Attorney Troy Eid and the chief of his office's civil division, Lisa Christian, to intervene in a suit filed by a former MMS auditor. The suit accused Kerr-McGee, which Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp. purchased in 2006, of understating the proceeds of oil sales to hold down royalty fees paid to the government.

In January 2007, a federal jury ruled that Kerr-McGee owed $7.5 million to whistleblower Bobby Maxwell and the U.S. government, an award that’s tripled under the 1986 false claims act. Penalties also are added.

However, the trial judge questioned Maxwell's whistleblower status, putting the taxpayer recovery at risk. Earlier this month, a federal appeals court upheld Maxwell's status.

U.S. Attorney Eid told McClatchy that he didn't know who made the decision not to intervene in the suit or why. At the time, then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was besieged with allegations of politicization in hiring, firing and the handling of sensitive cases.

Whistleblower suits generally are less successful without the Justice Department's intervention, and if a whistleblower prevails on his own, taxpayers get a smaller share of the damages. MORE FROM MCCLATCHY

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It was Congress who passed the jurisdictional bars--to allow rip offs to enable large oil companies to not be held accountable so have to ever pay---despite jury verdicts in Colorado etc.......

Doesn't Conyers have a clue.. Conyeers , Barney Frank, and the subprime crew.

So, where is AG Mucky of the Bush Admin, in his response to Conyers, and Frank. AWOL, just about to shut the door, and leave, Adious
Congress set up the jurisdictional bars to favor oil companies, so they could avoid jury verdicts.
Just more subprime ruses from the DEM Congress, running favors for crooks, cons, and corporations who see USA accounts as some target for milking.
Same odl same old.
They(DEM CONGRESS) must think the USA public is too dense to figure out their DC shell games.