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A quick Google search on the name Eleanor Acheson produces a hit on Hillary Rodham’s famous 1969 comencement address at Wellesley College:

The Ellie Acheson mentioned is Eleanor “Eldie” Acheson was Hillary’s roommate at Wellesley. She is a longtime supporter and close friend of Hillary’s.

Four decades later, Eleanor Acheson is vice president and general counsel at AmTrak, where inspector general Fred Wiederhold resigned Thursday without warning or explanation. Sen. Charles Grassley says Wiederhold’s unexpected resignation came after he was asked to provide “specific examples of agency interference with OIG audits and/or investigations.”

A bit more Googling shows Eleanor Acheson to be a Friend of Joe — Joe Biden, that is, Amtrak’s most famous rider and currently vice president of the United States. Wiederhold has said nothing publicly since his resignation five days ago

Google doesn’t tell us whether the former Amtrak IG’s curious silence has anything to do with the well-connected legal honcho at Amtrak. At least, not yet. But maybe Michelle Malkin will want to know if there is a connection.

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Pingback| 6.23.09 @ 3:43PM

At the AIP Blog, I Suggest Fear Might Be At Work : The Sundries Shack links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…for him. Almost. Go on over and check out both posts. Feel free to leave a comment while you’re there as well. UPDATE: Speaking of transparency, wouldn’t you like to know why the IG of Amtrak isn’t there anymore and why a good friend of the Secretary of State and Vice President still is? Stumble it! Amazon.com Widgets Post a Comment Name (required) E-mail (will not be published) (required)…

John| 6.23.09 @ 4:10PM

"Probe"?

Next we will be calling a "wet noodle" a "stick".

This smells like a Winter barn pen in Spring. This regime (I am loathed to call it anything else.) is as filthy dirty and corrupt as the most venal of big city governments.

Of course this gentleman (I will give the former IG some benefit of the the doubt.) lacked the spine of the last, and quickly jumped over the fence before the heat was turned up.

Unfortunately, there will be absolutely nothing done about it. My suspicion is that this sort of activity will continue ad naseum.

Maybe enough voters' nose hairs will curl by 2010 and they will careen back to the GOP; or maybe they're so lacking in olfactory sensitivity that a skunk at the picnic is pleasant company.

If you (meaning RSM) had written this script as a teleplay for some show, it would have been dismissed as fantasy. No one could possibly get away with it.

Of course "sreenplay sorts "of folks are big libs, and they could never envision a Republican in any similar circumstance. He'd be in a pillory covered with rotten veggies by now.

That the corruption would be a Lib... well they'd rather consider eating lunch with that skunk.

Play it for all you can... shout it to the hills. Maybe someone will hear.

Cheers... I think...

John - The Mighty Fahvaag

Pingback| 6.23.09 @ 4:56PM

IG-Gate Plot Thickens « The Rhetorican links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

n? No. Other works Disclaimer/Terms of Use jump to navigation IG-Gate Plot Thickens June 23, 2009 Posted by Jehuda in Uncategorized. Tags: News, Politics trackback R.S. McCain: Who is Eleanor Acheson? Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) Why ‘Wal-Mart Women’ Won’t save McCain or the GOP by Eleanor Clift of… Ad: McCain’s Rage is a National Security Concern.…

Pingback| 6.23.09 @ 5:00PM

Michelle Malkin » A Biden connection: The Amtrak IG scandal links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…the OIG has over of the $1.3 billion dollars of American taxpayer money, and what role the previously discussed independence issues with the agency played in the elimination of former IG Weiderhold. Stacy McCain detects the faint odor of cronyism and corruption: Eleanor Acheson is vice president and general counsel at AmTrak, where inspector general Fred Wiederhold resigned Thursday without warning or…

Angel| 6.23.09 @ 5:29PM

Hillary's ALWAYS in the mix; she's an Alinskyite, too.

Robert Belvedere | 6.23.09 @ 7:19PM

Linked to at:
http://www.thecampofthesaints.com/2009.06.21_arch.html#1245799005591
and
http://www.thecampofthesaints.com/wwuam.html

Pingback| 7.20.09 @ 8:06AM

Behind Closed Doors | America Watches Obama links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Include Watchdogs? June 26: Grassley: Amtrak ‘Systematically Violated’ IG Law June 25: Eleanor Acheson: Lobbyist June 25: Obama Plays Hardball With Watchdogs   June 23: Amtrak IG Probe: Who Is Eleanor Acheson?   June 19: IG-Gate: Domino Theory   June 18: AmeriCorps Scandal Won’t Go Away Soon No TweetBacks yet. ( Be the first to Tweet this post ) Bookmarks Related News Neocon…

Pingback| 9.15.09 @ 11:35AM

The Greenroom » Forum Archive » IG-Gate Update: Questions on Capitol Hill links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Act Include Watchdogs? June 26: Grassley: Amtrak ‘Systematically Violated’ IG Law June 25: Eleanor Acheson: Lobbyist June 25: Obama Plays Hardball With Watchdogs June 23: Amtrak IG Probe: Who Is Eleanor Acheson? June 19: IG-Gate: Domino Theory June 18: AmeriCorps Scandal Won’t Go Away Soon Blowback Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of…

pamela| 4.24.10 @ 4:38AM

American tradition).
Since we don't know the real reason they were present maybe we should cut these guys who protect our borders some slack - it's not their fault they work for an incompetent boss. Download t pain mp3

pricila| 4.24.10 @ 9:10AM

James Dobson is one of the most generous, kind and loving man this country has ever known.
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