TPM reports:
Congress gave its lickety-split approval yesterday to a bill that would extend a subtle but crucial authority to Neil Barofsky, the federal prosecutor who is serving as the inspector general investigating the Troubled Assets Relief Program, a.k.a. the financial bailout.
There's more:
(A) carry a firearm while engaged in official duties as authorized under this Act or other statute ...
(B) make an arrest without a warrant while engaged in official duties as authorized under
this Act or other statute ... for any offense against the United States committed in the presence of such Inspector General, Assistant Inspector General, or agent, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if such Inspector General, Assistant Inspector General, or agent has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony; and
(C) seek and execute warrants for arrest, search of a premises, or seizure of evidence
issued under the authority of the United States upon probable cause to believe that a
violation has been committed
When you make a deal with the devil,the U.S. Constitution's legal protections may have to be "diminished".
