Conrad, Issa spar over Countrywide probe

The Hill reports:

Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) lashed out at Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) for his handling of an investigation into Countrywide’s lending practices in a letter sent earlier this week.

“It is unfortunate that you chose to damage my good name in your report without giving me the opportunity to provide my side of the story,” Conrad said in a letter sent Monday. “But that damage has been done. I now have the opportunity to present my case before the Senate Ethics Committee, a fundamental right you denied me.

Kent Conrad's "good name".