Never ending investigations

This is cute. Henry Cisneros pled guilty in 1999, but the GOPers were convinced they could wring more dirt out of the investigation so it's still ongoing at a tune of 2 million tax dollars a year - total so far 21 mil.

The Dems tried to cut the funding this year, but of course were thwarted by a GOP controlled House. Independent counsel David M. Barrett, whose report has been complete for almost a year now, says he's about to wrap it up, but in the interim here's a look at the GAO report revealing he spent,

$464,009 on pay and benefits over six months; $24,014 on travel; $236,316 on rent, phone bills and utilities; $103,233 on contractors, mainly lawyers on retainer; and $74,178 on administrative services.

Meanwhile,

Kenneth W. Starr's probe, which skittered from the Whitewater land deal to the suicide of Vincent W. Foster Jr. to White House travel office firings to Monica S. Lewinsky, began less than a year before Barrett's and officially closed in March 2004.

As if that's an improvement? And what were they doing? Analyzing Monica's dress fiber by fiber?

This administration spares no expense in the endless dredging for dirt against the opposition. Clearly this one resulted in no additional mud to be slung. Another "necessary" expense brought to you by the "responsible spending" GOP.