Lack of oversight extends beyond Congress.

Way, way beyond, as Christy Hardin Smith, writing at Firedoglake, explains.

For the past six years, Congress has failed in its duty to provide much needed oversight, shining no sunshine into the fraudulant and wasteful cronyism and doled out greedy no-bid handovers.

And at every turn, IG offices in every governmental agency have been stonewalled and stymied in their investigations. Who could forget the refusal to give clearances to DoJ attorneys investigating improper practices within their own Department for the President's own illegal domestic spying program? Yeah, that one was a classic. And, unfortunately, not a unique example with the current bunch.

And it's worth way, way more than just a pullquote. Go read.