"We had no idea who this person was, " says Inspector John House of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.
President Barack Obama did not respond when asked at the White House on Thursday about the inspector general's report.
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Meanwhile, Issa has accused the White House of sitting on the inspector general's findings about the GSA for 11 months.
To qualify even for these usurious loans, customers must pass inspection with an Elektra manager who checks reported salaries and an inspector who makes house calls to verify addresses and inventory possessions.
Week of April 22: White House counsel learns that the inspector general is finishing a report about the IRS office in Cincinnati, which handles tax-exempt applications, according to White House spokesman Jay Carney.
On Friday, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the administration expected the inspector general to conduct a thorough investigation, but he brushed aside calls for the White House itself to investigate.
Had the officer known there was a hostage, teams of officers with surveillance and communications equipment would have surrounded the house before an attempt was made to enter it, Inspector Lack said.
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Carney told reporters that White House and Treasury officials discussed the timing of the release of the inspector general's report and its findings after General Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler learned about it on April 24 and told others, including Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.
Second, it is important to remember that there has never been an investigation of what happened in the IRS. There was an internal IRS audit, not an investigation, carried out by an inspector general, who was careful this week to note to the House what he'd done was not an investigation.
Press secretary Jay Carney told reporters the White House Counsel's Office was told during the week of April 22 that the inspector general for tax administration was wrapping up an investigation of the issue.
They follow three previous hearings by House and Senate panels, and the matter also is under investigation by the Justice Department, the Treasury inspector generals office and Werfel in his new capacity.
The two sisters, another woman and another man were inside the two-story rental house when the gunman, wearing a ski mask, forced his way in, according to Nassau County Inspector Kenneth Lack.
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