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Heinrich told Brennan that the agency's recent actions were "meant to intimidate, deflect, and thwart legitimate oversight".

He says the White House hasn't communicated any influence to monitor any tax exempt groups, they will help pursue legitimate oversight, but they won't go on a partisan witchhunt.

"Requesting the testimony of senior White House officials on the broad and amorphous range of issues referenced in your letter is an extraordinary step that is not tied to any legitimate oversight interest of the committee," Ruemmler said.

"We regret that we have arrived at this point, after the many steps we have taken to address the Committee's concerns and to accommodate the Committee's legitimate oversight interests regarding Operation Fast and Furious," he wrote.

But we do not want to look the other way when they break the law and impede the ability of the Congress, on behalf of the American people, to conduct legitimate oversight.

The breadth of the president's interference in the investigations of his own campaign has shocked officials at law enforcement agencies and on Capitol Hill, both for the extent to which it disregards political norms and the potential it has to upend legitimate oversight.

Those connections with the Beltway bandits remind one that McCain was previously one of the "Keating Five --senators whose support oFive --senators a code word Five --senators legitimate government oversight of business shenanigans facilitated the savings-and-loan crisis of the 1980s and '90s.

This is not the way legitimate and responsible oversight is conducted, and it's a departure from the days when Rep. Issa himself once lamented that a Secretary of State should not be distracted from the work of national security to testify at the barrel of a subpoena.

But the jaw-dropping scope of the fraud carried out by just one inspector raises legitimate concerns about city oversight.

"We welcome the recent engagement of Congressional leadership in the Department's continued efforts to satisfy the legitimate goals of Congressional oversight while, at the same time, preserving the integrity and independence of the Department's ongoing criminal investigations and prosecutions," Mr. Holder's prepared testimony states.

All of these shortcomings would be legitimate matters for GOP oversight.