Who couldn't have seen this coming?  Yesterday, a Democratic Policy Committee hearing discovered that the Bush administration has been turning a blind eye to corruption at the top levels of the Iraqi government. 

Two former State Department employees testified during the hearing, including Arthur Brennan, who used to run the Office of Accountability and Transparency (OAT) in Iraq.  According to Brennan, their office was woefully understaffed.  What's more, the administration was hiding any potentially incriminating information for fear of jeopardizing their relationship with the Iraqi government. 

This juicy excerpt is from an AP report:

"Brennan also alleges the State Department prevented a congressional aide visiting Baghdad from talking with staffers by insisting they were too busy. In reality, Brennan said, office members were watching movies at the embassy and on their computers."

OAT was in Iraq ostensibly to help train Iraq's anti-corruption organizations. Brennan claimed, however, that not only were the State Department's policies completely antithetical to their mission, but they also fostered more corruption within the Iraqi government.