stonewalling

"Major, I don't suppose you're familiar with the term 'stonewalling'?"

Betrayal Lois Tilton 2000

DOBBS: Having until this point though showed no signs, even after two Democratic senators, two highly respected Democratic senators, Senator Coleman and Senator Levin, both wrote protesting what they called the stonewalling of the United Nations.

CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2004 2004

The debate over the park reached its climax during the Nov. 4 meeting with Tarantolo, the main advocate for the project, at times chastising the council for what he described as stonewalling him.

Atlanticville BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer 2009

This matters to the outside world because Ahmadinejad has been as adept in stonewalling inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency as he has been in confounding journalists.

Iran's Ahmadinejad, Information Pariah L. Gordon Crovitz 2010

But nevertheless, stonewalling is not just a Republican thing.

Matthew Yglesias » Stimulus Hypocrisy 2010

"Lazio's stonewalling is even more insulting when you consider that he promised to make his tax returns public!" said Charlie King, the executive director of the state Democratic Party, in a June statement.

Playing Chicken on Tax Returns Jacob Gershman 2010

We're hearing that the real stonewalling is coming from you guys and not Obama ... why are you not ready to talk about a negotiated settlement?

Clinton Conference Call, 3/21/08 - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

Secretary Small and Deputy Secretary Burke have exhibited a head-in-the-sand attitude toward wrongdoing at their agency; they have engaged in stonewalling and spin rather than dealing forthrightly with the discrimination that has occurred.

Another Government Report Supports Sternberg 2006

Earlier I noted that Bush's 1970's service record is less important than what he is doing today, for example, in stonewalling and hampering the 9/11 Commission's work.

Balkinization 2004

To compare that kind of long-term stonewalling, ignorance, and denial to the immediate actions you and/or Dr Hunter seem to expect from people like Steve and Hans is ridiculous.

Blogs on Barton Letters « Climate Audit 2005