intransigence, obfuscation, inaction, coverup, recalcitrance, obstructionism, secretiveness, dissembling, kowtowing, evasiveness, stalling, secrecy, prevarication, underhandedness, incompetence, duplicity, dilatory, doublespeak, acquiescence, denials, obstinance, malfeasance, disingenuousness, charade, acquiescing, hypocrisy, unwillingness, intransigent, complicity, subterfuge, filibustering, cooperating, bungling, indifference, obstinacy, badgering, meddling, browbeating, ineptitude, unaccountability, witch hunt, obduracy, soft pedaling, fingerpointing, evasions, hardball, backtracking, cronyism, pressuring, scapegoating, mismanagement, pusillanimity, refusal, reticence, timidity, hamstringing, rebuff, hounding, stubbornness, obstructionists, noncooperation, subpoenaed, whitewash, whistleblower, discredit, mishandling, dithering, perfidy, doubletalk, intransigency, ineptness, chicanery, fruitless, disinformation, deception, runaround, vindictiveness, spinelessness, weaseling, intractability, impatience, dialoging, capitulating, politicized, obstinate, hypocritical, stymied, posturing, arrogance, pursuing, lackadaisical, untruths, waffling, duplicitous, mendacity, bamboozling, rubber stamp, withholding, misdoing, dirty tricks, saber rattling, demagoguery, procrastination, harassment, prodding, wrangling, belligerence, blundering, bluster, cautiousness, coyness, equivocation, favoritism

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