Sen. leading Katrina inquiry rejects subpoena against White House

[sabra]

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4637215

Sen. leading Katrina inquiry rejects subpoena against White House


WASHINGTON -- The Republican leading a Senate inquiry of the government's botched response to Hurricane Katrina denied a Democratic request Wednesday to subpoena the White House for information.

Even though she has criticized the Bush administration for stonewalling, Sen. Susan Collins said the administration generally has provided enough information for the investigation to draw conclusions about federal failures before and after the Aug. 29 storm.

Collins, who heads the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, also said a subpoena could hinder President Bush's ability to receive candid advice from aides. Such communication usually is covered by executive privilege.

In a letter Wednesday, Collins, R-Maine, reminded the committee's top Democrat, Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, that she issued five subpoenas to the Justice Department after its employees resisted being interviewed by Senate investigators.

[MadMaddie]

1. What is the point of this inquiry....

they are going to Whitewash everything and no one especially the President and Skeletor will be held accountable!!

What a waste of money.....

[Demit]

2. LOL! Skeletor must be Chertoff. I've never heard that!

He is immensely creepy.

[MadMaddie]

4. Ding...Ding...Ding ...yup he weirds me out!!!

[Demit]

5. They've got that horror movie thing goin' on: Chertoff's eye sockets...

Cheney's menacing sneer...the reptilian Wolfowitz licking his comb...

[BR_Parkway]

3. Does the threat of subpeona hinder anyone else in the worlds ability

to get candid advise from aides? This reason is always thrown up as a defense, but really - does it really make any sense?

[fearnobush]

6. Skeletor, nice and Susan Collins is your typical GOP whore.

Fire her ass. Corruption "RNC" Us is her motto

[aquart]

7. Hey, it's not like it was an atrocity on American soil or anything.

No reason to get pushy.

[Spinzonner]

8. What's the loss

Apparently all the 'advice' he receives - or at least uses - is bad.