Patrick Leahy - Vermont

[katmondoo]

To vote against Gonzales

[chicagojoe]

1. You go, Leahy!

[babylonsister]

2. Feinstein just said 'nay' as well.

We're on a roll! :bounce:

[gottaB]

3. Congressional Oversight

War Crimes, WP editorial:

The Bush administration refused to release these records to the human rights groups under the Freedom of Information Act until it was ordered to do so by a judge. Now it has responded to their publication with bland promises by spokesmen that any wrongdoing will be investigated. The record of the past few months suggests that the administration will neither hold any senior official accountable nor change the policies that have produced this shameful record. Congress, too, has abdicated its responsibility under its Republican leadership: It has been nearly four months since the last hearing on prisoner abuse. Perhaps intervention by the courts will eventually stem the violations of human rights that appear to be ongoing in Guantanamo, Iraq and Afghanistan. For now the appalling truth is that there has been no remedy for the documented torture and killing of foreign prisoners by this American government.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A20986-2004Dec22