McClatchy: Ex-Justice Dept. lawyer can't recall his role in controversial policies

[babylonsister]

That 'I don't recall' bug is sweeping the GOP!

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/17364767.htm

Ex-Justice Dept. lawyer can't recall his role in controversial policies
By Greg Gordon
McClatchy Newspapers


WASHINGTON - Another former Justice Department lawyer went before Congress on Wednesday with few answers for his Democratic interrogators and a spotty memory.

Hans von Spakovsky, who's seeking a full six-year term on the Federal Election Commission, deflected questions about whether he undermined voting rights laws, saying, "I was not the decision maker in the front office of the Civil Rights Division."

Time and again during his confirmation hearing, he cited either the attorney-client privilege or a cloudy memory for his purported role in restricting minorities' voting rights.

Von Spakovsky couldn't remember blocking an investigation into complaints that a Minnesota Republican official was discriminating against Native American voters before the 2004 election.

Under oath, he also said he didn't recall seeing data from the state of Georgia that would have undercut a push by senior officials within the Civil Rights Division to approve the state's tough new law requiring photo IDs of all voters. The data showed that 300,000 Georgia voters lacked driver's licenses. A federal judge later threw out the law as unconstitutional.

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[tblue]

1. "Gee, Officer. I don't recall running a red light." Since when is that an excuse?

[malaise]

2. Send these urgently

[Donnachaidh]

3. Well then we should take them to Gitmo and have a FREEDOM DUNKING

After all, what better way to prove to the world that we don't torture? :sarcasm:

Line up the Republicans!