Subpoenas will be issued for DOJ, but not White House

[AnnInLa]

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002768.php


The committee also postponed for a week a vote on whether to authorize subpoenas for
President Bush's top aides who were involved in the eight firings, including political adviser Karl Rove, former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and deputy White House Counsel William K. Kelley.

[solara]

1. Is Harriet still employed by the White House? nt

[Virginia Dare]

4. No, she resigned in January...n/t

[plcdude]

2. Inviting them

should really be the first step but informing them they will be put under oath will place it in the * administration's court for them to either accept or look like a nixonian stonewalling whitehouse.

[Halliburton]

3. rove, etc. were added to the docket this week

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0307/Senate_Judiciary_Set_To_Vote_On_Subpoenas_For_Rove_And_Miers.html

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Since Rove, Miers and Kelley were just added to the schedule for Thursday's committee meeting, panel rules allow any member to postpone consideration of the subpoenas for one week.
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any guesses on who decided to postpone this?

[catmandu57]

5. It's a start

they have to start with the bottom and work up.

[bdamomma]

6. correct, that is what John Dean said sort of

start with the small guys and go up the ladder. John Dean what a smart guy.