Leahy: No, No, What We're Told We Can Get Is - Nothing, Nothing, Nothing

[kpete]

Leahy: Nothing, Nothing, Nothing
by BarbinMD
Thu Mar 22, 2007

During the Senate Judiciary Committee debate on granting authority to issue subpoenas in the Justice Department purge scandal, Arlen Specter groveled:

If we don't like what we get, we can always issue a subpoena and move with a subpoena if we don't like what we get. Why not take what we can get in the interest of...

At that point, Patrick Leahy interrupted him, visibly angry:

No, no, what we're told we can get is nothing, nothing, nothing. We're told we can have a closed door meeting, with no transcript, not under oath, limited number of people and the White House would determine what the agenda is. That to me is nothing.

And moments ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted for the authority to issue subpoenas. So let's start issuing them.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/3/22/11231/2672


Senate panel authorizes subpoenas for Rove, others
POSTED: 11:44 a.m. EDT, March 22, 2007

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Senate committee on Thursday authorized subpoenas for White House political adviser Karl Rove and others to testify under oath about the firings of U.S. attorneys.

It's the latest salvo in a bout between President Bush and Congress over whether the officials -- Rove, former White House counsel Harriet Miers, and their two deputies -- should reveal what they know about the firings under oath.

Committee members sparred with Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, who was questioning the need for Congress to subpoena White House aides to testify under oath and their testimony to be recorded in transcripts.

"These investigations have already hurt good people," Kyl said."We need to be very judicious in exercising our power."

"Subpoenas should be issued by this committee as a last resort and it would be premature to do so now," he said.

more at:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/22/us.attorneys.firings/index.html

[bdamomma]

1. call Leahy and thank him I called his office yesterday and said

I admired his aggressiveness.

[L. Coyote]

2. What exactly have these political actors stated under oath so far?? n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

3. Issue the subpoenas now!

These clowns are clearly going to take this to court so we might as well get on with it. Move on to the next scandal and issue the subpoenas for that then on to the next and the next and the next.

[WiseButAngrySara]

4. "let's start issuing them" NOW! ....n/t