GOP congressman may go over Bush admin for torture

[xiamiam]

of course it is stranger than fiction but I dont care who investigates just so long as somebody does...

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (Utah), a rising star in the GOP recently elected to his sophomore term, said Tuesday that he would have no problem adding a probe of potential torture authorization under the Bush administration to a growing checklist of investigations drafted by newly empowered Republicans.

Here's the conversation from his talk on Tuesday with MSNBC:

RATIGAN: How far back do you think is appropriate? Because the one thing that's not on this list would be, for instance, a torture investigation.

CHAFFETZ: Well, it may be on the list as well. I'm not afraid of going after the Bush administration. I wasn't brought here by the establishment. When I ran for congressman in 2008, I'm just a freshman year, George W. Bush, Orrin Hatch, and Bob Bennett, three Republicans, they campaigned against me. So I don't mind going back and looking at 'em. So I don't have any hesitation there whatsoever.


Rep. Darrell Issa, who is likely to become chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, spoke earlier this week about just how ambitious his plans for the panel

more at link

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/10/jason-chaffetz-bush-torture_n_781406.html

[lumberjack_jeff]

1. Very Serious People are sometimes overrated. n/t

[kickysnana]

2. It makes a difference who controls the commistion...JFK n/t

[Monique1]

3. Bye Bye

Chaffetz -- they are coming to get you.

[Brewman_Jax]

4. Not bloody likely

either nothing will happen, Chaffetz will be taken for "re-education" and he'll goosestep like the rest of them, or it will be a no-go publicity stunt to show the GOP's "integrity" and nothing will happen.

[xiamiam]

5. well, nothing is happening now as we look forward..do you prefer that?

[Brewman_Jax]

6. I'd prefer they not waste time and money on a sham investigation.

[xiamiam]

7. i see it as an opportunity ..we all know it and once the dialogue really begins

the investigation will reveal the truth..i prefer that to nothing..anyday

[Brewman_Jax]

8. If he's serious

more power to him. I hope the investigation actually happens.

[xiamiam]

9. someone in another thread suggested he be pressed to do so. I'm not sure how to turn this from just

talk to something relevant and substantial..any little spark could ignite this into a raging inferno for the war criminals who continue to profit..for WHAT?

[Doctor_J]

10. Yeah, right

right after the pigs fly over my house.

[felix_numinous]

11. Republicans need to retrieve their collective soul

from the devil. I think it is actually appropriate that they are involved in investigations if they make it a point to demand transparency and full accountability.