Posted on 08/02/2010 6:22:14 PM PDT by Starman417
The most ethical Congress evah.
On July 22, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) sent a letter to President Obama demanding that he appoint a special counsel to look into the Justice Department’s handling of the case.On July 28, Gerald Reynolds — chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights — sent Attorney General Eric Holder another letter once again demanding the testimony of Christopher Coates, who had been previously subpoenaed by the Commission. The former career chief of the Voting Section at the Civil Rights Division, Coates recommended that the lawsuit against the NBPP go forward.
Meanwhile, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has exchanged letters with the Committee’s seven GOP members, who demanded that an investigation be opened.
On July 29, Leahy denied their request in a letter filled with factual and legal errors.
Factual errors are nothing new for Leaky Leahy.
Some in Congress are squealing like stuck pigs after President Bush, prompted by leaks of classified information to the press about the U.S.'s war on terrorism, decided to limit top secret briefings to just eight House and Senate leaders."The defense bill is not moving until we are included," Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, threatened in a private lunch with colleagues, reports Wednesday's Washington Times.
Bush ordered the new secrecy rules after information from a classified congressional briefing last week was leaked to reporters. On Friday the Washington Post revealed that part of the briefing included the prediction that a new round of terrorist attacks was a "100 percent" certainty after the U.S. began air strikes on Afghanistan.
While some in Congress said the administration was being too sensitive, Bush has good reason to set new ground rules for the U.S.'s war on terrorism, a fight that will take years and may try the patience of political opponents in Congress.
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Leahy , another Vermont Village Idiot. The state breeds them, and feeds them in the cities of Vermont.
The rural folks are conservative for the most part.
Leahy is one of the most unpatriotic politicians in Washington.He should have previously been put behind bars for security leaks that directly endangered our troops.
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