Posted on 04/17/2010 5:50:04 AM PDT by Zakeet
The Obama administration, facing a subpoena threat from Congress, will not share information that could compromise its prosecution of the suspected gunman in last year's Fort Hood shooting, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
Two U.S. senators vowed on Thursday to subpoena the Obama administration next week unless it produces information sought in a congressional investigation of last year's rampage at the Texas military base, which killed 13 soldiers.
They said the Justice and Defence departments had until Monday to provide the information or face legal action.
Gates, speaking to reporters after attending a Caribbean security conference in Barbados, said the U.S. government had no interest in hiding information from Congress but the legal case against Major Nidal Malik Hasan had to take priority.
"Anything that does not have any impact on that prosecution, we are more than willing to share," Gates said.
"But what's most important is this prosecution. And we will cooperate with the committee in every way -- with that single caveat, that whatever we provide doesn't compromise the prosecution."
Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, an independent, and Susan Collins, the panel's top Republican, have been trying for months to obtain specific information about the rampage, which also left many wounded.
The senators said their committee wanted access to documents and witnesses regarding what the FBI and Defence Department knew about Hasan before the shootings. They have rejected administration claims the information could compromise the pending prosecution of Hasan.
Lieberman and Collins said the Pentagon and FBI had turned over some documents to their committee but they primarily involved background material.
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Don’t thesenior minoit members of the House and Senate have automatic access to the information? What’s going on here???????
Or, they are deep into a network throughout the world and don’t want the possibility of any leaks.
This is the military, not the DOJ
Like the Senate’s any use. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.
A monkey could prosecute him.
What this means is that they (Obama and Holder Islamic Justice Department) don’t want anyone to know that they have poisoned their own case and that this terrorist will go free.
protecting muzzies is what its about.
Why do liberals fear the truth so much?
Truth is like light. It blinds the evil and embraces the good. Guess which side they are on?
I think you’re right.
Gates a big disappointment.
Gates another fool for Obamass
bttt
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