Posted on 05/13/2005 4:59:18 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
Minority Leader Harry Reid strayed from his prepared remarks on the Senate floor yesterday and promised to continue opposing one of President Bush's judicial nominees based on "a problem" he said is in the nominee's "confidential report from the FBI."
Those highly confidential reports are filed on all judicial nominees, and severe sanctions apply to anyone who discloses their contents. Less clear is whether a senator could face sanctions for characterizing the content of such files.
"Henry Saad would have been filibustered anyway," Mr. Reid said on the floor yesterday, about the Michigan Appeals Court judge who is nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
"All you need to do is have a member go upstairs and look at his confidential report from the FBI, and I think we would all agree that there is a problem there," Mr. Reid continued.
Republican staff members and supporters of Mr. Bush's nominees were outraged.
"Can you think of a better way to trash someone's reputation?" Sean Rushton of the conservative Committee for Justice asked after seeing a transcript of the remarks. "Say that there is bad stuff from an FBI investigation in a file somewhere and leave that hanging. This is character assassination of the lowest order and completely improper."
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Tony it is time for the defacation to hit the ventilation over in the Senate. The judciary needs to be reined in per the constitution by impeaching them and removing them from the bench. Dingy Harry needs to go he is a Daschle redo. I hope the people of Nevada are watching their "Gentleman" from Nevada. Same obstruction different empty suit.
A gay hooker? Harry Reid and Janet killed a gay hooker and then cried when they were caught by a little girl? Where did you hear that?
Bad news for me.
Good news for Mr. SoVa...so y'all just be quiet about it, hear? grumblegrumble...got enough problems
Mum's the word!
Where does it say anything about a national security risk? The only quote I've seen so far is that there's a "problem." No indication as to what type of problem. Perhaps he once dated Barney Frank, was DUI, bounced a check or was arrested for jay-walking.
Rush is talking about this
yeah , actually , the lesbian hooker had released the little girl she'd snatched[oops /srcsm] ,but Dusty Harry and Janet shot her full of holes anyhow, they're really HEROS!!!
Janet Reno is a gay hooker who almost got caught with a little girl when Harry Reid killed her FBI file??????
anyone expect something good from the WH press , CSPAN
Here goes Rush!
I heard.
He was even nice enough to wait till I got into my truck after I got subway.
We have confirmed that Harry Reid performed oral sex on a Chinese spy.
He deserves censure, but given the state of the GOP it could only happen in another reality.
Wow, that's original!!
BTW, Welcome to FReeRepublic......
Bye, Marshal Zhukov."He's dead, Jim!"
And .. more crooked than most .. having written legislation which benefited his family and friends personally.
HOW ABOUT THAT FOR AN ABUSE OF POWER
And .. DeLay is pilloried for taking a trip paid for by someone he didn't know paid for it ..?? HUH ..?????
I wonder where the "upstairs" repositories of said "secret" FBI files are?
Is Queen Hitlary's office up there?
She never had to gave back those what; 900-odd FBI files she got ahold of to blackmail Republicans or renegade Democrats with as needed, did she?
I don't think that anyone in Washington had (or yet has) the cahones to even ask.
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