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."
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Is there not ONE conservative senator with the backbone to do what needs to be done? I wonder if Jesse were still there if he would call for censure.
looks like it did happen
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1402376/posts?page=24#24
keep me posteed on what he says today. It will be lots of fun I'm sure
keep me posteed on what he says today. It will be lots of fun I'm sure
WHAT??? Harry Reid had a sexual relationship with a man who was a convicted spy for China???? And he had 7 visits to rehab centers for alcoholism?????
Wow. Let's keep that under wraps.
lol!
"The 6th Circuit squabble goes back to 1992, when Judge Saad was first nominated to the federal bench by Mr. Bush's father and blocked by committee Democrats."
WHAT???? Harry Reid traffics in child porn????
Let's not spread this confirmed fact around.
The GOP response should be:
"The gentleman from Nevada should be more careful about his characterizations of confidential information in FBI files. Having seen HIS file, we wonder how he ever got a security clearance. Of course, we can't elaborate on the shocking indiscretions revealed in his file."
B I N G O ! ! !
He should, but it won't happen. So long as we have a group of gutless Republicans pretending to be in the minority in Washington. Bennett is kidding himself.
Gee, how convenient. /s
Thanks, Mo1. That was a big oops.
Personally, I found the part about the alleged sexual escapades with his pet golden retriever especially troubling.
From the Times article:
Confidants of Judge Saad said yesterday that the judge would release the file but that he has never seen it, let alone obtained copies of it. Judge Saad is not permitted to see the file, Senate staffers said.
Can you be accused of somethingin an FBI report and NOT BE ALLOWED TO SEE IT nor CONTEST IT? Pardon the caps, but I'm completely amazed--I thought we were all allowed to see our own FBI files. How can you defend yourself against something you don't know exists?
I searched the net high and low and cannot even find speculation of what might be in the FBI report. The notion that this info was already out there is just a smokescreen to cover Harry's indiscretion.
You can't
I'm not sure of the proceedures
But if it's true that Saad has never seen it
Reid knew it when he said what he did ..
Ping for another example.
The nominee must attend church on a regular basis.
What else would be so damning in the files to Sc-Reid?
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