Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Conyers Heads Up Hearing on FBI Use of Nat’l Security Letters

by S-Q @ 8:10 PM MDT

The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. John Conyers (MI-14), holds a hearing on the Inspector General's Independent Report on the F.B.I.'s Use of National Security Letters. Chairman Conyers' opening remarks.

C & L

Wow, the whole house of cards really is falling down upon BushCo, isn't it? It's hard to keep track of all the scandals. On any other day, this would be a front and center story, but it's not registering a blip on the scales with all the other stories today.

4 comments:

Suzie-Q (S-Q) said...

So many scandals and so much corruption! It's time to clean up this administration!

antoine de cicereux said...

Bush Warns Dems to Take Offer in Firings

LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press
Tuesday, March 20, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) - A defiant President Bush warned Democrats Tuesday to accept his offer to have top aides testify about the firings of federal prosecutors only privately and not under oath or risk a constitutional showdown from which he would not back down.

Democrats' response to his proposal was swift and firm: They said they would start authorizing subpoenas as soon as Wednesday for the White House aides.

"Testimony should be on the record and under oath. That's the formula for true accountability," said Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Anthony says: "Uh! Helloooooooooooooooooo?"

Anonymous said...

seems like a fair deal to me.

Anonymous said...

My base is gone and I'm falling.