Hey, YOU GUYS CONFIRMED HIM!
"AG denies details in CIA tapes inquiry" by Lara Jakes Jordan/Associated Press December 15, 2007
WASHINGTON --Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to give Congress details of the government's investigation into interrogations of terror suspects that were videotaped and destroyed by the CIA. He said doing so could raise questions about whether the inquiry is vulnerable to political pressure.
In letters to leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees that oversee the Justice Department, Mukasey also said there is no need right now to appoint a special prosecutor to lead the investigation. The preliminary inquiry currently is being handled by the Justice Department and the CIA's inspector general.
Addressing congressional demands for facts in the CIA tapes inquiry, Mukasey noted that the Justice Department generally does not give out information about pending cases.
Mukasey wrote: "This policy is based in part on our interest in avoiding any perception that our law enforcement decisions are subject to political influence. Accordingly, I will not at this time provide further information in response to your letter, but appreciate the committee's interests in this matter."
Yeah, even though he is acting politically and PROTECTING the WHITE HOUSE!
UP YOURS, DemocraPs!!!!
Hey, YOU CONFIRMED HIM!!!!
Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike angrily denounced Mukasey's refusal, which they said blocks congressional oversight of the Justice Department. Additionally, lawmakers from both parties accused the Justice Department of obstructing a House Intelligence Committee inquiry by advising the CIA against cooperating.
I don't want to hear Congressional whining anymore!
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
House Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas and the panel's top Republican, Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Michigan, in a joint statement Friday:
"Earlier today, our staff was notified that the Department of Justice has advised CIA not cooperate with our investigation. We are stunned that the Justice Department would move to block our investigation. Parallel investigations occur all of the time, and there is no basis upon which the Attorney General can stand in the way of our work. ... It's clear that there's more to this story than we have been told, and it is unfortunate that we are being prevented from learning the facts. The executive branch can't be trusted to oversee itself."
And?!
"Delay Is Sought by Justice Dept. on C.I.A. Inquiry" by DAVID JOHNSTON and MARK MAZZETTI
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department asked the House Intelligence Committee on Friday to postpone its investigation into the destruction of videotapes by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2005, saying the Congressional inquiry presented “significant risks” to its own preliminary investigation into the matter.
The department is taking an even harder line with other Congressional committees looking into the matter, and is refusing to provide information about any role it might have played in the destruction of the videotapes. The recordings covered hundreds of hours of interrogations of two operatives of Al Qaeda.
Over all, the position taken by Mr. Mukasey, who took office last month, represented what Justice Department officials described as an effort to caution Congress against meddling in the tapes case and other politically explosive criminal cases.
The Justice Department request was met with anger from both Republican and Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee, who said the department was trying to interfere with their investigation. The committee had summoned two C.I.A. officials to testify at a hearing next week, a session that will now almost certainly be postponed.
The inquiry by the House committee had been shaping up as the most aggressive investigation into the destruction of the tapes, and in a written statement on Friday, the two senior members of the panel said they were “stunned” by the Justice Department’s request.
The lawmakers, Representative Silvestre Reyes, Democrat of Texas, and Representative Peter Hoekstra, Republican of Michigan, threatened to issue subpoenas to get testimony and other information from the C.I.A.:
“There is no basis upon which the attorney general can stand in the way of our work."
So what are you flunky-fucks gonna do about it?
Nothing, right?
The committee had demanded that the C.I.A. produce all cables, memorandums and e-mail messages related to the videotapes, as well as the legal advice given to agency officials before the tapes were destroyed. Friday’s deadline passed without the arrival of any of those C.I.A. records on Capitol Hill.
Translation: FUCK YOU, Congress!
That's YOUR BOY in there, Congress!
YOU APPROVED HIM!
The Justice Department request to the House committee was made in a letter signed by Assistant Attorney General Kenneth L. Wainstein and John L. Helgerson, the C.I.A.’s inspector general, who are leading the preliminary criminal investigation.
The letter said:
“Our ability to obtain the most reliable and complete information would likely be jeopardized if the C.I.A. undertakes the steps necessary to respond to your requests in a comprehensive fashion at this time.”
Translation: FUCK YOU, Congress!
Mr. Wainstein and Mr. Helgerson asked the committee’s “indulgence,” and promised to advise the panel on when it might resume its inquiry without jeopardizing their own investigation. But they said they could not say when the Justice Department inquiry might be completed and asked to pursue their investigation at the appropriate pace.
How much you wanna bet NEVER?!
Or at least until after ASSHOLE BUSH leaves office!
Mr. Mukasey was rebuffing requests from the Congressional committees that oversee the Justice Department. The committees sent him letters this week demanding information about the department’s role in the destruction of the tapes and in other issues related to the possible recording of interrogations.
Mr. Mukasey wrote in one letter:
“At my confirmation hearing, I testified that I would act independently, resist political pressure and ensure that politics plays no role in cases brought by the Department of Justice. I will not at this time provide further information in response to your letter.”
Translation: I am erecting a stone walll around this matter to PROTECT the WHITE HOUSE!
But it is NOT POLITICAL!
Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Friday that he was disappointed."
That last remark proves that this is nothing but a GAME of POLITICAL FOOLEYS for "election" time!
This is a serious issue, but is being covered in a BULLSHIT WAY -- by both the politicians and news media!
WELCOME to DICTATORSHIP and the FASCIST STATE, folks!
Where LYING, LAW-BREAKING and IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES shall be IGNORED!
Bye-bye, Congress, you worthless, limp puds!
And bye-bye, readers.
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