As if anyone in Bush's administration cares about a subpoena
posted by
Wally
7:27 AM
Congress is preparing subpoenas for several CIA officials to force them to testify about the destruction of the torture enhanced interrogation technique videotapes. If the history of this administration is any indication, Bush's boys in the CIA are laughing about it, drinking beers, lighting cigars with the documents they're burning, and practicing keeping a straight face while saying "I don't recall".The chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, directed the Committee to prepare subpoenas to seek testimony about the CIA destroying the interrogation tapes of two al Qaeda operatives.
According to an aide to Rep. Reyes some subpoenas have already been completed. The subpoenas include requests for Acting General Counsel John Rizzo and former CIA Operations Chief Jose Rodriguez to testify before the Committee.
The subpoenas also include requests for documents relating to the tape's destruction. According to an aide to Rep. Reyes, CIA staff met with the Committee yesterday and were shown copies of the subpoenas.
In a joint letter to the House Intelligence Committee last week, the Justice Department and the CIA asked that the Committee ease the pace of their investigation. "We fully appreciate the committee's oversight interest in this matter but want to advise you of our concerns that action responsive to your requests would present significant risks to our preliminary inquiry." Translation: "Shut your pie hole and leave us alone while we us take our time and 'investigate' ourselves and decide if we did anything wrong. We need time to find all the incriminating evidence against us and destroy it before even thinking of testifying before Congress."
But now Congress can stand there and pretend that they're taking strong action while they're being mocked and having their self-imposed powerlessness rubbed in their faces. The next question is, what will Congress do about it when Bush and his boys flagrantly defy them and their subpoenas yet again? Will they do anything this time, or just wring their hands and let them get away with it again?
Thugs -vs- wimps
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