Top Democrat Renews Call for White House Documents

Top Democrat Renews Call for White House Documents
Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2007-09-19 16:57. Activism

By Thomas Ferraro, Reuters

The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday publicly renewed his call for long-sought White House documents but did not threaten to delay President George W. Bush's attorney general nominee to force cooperation.

Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy said information about the administration's domestic spying program and firing of federal prosecutors would help prepare for confirmation hearings for Michael Mukasey, whom Bush nominated on Monday to replace Alberto Gonzales as chief U.S. law enforcement officer.

After a meeting with Mukasey, Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, said he had also talked with White House counsel Fred Fielding. Leahy said he took Fielding at his word that he would work to provide the committee with "the information and documents that we need."

"This is relevant to the next nominee and future attorneys general so that past excesses and mistakes are not repeated," Leahy said in a statement.

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it seems, in light of the AAG appointment. Bush has his Gonzo clone in charge of DoJ and now it is in Bush's interest to not have the nomination proceed, hence, to continue to not provide documents while providing false assurances.

What has happened is that Bush has placed someone in charge of the DoJ that dovetails perfectly with the plan to continue stonewalling.
Obviously, the lies are just going to go on ad nauseum.

MORE: The NEW Acting Attorney General = Peter Keisler = Who is he? Just a Gonzales CLONE?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1839232

Is Peter D. Keisler nothing more than a Gonzales clone.
For Bush, this seems to be what "Justice" requires just now.

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Bush offers a semi-sane candidate for replacement while placing a wacko in the mean time. He doesn't have to offer anything- the incentive is to get Keisler out ASAP

Make that son of a bitch come up to the hill every day to testify on something - anything. Don't give him 15 minutes to spend in the DOJ building. Make his life a pure hell of day after day after day of questioning on every subject concievably associated with Justice in the United States.