What the fuck good is the Oversight Committee if they can’t fight this bullshit? I can’t be any more frustrated at this process and it’s truly amazing that these fucktards can get away with doing exactly what Scooter Libbey was convicted of doing, namely obstruction of justice.
They can just make up some horseshitting excuse why they cannot provide key evidence to an ongoing congressional investigation and NOTHING HAPPENS.
The decision by the White House to refuse to honor the subpoena from Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for Cheney’s interview was hardly unexpected, given the administration’s history of fiercely protecting presidential prerogatives. What was surprising to some legal scholars was the basis for shielding the FBI interview report. It was covered, Mukasey said, by what he called “the law-enforcement component of executive privilege.”
“As far as I know, this is an utterly unprecedented executive-privilege claim,” said Peter Shane, an Ohio State University law professor who is an expert on executive privilege and separation-of-powers issues. “I’ve never heard this claim before.”
Tags: politics, Dick Cheney, CIA Leak Investigation, Rule of Law