Sen Leahy: Cheney Told GOP-Led Congress It Was 'Not Allowed To Issue Subpoenas'
Sen Leahy: Cheney Told GOP-Led Congress It Was 'Not Allowed To Issue Subpoenas' ยปThink Progress August 20, 2007 11:14 PM
Today in a press briefing, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) revealed that the White House had missed its 2:30 PM deadline to turn over documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding legal justifications for the National Security Agency's eavesdropping program. The Committee had already pushed back the original July 18 deadline twice after the White House requested more time.
Leahy said that the administration's stonewalling amounted to "contempt of the valid order of the Congress," and pointed out that these subpoenas were...
Today in a press briefing, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) revealed that the White House had missed its 2:30 PM deadline to turn over documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding legal justifications for the National Security Agency's eavesdropping program. The Committee had already pushed back the original July 18 deadline twice after the White House requested more time.
Leahy said that the administration's stonewalling amounted to "contempt of the valid order of the Congress," and pointed out that these subpoenas were...
posted by Kangaroo Brisbane Australia at 12:44 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home