The White House — echoing the senior Republican on the Senate panel — urged the chairmen to accept the administration's earlier offer to allow private, off-the-record interviews with current and former aides to President Bush.
"If the committees just want the facts, then they should withdraw the subpoenas and accept the president's offer, instead of this continued pattern of gross overreach and confrontation," said White House spokesman Tony Fratto.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_go_co/congress_subpoenas
Now, does it sound suspicious when the best argument put forward by the white house is ""If the committees just want the facts, then they should withdraw the subpoenas and accept the president's offer"?
The offer being "administration's earlier offer to allow private, off-the-record interviews with current and former aides to President Bush".
So they will explain everything ,but only OFF THE RECORD!
I see a little boy with his hand caught in the cokkie jar.
2007-06-29 12:10:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The bush administration just wants to be able to lie to Congress off the record and it appears that the republicans are all for lying unless it is a Democrat that is doing the lying, then they want to put a noose around your neck.
The republicans are making their whole party look like hypocrites by siding with the White house and their corrupt and criminal activities. If they keep it up, they will surely regret it after the 2008 elections.
2007-06-29 12:30:23 · answer #1 · answered by Al Dave Ismail 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I see a Congress which is suffering from amnesia. In December of 2001, the Congress enacted Public Law 107-108, the Intelligence Services Authorization Act. Section 214 of that legislation amended the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act of 1978, to permit electronic surveillance without a court order up to a period of 72 hours. The Senate voted 100-0 on that law!
Now they have launched an "investigation" to find out why the Executive Branch of government enforced the law they passed. Give me a break!
2007-06-29 19:39:19 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What gives Congress the right to request any White House documents ?
Could you imagine if Bush had the Justice Department request all the documents in Pelosi's or Reid's office ?
Bush has invoked executive privilege twice,
Once to protect documents from the Clinton administration and now.
I don't remember Democrats saying Bush was covering up anything when he refused to turn over the Clinton documents to the Republican congress.
2007-06-29 21:07:12 · answer #3 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The whole thing is a political witch hunt. The president has the authority to hire/fire DAs at his discretion without explaining the reason.
The administration fired 8 DAs. There should be no investigation whatsoever since no crime has been committed.
Democrats' political posturing is ridiculous since Clinton fired 93 DAs and that was OK. He did not have to give any reason for doing so.
The Senate should be looking into serious issues not the phony ones.
2007-06-29 19:20:20 · answer #4 · answered by nosf37 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
this is the same adiministration that said the public shouldn't mind wire taps if you don't have anything to hide... right?
either way... even if Bush is on the "up and up" and isn't hiding anything... this is setting a terrible example for future presidents who may have things to hide...
2007-06-29 19:16:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
This administration is so disturbing in the way they lie, steal, cheat and deceit.
2007-06-29 19:13:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋