In regard to the President refusing to comply with subpoenas issued relating to the midterm firing of the US Attorneys, Hatch said there were just some thing the President would not share with Congress, and things Congress would not share with the President. Since this issue has nothing to do with national security, why would there be items that the people of the United States is not entitled to know? Neither the President nor Congress should work "in secret", that is, secreting their deeds from the Citizens they are suppossed to be serving.
2007-07-09 04:13:56 · 5 answers · asked by cathy e 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Butterbar Bob: If these notes are paid for by the taxpayers and not a matter of National Security, why not just disclose them? Does the failure to disclose not give the appearance of wrongdoing?
2007-07-09 04:36:17 · update #1
Unless it is a matter of national security, there should be full disclosure between the branches of govt.
2007-07-09 04:17:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hatch is an idiot, how they keep sending his stupid behind back to congress is a world wonder. He has done nothing of any good his hold terms in the senate. I agree if its not about national security there has to be check & balance and this president and his minones call everything a secret and why didn't other administrations do the same. Because they knew the people are surpose to have the real power.
2007-07-09 11:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by margie s 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Didn't Nixon try and argue the same regarding the tapes?
There is a law and it has not been overturned, so he has to comply in my book!
I would love to see the things marked top secret that have no national security issue attached at all. Personal security maybe!
Look after the release of CIA data what they have been up to, and old Fred Thompson, a member of a committee investigating Nixon, was prepped by Nixon's lawyer on what questions to ask. Nixon called him stupid. He must be really dumb if that came from Nixon!
Energy policy behind closed doors with the oil companies, Now that really gets one to wonder!
Everyone is willing to testify about anything if it is behind closed doors and not under oath! What is that??
2007-07-09 11:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by cantcu 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What Congress is seeking are the confidential notes of the White House counsel and the confidential notes of the President's political advisor. These are not public documents, and Congress' request is more akin to a witch hunt, looking for evidence of anything they can use to cudgel Bush with.
Support for such partisan political knavery saddens me - it illustrates the ill-concealed raw hunger for power at any cost that embodies the left.
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Sorry, I don't support the "if you have nothing to hide" argument. It's not a credible argument for warrantless wiretaps, and is also not a credible argument for giving Congress access to internal documents such as these. Bush has handed over thousands of documents already, and none of them them show the slightest inkling of anything untoward.
It's a witch hunt, pure and simple, and this is nothing short of McCarthyist technique.
2007-07-09 11:33:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Senator Hatch is a shameless Bush kisser, always has been, he defends Bush no matter the circumstances, he doesn't understand his function as a senator and should not be re-elected (he is my senator and I was happy to vote against him last election, but he is a "good Mormon" and the church has all the power here)
2007-07-09 11:20:21 · answer #5 · answered by anonacoup 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋