Why doesn't somone investigate (Dem). R.I. Sen. Whitehouse for his misconduct when he was attorney general

Question

Authorized the first Rhode Island State Police wire tap to investigate public corruption.
When 15-year-old a witness in a murder case, was shot by a relative of the man she was to testify against later that year, he was blamed for his weak witness protection program.

Controversy over black Providence police officer Cornel Young Jr. was shot and killed by two fellow officers while he was off-duty in January 2000, Whitehouse was criticized for not appointing an independent prosecutor to investigate the shooting.
Whitehouse defeated Republican incumbent Lincoln Chafee in the November 7, 2006 election to become the junior Senator from Rhode Island, sadly he was voted in on R.I.'s hate for Bush.

Now he leads Senate Democrats seeking an investigation into whether U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied about his intentions about “terrorist surveillance program"
when he visit the fragile Ashford in the hospital.

Rhode Islanders in recent polls say he is a hypocrit and a do nothing Sen.

Other then living in R.I. and knowing first hand, here is another source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Whitehouse

Sorry but when your accuser has no merits of his own to contribute, how can we believe he is just in his accusation.

Answer 1

maybe you would like to supply your credible sources?

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what does this have to do with anything? surely you aren't trying to compare this to an act, that was declared unconsitutional by the supreme court?!

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well someone had to elect him, for him to be one!

So you live in rhode island but do not have credible sources?
not even a link or two to news article scans posted on angelfire or anything?

Answer 2

RI is a crooked State!! I would have to disagree with Young getting elected because of people hate for Bush if that was the case then the Republican governor would not have been elected again and believe me there is more then enough coruption of the current governor is involved. Wonder how much the law suit against him from a former CEO is going to cost the tax payers!!!
What's new with a politician being hypocrite?? The house is about setting laws and making them yet most of the members work for pharmastical companies now is that not a conflict of interest??? These are the people making the laws including health care insurance for state employees!! Ever wonder why CVS was the pharmacy most state employees had to get their prescriptions from?? Now you know.
IT's a CRooked State that needs to be cleaned!!!

Answer 3

OK... The three other Democrats are Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, Charles Schumer of New York and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Don't forget Arlen Spector (R)from Pennsylvania, and Senator John Sununu (R-NH) who urged Bush to fire Gonzales. You'll need to delve into all their pasts in this lopsided effort of 'proving' that Gonzales is innocent.

Or, you could into the reasons why Alberto Gonzales is being investigated. You can start with the firing of the US attorneys, then look into his involvement with wiretaps, then see how over 20 US attorneys were hired, completely bypassing the usual process presidential appointment and Senate approval. The latest item is his involvement in 'voter caging', at least one of the fired US attorneys has some input on that issue because he resisted pressure to make purging of voter registration rolls a top priority in his job. Happy hunting!

Answer 4

Did anyone try to investigate him, only to be blockaded with claims of "executive privilege?" Or did the district attorneys honestly come to the decision that there wasn't enough proof to press charges?

Either way, that has nothing to do with whether our current excuse for an attorney general should be investigated. They are separate cases.

Answer 5

Are you an American?

If so, you ought to know how a private citizen is empowered to try to initiate an investigation against a public official, so do it. Why whine on Yahoo Answers when you can petition Congress?

Answer 6

You can find these kinds of misconduct on many of our legislators including Bush. If people would refuse to believe everything they hear on TV and the news was honest, maybe we wouldn't have these kind of problems.

Answer 7

no doubt he has friends in low places,

avail _skiltz most people don't keep records on every thing that goes down as they have a living to earn, which is damned hard.

Answer 8

I second what "Vaughn" said. Who really cares about the little dot on the map Rhode Island, anyway? I mean, you guys voted him in.

BWahahahahah

Answer 9

Don't know.

Why do neo-cons support Bush cover-ups?

Answer 10

Because of the D next to his name.