Bush to stonewall spying investigation

[kpete]

Saturday, December 31, 2005

Bush to stonewall spying investigation
by Joe in DC - 12/31/2005 01:48:00 PM


So, the Department of Justice is investigating to find out who leaked the illegal spying story, but the Bush White House will work to prevent and impede the Congressional investigation according to the New York Times. If they weren't breaking the law, they'd have nothing to hide:
Though Mr. Bush made no mention of the subject in his radio address, some of his advisers and national security officials say the White House has decided in the past two weeks to take a hard line with Congressional inquiries into Mr. Bush's secret authorization of wiretaps without warrants on suspects within the United States.

The White House's effort to deflect a Congressional investigation into a secret executive order he issued in 2002 authorizing domestic spying follows a strategy Mr. Bush tried - and ultimately retreated from - in the controversies over why he claimed Saddam Hussein was seeking uranium in Africa and what kind of warnings the White House received about Al Qaeda's ambitions before the Sept. 11 attacks. Mr. Bush's aides and intelligence officials say they plan to refuse to offer more details in public on why they believe the technology of the program made it necessary to bypass the secret court designed to authorize wiretapping efforts inside the United States. They are preparing to dispute vigorously and quite publicly the broader legal critique, offered by some Democrats, the American Civil Liberties Union and some Republicans, that the president acted beyond his authority as commander in chief.

"We're not going to shy away from this debate," Mr. Bush's counselor, Dan Bartlett, said on Friday from Washington.

In interviews over the past week, Mr. Bush's aides said they were convinced that Mr. Bush's decision to admit that he authorized the program - and then to say little about its details - will be enough to keep an increasingly fractious Republican majority in line.
Dan Bartlett is clearly lying. They are tyring to prevent any discussion at all about the President's criminal behavior. And, the GOP flunkies on the Hill, who fell over themeselves to impeach Bill Clinton, will try to let it pass.

www.americablog.com

[sduncang]

1. Oh, but of course!

Sure he'll stonewall, and probably get by with it...at least initially. Look for the right wing attack dogs on the am talk shows for the spin (or Fox News...the fair and balanced folks). But there's just too much more to come. There's this scandal, then the Libby-Rove matter and, to add spice, the Tom Delay mess. 2006 shall be most interesting...all leading up to the General Election 2006.

[global1]

2. * Came Out And Told Us He Lied, Spied and Broke The Law.....

just before the holiday (Christmas) break. Now during the holidays with MSM talking about events of '05 and what's to come in '06 - the story of * breaking the constitution is dying. The only thing people will hear when the New Year starts is that the Justice Dept is looking for the leaker and * will go on the offense with a terrorist defense. The sheeple will have forgotten by New Year's that * broke the law. They will rally behind him because he is protecting us. Let's hope they don't pull a 9/11 on NYE to further make their point.