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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:16 AM Original message |
Horton: Failure of oversight by Rockefeller and Feinstein led to independent decision on Panetta |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Neither would pursue Downing Street Memos in their oversight role when Kerry requested it in 2005. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. No shit. Answer: Feinstein & Rockefeller |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Right, they're there to "keep the lid on" . . . just like the Senate elites . .. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Interesting post, thanks. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder what Jane Harman feels about Panetta? She's in the Feinstein/Rockefeller mold... |
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youngharry (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Feinstein and Rockefeller |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. The difference is that we aren't (so far) occupied by the people we attacked. |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
76. Jay Rockefeller's |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Panetta Is One Choice I Think Is Inspired |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thom Hartmann said yesterday that DiFi and Jay were "complicit" with Shrub |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Thom is right. |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Agree. The last thing we need now |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. But . . . have they ever appointed anyone to head CIA who wasn't CIA...???? |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Credit where credit is due. Feinstein and Rocky are as guilty as the actual perps. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Rockefeller is slightly less complicit than Feinstein |
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FraDon (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
72. Didn't he lock away a private letter stating his reservations |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. I don't know, I haven't heard anything about that |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Rockefeller, Pelosi, Harman and Daschle have some questions to answer. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. "Cheney's claims encompasses the following key Democrats:" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
78. Daschle and Pelosi have no direct bearing on this appointment, |
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msfiddlestix (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. The Answr to Why Impeachment was always "Off the Table" |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
55. More guilty on illegal wire tapping...he was bought by the telecoms |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Excellent post. K & R nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. K&R |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. important post |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. DO NOT MISS this supporting video from Rachel Maddow's show: (LINK) |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I had not seen that interview. Great info, thanks. It's all about accountability. Nothing else. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Thanks, Pollblind..I read |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. That was so informative... |
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youngharry (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
56. Senator Feinstein |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
62. There aren't going to be any investigations. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
63. There aren't going to be any investigations. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. I wish more people paid attention to the reasoned writings of Horton. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. dear entrenched senators, this is what fucking change looks like |
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antimatter98 (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. Feinstein, Rockefeller, and OTHERS are fully complicit.. |
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frog92969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. Spot on! |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's going to be harder to make this "go away" than Iran-Contra/BCCI was under Clinton in '93 |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Feinstein is not well-liked in this corner of California. |
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youngharry (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #42 |
58. Feinstein not liked in my corner of California either. |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
74. Make that $$billions, not |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
71. Things would be far different if we had a thriving internet during IranContra, BCCI, S&L, |
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msfiddlestix (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
77. Harman has her eyes set squarely on Heading DHS |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. It appears that if we ever are going to prosecute the republican complicit in war |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. Di Fi and Rockefeller are upset now. Does this mean |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&R . Thanks for this, excellent! |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. "failure of oversight" and "an abject failure"; what utter bullshit. They both did the job |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. yes indeed, and for absolute certainty, they were crack on. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
83. Wish we had people that efficient watching out for us. :( n/t |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. I hope you know I was being sourcastic....dislexia...crack on...on crack. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. I knew. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
79. I guess that depends on if you define their jobs as serving the interests of |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. True that, and we know to whom most answer. n/t |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. Compared to what Feinstein and Rockefeller (and others) did, their slight in not being in on the |
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Tutonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. Like this post. Sorry excuses. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. Feinstein & Rockefeller can consider the free ride over |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. K&R n/t !!! |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. VERY good appointment. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. Are millionaries ever going to "protect the people" . .. . ???? |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Panetta was White House, not CIA. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Wait . . . |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Yes many are....they don't need the money |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. Did DiFi have this reaction to Porter Goss? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. I was delighted too! |
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deathrind (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #40 |
65. Deleted |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. I wouldn't consult DiFi for the time of day if she had the last watch in the world. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. Two more that need their asses on the lawn, they can hold hands with Harry. |
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msfiddlestix (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
52. Excellent post |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
53. Panetta was my Rep for many years when I lived in Santa Cruz. |
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kiteinthewind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
54. Spot on!! |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
57. The more I chew over this Panetta appointment, the more I like it |
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carnie_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
59. I'm from Cali |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
60. Good on Obama |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
61. Yes, these picks have been the first signs of a break from the bush Democrats |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
64. Jane Harmon needs to be added to the failure. |
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nradisic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
66. Bingo! |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
67. Dian Feinstein..whose husband is one of the largest war profiters in Iraq. |
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Jambalaya (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. With six,you get eggroll |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. Thaks for this excellent |
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Jambalaya (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. The Fortune Cookie the Bookies? |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
68. What I love about this is exactly that for once the Obama team MADE A POINT with Congress eejits. |
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Jambalaya (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
69. That "Rocky Feller" |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
73. I'm glad California has Boxer, but I'd love to see Feinstein voted out. |
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