Judge to review Cheney interview in CIA leak case

[Kadie]

Judge to review Cheney interview in CIA leak case

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Writer – 19 mins ago

WASHINGTON – A federal judge said Thursday that he wants to look at notes from the FBI's interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan's decision to review the documents followed arguments by Obama administration lawyers that sounded much like the reasons the Bush administration provided for keeping Cheney's interview from the public.

Justice Department lawyers told the judge that future presidents and vice presidents may not cooperate with criminal investigations if they know what they say could become available to their political opponents and late-night comics who would ridicule them.

"If we become a fact-finder for political enemies, they aren't going to cooperate," Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Smith said during a 90-minute hearing. "I don't want a future vice president to say, `I'm not going to cooperate with you because I don't want to be fodder for 'The Daily Show.'"

Sullivan said the Justice Department must give him more precise reasons for keeping the information confidential than they had in previous court filings.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_cheney_cia_leak

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. interesting

[Uncle Joe]

2. Good, I can't imagine basing a legal ruling regarding a violation of national security on

on being harangued by late night comedians.:rofl:

Thanks for the thread, Kadie. :thumbsup:

[Kadie]

3. Hi Uncle Joe!

:hi:

[hootinholler]

4. OMG They've invoked the Jon Stewart defense!

He'll have a field day with this. We should email it to him and Colbert.

:rofl:

-Hoot

[Kadie]

5. .

:kick:

[dmr]

6. May not cooperate with criminal investigations?????

Is that not a crime? Is that not obstruction of justice? Or, interfering with a criminal investigation?

Is that not also an abuse of power?

The Jon Stewart defense! How weak.

T R A N S P A R E N C Y

[pat_k]

7. k&r