Too little. Too late.

Let's see. DOJ and/or the White House with claim some sort of yet unrecognized privilege, Conyers will write a letter, diddle himself in failure for all the world to see and nothing will happen, all as per the usual for a failure, coward and whoore.

When do we get to see the sargent-at-arms perform his constitutionally-mandated function???

Maybe it will focus folks. What law enforcement agency can Congress use to enforce subpoenas? Don't they need the cooperation of DOJ to send in marshals? Conyers can only work with what he's got. The subpoenas can stand until the next administration takes over. Then Conyers will have an effective law enforcement agency to work with.

"The pessimists is perhaps right in the end, but the optimist has a better time getting there "
Samuel Clemons aka Mark Twain..
My belief is that there is a lot more going on here for the "Truth , justice & the American way " then we percieve at this time .
Remember that all of these investigations & supboneas etc are taking place in the context of the general election . It appears that there may very well be a complete rout of the NeoCons this cycle.( Many of us had hoped that the 2006 cycle would have seen this ongoing criminal conspiracy aka gwb43 busted open & stopped by now -but we will leave Madam Speaker's complicity to be addressed after November ) When the projected route of the republickthugs is completed in January then we will see justice done .
Come 2009 there will be very active criminal investigations -on all things related to gwb43.
And while we do that we also need to air all suspect pols knickers -including especially Madam Speaker's & Congresswoman Harmon's as they too may well have aided & abetted the torture at Abu Gharib & elsewhere. ( Once we have the majority we will have Gen Tagube back to give testimonty -that will be a very good start ) .
Meanwhile all the ground work is being laid to bring us a government we can be proud of once again- The subponea of the DOJ documents is just one small part of that ..

Conyers ahould subpoena Mukasey and force him to explain why the documents are not forthcoming, since he is the roadblock.
The AG is the inevitable weak link in a criminal White House, because of his position as the top law enforcement officer in the nation.

I agree with the analysis of Al in Austex. JohnW1141, you fail to consider that, although the Dems did gain a majority, they do not have enough of a majority to stop the petty, obstructionist, and ignorant machinations of the Repugnants. Witness, most recently, the global warming bill.

Never, in the history of America, have we had such open, blatant corruption of the White House, and, members of Congress - whether those members be Democrat or Republican.

Any American, willing to look, can now see what other people throughout the world have seen long ago; that members of the U.S. Congress are owned lock, stock and barrel by national and multi-national corporations - damn what the American people think.

It is those "corporate" members who are blocking the process of impeachment or, more seriously, charges of "war criminal" against George W. Bush and members of his administration.

These ethically and morally weak, self-centered, self-serving congressional members are themselves more interested in protecting their political turf and their political careers than upholding the spirit of the Constitution and protecting the traditional freedoms of the American people.

They could care less that only 13% of the American people think they are doing a good job.

And most probably think they are in that 13%.

And now that Barack Obama is the sure fire Democratic candidate for president, and will probably be the next sitting president, he too, has now sold out.

You don't have to be a blind conservative not to see it, just an ignorant one to deny it.

I concur with rodinman -we could see impeachment articles out on the floor of the House for a vote before the general election . Remember please that many powerful voices for reason on the conservative side are no openly calling for impeachment with renewed vigor - Bruce Fine is a good front man for these reasoned conservative voices .
As a very senoir partner at a very prominent law firm in Austin Tx /with deep conservative roots was overheard to say in response to how he felt about gwb43 by now -- to loosely paraphrase him..
"They have abandoned best practices for conservatives. Me & Barry Goldwater never would have started an illegal & unnecessary war , and paid for the occupation with a credit card issued by the Red Chinese/One way or the other this ongoing criminal conspiracy aka gwb 43 will be made accountable for the last eight years .!"
The senoir partner then went off about why how come Usama ain't dead and buried either ya'll !
Want measureable proof that the conservatives are pissed off go read Richard Vigure's new book - or go look at how little money is being raised for the neo con stalwarts such as Senator Cornyn ( btw Congressman Noriega will defeat Cornyn - Texas is in play )
Yeah its possible we could see articles of impeachment on the floor before the general election .
The fat lady is getting warmed up for gwb 43 - you can smell , you can feel it ,,,

RodinMan & Al in AusTex: I just don't see it, but hope you're right. It would be too little, too late, of course. But it would force all in congress who have sat with a fence picket up their ass for the past few years to quit their straddling, dismount their perch to one side or the other, and stand to be counted. To invoke John McCain, it would at the very least serve to give the country a psychological boost.

Never say never. And I remember in college some Young Republican who live on my floor telling me that some B Actor named Ronald Reagan was going to be the next president. I said no way is some B Actor who wrecked the tax structure of California is going to be running the country. 'Nuff said.

I don't think congress has the stomach for impeachment, but I have obviously been wrong before.

What a snooze! The Bush Administration routinely blocks subpoenas and requests for documents. It is the most secretive in U.S. History. Dick Cheney claims he is not under the Executive or Legislative branch so the Public has no right to know about his activities.

If the Dems had any "cojones" whatsoever, they would do what District Judge John Bates recently suggested: have the House Officer hold Mukasey in contempt and throw him in jail under the Capitol. If the Bush Administration is subverting the Constitution, it is up to Congress to hold them accountable.

I agree that CONGRESSIONAL AIDES for Dems...are corrupt, worthless, informants for the RADICAL RIGHT WING CORPORATE SHADOW GOVERNMENT.

As proven by...the HOUSE OF DEATH SCANDAL when an ICE informant when nuts and murdered at least ten mexicans in Juarez.

Story at NARCO NEWS.

Grassley and DOJ and the corrupt whores at US SEN JUD did nothing...and the staffers were all ex feds COVERING UP FOR THEIR PALS.

Congress...is run by aides, who are in on the corruption as proven by Abramoff scandal and Duke Cunningham scandal.

DEMS are worthless...don't know how to "FIND THE RAT" and how to get them indicted.