The act of defying Congress is spreading.

Ummm... I think that this is proof that if Congress does not uphold its prerogative to subpoena and compel witnesses to testify, then it will lose that power.

That said, Michael Dominguez should be held in Contempt of Congress.

Congress really does have to let the Sergeant At Arms loose and let him round up the miscreants who are defying the Will of Congress.

From the 2009 unabridged dictionary:

Congress; Noun A former branch of the United States government. The branch was disbanded after the members refused to take any responsibility.

So lets ask McCain, who is an expert on everything and is a Senator what he thinks. Excuse me "thinks" was not the proper verb, but you get what I mean.

We shouldn't be confused why the Pentagon refuses to let people respond to subpoenas. They've run out of options:

The Pentagon defied a Congressional subpoena yesterday by refusing to let the head of its sexual assault program testify at an oversight hearing about sexual assault in the military.

But, as with spamming on TPM, the Pentagon officials apparently think nobody is going to do anything about it.

Your profile shows the comments. You're the one who decided to post in this thread. The comment policy:

"If you have any question about what is and what's not acceptable, follow this rule: If you wouldn't use a certain word or talk to someone a certain way in a real-life political discussion at a Coffee House, don't do it here either."

What you're doing isn't a debate, but something the entire TPM community should know about: Rather than discuss, you're spamming. You've mischaracterized your conduct. You're not debating anything. You're spamming:

"Please stop attempting to move our debates into the general tpm forum's. It is clear that you will not answer questions asked of you and attempt to push misdirection. Whether you do that for your own personal gains or for the benefit of the current administration, it is unclear."

You've not cited any language of the court orders you say prove your point. You didn't have to follow me on this comment thread; but you've decided to share with others your ID, and your view on your "comments".

I think the TPM community should discuss this here, in the context of the current topic:

Has the Administration run out of options on subpoenas, so that the only option they have is to spam the public with non-sense excuses?

It appears so.

Let's talk about this topic:

Misdirection, delaying: "It is inappropriate to question Dr. Whitley about the program when Mr. Dominguez, the decision maker responsible for the program and for the program's results, is available to answer those questions."

That statement is more of the Pentagon laughing, with the belief nobody is going to do anything.

Guess I will never learn not to feed the trolls.

Hmmm, from what I see here, this is just another case of a rogue low/mid-level govt. employee acting on their own, without any knowledge or coaching from the top--you know, just like Mary Beth Buchanan, Monica Goodling, Kyle Sampson, Rachel Paulose, William Pryor, etc. etc. Oh, and let's not forget Lurita Doan, Ken Blackwell and Bruce Ivins--all acting on their own. No need to look at the White House, move along folks, etc.

You're not hijacking anything, testing, please continue.

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I concur with Dave Bowman please continue ,

As of January 20, 2009, the President will be Barack Obama. His Attorney General will enforce the intent and letter of the law and enable congress to exercise oversight of the Executive Branch of government. Bush administration officials and employees will receive invitations and subpoenas to testify before congressional committees where they will have no choice but to either provide testimony or invoke their Fifth Amendment right or be held in inherent contempt of congress and sent to jail and face charges after prolonged investigations. White House officials and those they worked with will receive subpoenas to testify before special prosecutors and grand juries concerning investigations into the politicizing of government agencies, the politically motivated firings of United States Attorneys, conspiracy to falsely prosecute Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, the outing of a covert CIA agent for political purposes, taking America to war under false pretenses, the loss, hiding and destruction of millions of White House emails……and the list goes on and on. As of January 20, 2009, Bush Republicans are going to have to face the fact that their futures are going to be based on truth and facts rather than lies and cover-ups. Let’s see how Bush Republicans act when the only things that can save them is either their innocence or their knowledge of who is guilty. To those who would suggest that the Democrats lack the will to put our country through the painful and divisive exposure of the Bush administration’s corruptions, abuses and illegal actions, I would point out that the Democrats cannot afford to allow the precedents set by the corruptions, abuses and or illegal actions of president Bush and vice president Cheney to go unchallenged or unresolved in order to insure that future administrations are not tempted to repeat them. And the fact that the 2010 elections will be critical in gaining or maintaining a 60/40 filibuster-proof senate majority for Democrats, there would be political value in the exposure of Bush administration malfeasances enabled by Republican Senators.

I'm not totally UP on this stuff. But I do have a thought about this Mrs. Dr. Whitley not being testifiable-allowed by the Army, so she cannot talk to Congress about sex assault. I think they do not want her talking about the sexual assault of that Mr. Hamdan detainee guy. You know the guy who is on trial or show or whatever at the Guantanamo Bay for his Mr. Osama connection? If my TiVo was right, the Army fessed up that Mr. Hamdan was sexually assaulted by a woman Army officer as part of his questioning. So maybe the Army does not want MRs. Dr. Whitley talking about that. Cause that's way embarassing. It's totally different from a private sex video with consent, you know.

This is a 'Crossing the Rubicon' moment . . .

1. You would have thought that military folk would have got the picture when Julius Caesar got himself dead two millennia ago.

2. Sending brass to squelch investigation is an insult as potent as sending a subordinate to show lack of worth of attention . . . The only valid excuse for not sending the specific individual named in a subpoena is a body-bag or a hospital stay.

3. Rather than dismissing Dominguez, the more proper response would have been . . . leg irons.