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House Dems Question Prosecutor's Independence in U.S. Attorney Probe
Democrats are already expressing concern about the independence of the prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Michael Mukasey to look into whether DOJ or White House officials broke the law in firing a group of U.S. attorneys in 2006.
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) said that the fact that the prosecutor -- Nora Dannehy, the acting U.S. attorney in Connecticut -- is a DOJ employee, could allow the department to interfere with her probe.
Sanchez was speaking at a hearing where DOJ's Inspector General, Glenn Fine testified. It was Fine's report into the firings, released Monday, that prompted Mukasey to appoint Dannehy.
Fine did not offer a ringing endorsement of Dannehy's independence. When Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) asked Fine whether the attorney general could over-rule her, Fine replied: "I will have to leave that for another day."
Sanchez also expressed the fear that Dannehy's findings could remain secret, since she is not formally required to issue a public report.
In addition, lawyers for the House Judiciary Committee, which has been conducting its own investigation into the matter, yesterday wrote to Mukasey and White House counsel Fred Fielding, asking whether they would cooperate with Dannehy's investigation. The Inspector General's report made clear that it was prevented from drawing firmer conclusions by a lack of cooperation from the White House, and, to a lesser extent, the Justice Department.
The White House comments strongly support the conclusion the WH lawyers have no serious plan to fully cooperate. This ambiguity would be irrelevant if the House were to start an impeachment investigation: Raw assertion of power to challenge the GOP and President.
October 3, 2008 3:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
I find myself having to refrain from thinking of the Democrats as a contemptible band of cowards who do not understand, or pretend not to understand, that impeachment is mandatory in this situation.
October 3, 2008 8:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
And of course, I have no reason to refrain from thinking of nearly the entire Congressional GOP as a gang prosecutable under the RICO laws.
October 3, 2008 8:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good for them. It's about time!
October 3, 2008 3:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Read it, upset at it, yet we are still back where we were over 17 months ago - with fingers waving in the air at the people!
Who's mad? Mad is a understated term! Pissed as hell!
October 3, 2008 5:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you think you are pissed and frustrated...imagine how THOMAS S. BEAN FEELS ABOUT:
----BEING TORTURED WITH A MIND CONTROL CHIP ILLEGALLY INSERTED IN HIS SKULL WHILE HE WAS ASLEEP IN HIS OWN FUCKING HOME?
----FBI AGENT STEVEN PLUTA'S ongoing CONSPIRACY AGAINST MY CIVIL LIBERTIES when FBI HQ COLLUDED TO RUN A SUBLIMINAL COUNTERINTELIGENCE DEBRIEFING using the chip...and also...TAMPERED WITH MY COURSE OF MEDICAL CARE BY FLIPPING MY DOCTORS AFTER THEY FLIPPED MY ATTORNEYS?...while also COLLUDING WITH DOD CIFA UNIT TO MURDER AND OR DISABLE OMAHA ATTORNEY LEROY ROGERS...based on the FBI 302 of my father, DR DAVID W. BEAN (a tired 71 year old pschiatrist who was mislead into helping SF FBI AGENT STEVEN PLUTA, MATT MILLER, DAVE HELLER, DAN REYNALDS aid and abet PATRIOT ACT MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS.
----DEMOCRAT CLOWN PUSSIES NAMED LEAHY AND CONYERS AND THEIR STAFF...have never once shown any interest in calling me to testify with or without a subpoena?
October 4, 2008 11:49 AM | Reply | Permalink
At this point, it would be best to drag this out until after January because if anyone of any importance to the Repugs is indicted or tried and convicted, Bushit will simply pardon them on his way out the door. I want these scum to do some serious time. That will not happen with Repugs at the helm.
October 4, 2008 3:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bush can pardon people who haven't been convicted yet.
And the longer the process is delayed, the less likely anything will happen, due to destruction of evidence, other crises coming to the fore, desire to 'put it behind us,' and the baneful force of precedent, which effectively will have legitimized these shameful actions, since they have not bneen challenged properly by a Congress intent on abdicating responsibility.
Precedent will assist Cheney in his goal of destroying our form of government, and ultimately our nation. And the craven Congress deserves Cheney's full gratitude.
October 4, 2008 4:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, Linda Sanchez should have looked into the career of Nora Dannahey before putting on her tinfoil beanie. Unfortunately, uninformed commentary like this is all too common in the House.
I now have far more confidence in Nora Dannahey's ability to complete her assigned task than I do in Ms. Sanchez'. Competence matters.
Thanks.
mp
October 4, 2008 5:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Since you found the article too difficult to comprehend, I will restate its point more concisely:
The problem Sanchez has is not with Dannehy's competence. It is with her independence.
October 4, 2008 5:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
"The problem Sanchez has is not with Dannehy's competence. It is with her independence."
No, the problem is common folks are no longer in charge of the folks we hire to represent us, AND, since American "Christians" have decided to put each other in charge of promoting Christianity by fighting holy wars, free choice, environmental issues, socialism, etc., we are turning into the same social structure Germany had under Hitler, when he accomplished the same goals.
Because of THIS behavior, actions such as this article relates began occurring and progressed.
Until we begin focussing on the CORE problem, we have absolutely no chance of stopping these scenarios. We may win an individual battle, but we will eventually lose the war...
Too bad we have, as a nation, decided to bring God so far down to our level that WE are now acting in his behalf... and the new christianity has no problems lying misdirecting, forcing, stealing, robbing, and killing nonbelievers... and totally believes that the ends ALWAYS justifies the means...
Sorry for ranting...
October 5, 2008 12:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
That is the larger picture, and that is why it was so necessary for Bush to get Justice in his pocket.
The only brakes that have been applied to the Bush Administration have been applied by the judicial branch. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Boumediene v. Bush. The claims of Democrats that they can do nothing to stop Bush are pure lies- even a MINORITY party can block legislation in Congress. Sanchez appears serious about her desire to have the scandal investigated, but she can blame her wretched colleagues in the Upper house, Schumer and Feinstein, for putting this obstacle in her path.
The Democratic Party was given control of Congress two years ago by voters who wanted them to stop the Republican disaster. Instead the disaster has intensified.
There is no excuse for that. Both parties are blocking the will of the people.
October 5, 2008 3:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was licensed attorney in TEXAS.
I offered to US SEN JUD AND HOUSE JUD TO TESTIFY ABOUT:
----my PROBABLE CAUSE MEMO IN SUPPORT OF FED INVESTIGATION OF TEXAS MURDERS USED TO FACILITATE CIVIL SUIT SETTLEMENTS (all obstructed by ANTHONY BROWN AND JOHNNY SUTTON, at WEST DIST OF TEXAS US ATTY, AUSTIN, TEXAS US ATTY OFFICE);
----THOMAS S. BEAN'S AFFADAVIT IN RE CHRISTINA MOORE MURDER by CHENEY--WHITTINGTON (the cut out on the SIGINT from CALEA WIRETAP)--NSA 902ND COUNTERINTELIGENCE GROUP (arson fire?)--NSA TSP mercs on the ground who did foot and vehicle surveillance (same guys were sent after me in Austin, Texas, as they worked with SPECIAL AGENTS JOHN MASPERO, BYRON SAGE, and AUSTIN PD, TRAVIS CTY SHERIFFS DEPT);
----MEXICAN MAFIA DEFENSE COUNSEL AFFADAVIT OF THOMAS S. BEAN in re. GEORGE REYES KNOWLEDGE OF MEXICAN MAFIA MURDERS BY THE ALVAREZ BROTHERS...leading to the AUSTINFBI--APD overt acts as part of conspiracy to commit a fed crime of violence when MEX MADIA CAPT JOE SANTOS JR was murdered after FBI GAVE MEX MAFIA THE INFO used to form intent to commit the murder of SANTOS JR?
----47 page US DOJ OIG--FBI OPR COMPLAINT memorializing the "breadth and scope" of NSA TSP as they work and join a conspiracy to violate TITLE 18 USC SECTIONS 241, 242, 1512, 1513, 2510--et al, sec 2517.
----SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF MEDICAL AND OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS COMPLAINT NAMING DR CHAD CARDA AND JENIFER BURGER who joined MUELLER--PLUTA'S conspiracy against my civil liberties when THEY COLLUDED TO STEAL MY X RAYS SHOWING THE MIND CONTROL CHIP, LIED TO THE FISA CT WHO DID NOT SWEAR IN FBI WITNESSES, AND ALSO FLIPPED THE DOCTORS INTO FALSELY REPORTING MEDICAL TESTS WHILE TAMPERING WITH A FIFTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS LIBERTY INTEREST IN A COURSE OF MEDICAL CARE TO REMOVE THE TORTURE DEVICE....TORTURE OF A DOJ OIG COMPLAINANT WHO ALSO WROTE A TEN PAGE MEMO TO SEN GRASSLEY AT US SEN JUD COMMITTEE?
NO COMMENT...NO INTEREST..NO RETURNED COMMUNICATIONS FORM LEAHY'S STAFF OR CONYERS STAFF??????????????????????????????
October 6, 2008 11:59 AM | Reply | Permalink