Politics > Politics-USA > Pat "Treason is Fine With Me As Long As It's a Republican Who's Doin' It" Roberts
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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
01 Aug 2005 09:15:20 AM |
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Pat "Treason is Fine With Me As Long As It's a Republican Who's Doin' It" Roberts |
Hey, remember when the Sen. Pat Roberts and the Senate Intelligence
Committee were going to hold an investigation into whether the Bush
administration deliberately misused intelligence reports in order to
get their war on in Iraq?
You don't?
Allow the Boston Globe to refresh your memory:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/07/27/senate_probe_of_prewar_intelligence_stalls?mode=PF
The dispute over the committee's investigation goes back to last June,
when it completed a report criticizing the intelligence gathering and
analysis of the CIA and other agencies, citing errors that contributed
to the mistaken belief by top US government officials that Iraq
possessed weapons of mass destruction.
But over the objections of Democrats, the committee declined to
address questions of how Bush and his top aides used the intelligence.
Roberts said those questions would be answered in a second phase of
the committee's investigation, to begin shortly after the election to
avoid the appearance of political motives in the investigation.
So, uh, where's the investigation then?
Don't get your hopes up - it turns out that Pat Roberts' promised
investigation is "on the back burner" because "other issues have more
urgent claims on the committee's attention" and "the committee could
better concentrate its resources on future threats."
And Pat Roberts has certainly identified an urgent issue which could
pose a future threat... not to America, but to the Bush
administration.
Apparently the Senate Intelligence Committee - which can't find time
to conduct the investigation that Pat Roberts promised - is instead
going to "review the probe of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald,
who has been investigating the Plame case for nearly two years."
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/bush/articles/2005/07/25/congress_plans_to_scrutinize_plame_related_issues/
Yes, well, I'm glad Pat Roberts stalled his original investigation
because he wanted to "avoid the appearance of political motives."
Perish the thought...
From The Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
Harry
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