Leahy & Specter Still Demand Answers
What happens when you're Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and you've neglected to answer burning questions posed by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Ranking Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania? You get another letter.
The pair wrote to Gonzales on Tuesday seeking answers to longstanding questions about the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. The request follows testimony last week by former Deputy Attorney General James Comey, who revealed the Justice Department had concerns about the legal basis for the program.
"This committee has made no fewer than eight formal requests over the past 18 months – to the White House, the Attorney General, or other Department of Justice officials – seeking documents and information related to this surveillance program," the senators wrote. "You have rebuffed all requests for documents and your answers to our questions have been wholly inadequate and, at times, misleading.”
Leahy and Specter noted that the information is crucial for the panel to have before considering any of the administration's proposed changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. They set a June 5 deadline for Gonzales to respond.
Categories:
Congress
Join the Discussion
The National Journal Group has the right (but not the obligation) to monitor the comments and to remove any materials it deems inappropriate.
Comments powered by Disqus