Bush Blocking Justice NSA Probe Unprecedented. TPM interviews Waas.

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at TPMmuckraker.

Our Congressional Dems should be in front of the media screaming bloody murder!!

Waas: Bush Blocking Justice NSA Probe Is "Unprecedented"
By Justin Rood - July 21, 2006, 9:00 AM

I talked with Waas on Wednesday to get his thoughts on the importance of the story, and how various media outlets, including the New York Times, chose to report the story:

"It's surprising the story hasn't gotten greater play. It's unprecedented for the President of the United States to himself stymie a Justice Department investigation. And it's obscure for a president to make a decision about who should get security clearances.

"When FBI agents and Justice prosecutors needed security clearances to investigate The New York Times and those who leaked the NSA story to its reporters, the clearances were granted almost immediately. The head of OPR pointed that out in a memo to the deputy attorney general.

"The OPR head pointed out that private citizens sitting on a presidential commission were also granted those clearances. They are a far greater security risk than career DoJ officials, he said.

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1. This is a serious story -- among many this week

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2. Agree. Many. And many of them coming from legal experts

from the discussions on war crimes to the ABA Association's latest recommendation to Congress on the signing statements.

Where is the full-frontal assault by the Dem Leadership?