NSA: Intel Committee vote 2/16 on Motion to Inquiry in doubt.
This vote is supposed to take place tomorrow inside the Committee!!
Cheney pressured those repubs who had "concerns on the program" into submission
Snowe and Hagel changed their stance
Congressional Probe of NSA Spying Is in Doubt
They attributed the shift to last week's closed briefings given by top administration officials to the full House and Senate intelligence committees, and to private appeals to wavering GOP senators by officials, including Vice President Cheney. "It's been a full-court press," said a top Senate Republican aide who asked to speak only on background - as did several others for this story - because of the classified nature of the intelligence committees' work.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR2006021401812.htmlAs I feared, Gonzales' testimony and the line of questioning by Repubs appeared to lead to the direction of changing existing laws including FISA via amendments.
Far from investigating whether laws were broken by the administration, Congress is now moving towards aiding and abetting a cover-up, under the guise of national security.
Patriot Act extension conference is a whitewash.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2111138Gonzales is withholding e-mails in the Plame case
Gonzales Withholding Plame Emails
By Jason Leopold
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021506J.shtmlCheney was not under oath talking to Fitz on the case
Gonzales was not under oath testifying on the NSA program in Congress
Gonzales as WH counsel waited more than 24 hours to inform WH staff, after being notified by the officials of an investigation to maintain all documents pertaining to the Plame case
bush & cheney were not under oath in the 9/11 commission interview
Able Danger Whistleblower, Abu Graib whistleblowers, NSA whistleblowers, FBI whistleblowers all were purged and labeled loonies
Whistleblower says NSA violations bigger
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060214-053955-9494rCongress passes torture bill, bush issues a Signing Statement, saying he will ignore the statute when he deems fit
Murtha's bill on Iraq is mooted by a misrepresented bill from the repubs and is voted down
Conyers is routinely sent to the basement in Congress to hold a Dem only investigative hearing
WH, HS and DOD withholding communications from Katrina investigation
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2111474Any "commoner", who had a hunting accident would be under investigation! No one even dares to question Cheney. The question should be: "Was there negligence", not "was the WH late in informing the public".
and the list goes on and being piled up on every day.
Besides, this is now turing into a diversion from the Patriot Act, Katrina Hearings, NSA hearings, and every worthwhile program is being cut from the budget. Meanwhile every day counties in every State are now deciding on voting systems to be HAVA compliant. Who among the hardworking citizens of this country aside from DU and the few other politically involved groups is paying attention?
How much more are the Dems going to tolerate?
Is this the democracy this country is forcing onto Iraq, Afghanistan Haiti and other formerly sovereign nations?
Jonathan Turley is right, SHUT IT DOWN! If the Dems are precluded, and as we see more and more, excluded from participating in governmental business
just SHUT IT DOWN!
Dear Senators, Congressmen and Congresswomen, OUR voices are not being heard.