White House, Cheney's Office Subpoenaed

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By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate subpoenaed the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney's office Wednesday, demanding documents and elevating the confrontation with President Bush over the administration's warrant-free eavesdropping on Americans.

Separately, the Senate Judiciary Committee also is summoning Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to discuss the program and an array of other matters that have cost a half-dozen top Justice Department officials their jobs, committee chairman Patrick Leahy announced.

Leahy, D-Vt., raised questions about previous testimony by one of Bush's appeals court nominees and said he wouldn't let such matters pass.

"If there have been lies told to us, we'll refer it to the Department of Justice and the U.S. attorney for whatever legal action they think is appropriate," Leahy told reporters. He did just that Wednesday, referring questions about testimony by former White House aide Brett Kavanaugh, who now sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.


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[Maggie_May]

1. Don't you know

Good old Dick is above the law.
:sarcasm:

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3. Yes, I know, he is the king of all he surveys, master of the universe

and all around great guy. Why do they torment him so? ;)

[freesqueeze]

2. Why bother?

"The Senate subpoenaed the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney's office Wednesday"

It's like getting a restraining order against Frankenstein's monster. They're taking legal steps against those who fear no law.

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4. I guess they are doing this as a gesture so all of us dumb asses

really believe that they really care....wink, nudge, wink.

[LaPera]

5. A lot of good that will do...he can

simply step down (health reasons) and a new republican will be VP to run against the Dems...right now he can keep fucking with the Dems...as he has and will!

Cheney knows he's there for only a short time longer....and he wants Iran before he leave...big profits for the oil boys...controlling the flow for years to come....

Cheney and the corporations are dying to go into Iran....the world flow of oil will be a trickle, as Chavez has said he will stop Venezuela oil flow if Iran is attacked...but that's exactly what the oil companies would love, in order to raise prices and gouge even further...as they are stealing un-metered oil from Iraq but controlling the world oil flow at the same time, keeping prices high....

They will make a killing!

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6. You're right of course. 'We the people' is just an old catch

phrase as far as the politicians go. There is no such thing as the lesser of two evils when it comes to candidates either, they are all evil....we be completely screwed.