Senators Say They Will Call On Patrick Fitzgerald To Testify

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http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/08/leahy-fitz

Senators Say They Will Call On Patrick Fitzgerald To Testify

Today on CNN’s Late Edition, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Arlen Specter (R-PA), the committee’s top Republican, announced that they were interested in calling Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to testify about the CIA leak investigation.

Specter said he wanted Fitzgerald to appear so he could press him to justify the CIA leak investigation. “Why were they pursuing the matter long after there was no underlying crime on the outing of the CIA agent?” Specter said, echoing the common right-wing talking point. “Why were they pursuing it after we knew who the leaker was?”

Leahy, on the other hand, is apparently more interested in learning more about Fitzgerald’s interviews with President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Watch it:

VIDEO AT LINK

As for calling Scooter Libby to testify, Leahy said it was a dead end. “It would do no good to call Scooter Libby. His silence has been bought and paid for,” he said, referring to Bush’s commutation, “and he would just take the fifth.”

Transcript:

BLITZER: Senator Schumer of the Judiciary Committee wants you to call Patrick Fitzgerald to testify before your committee on this whole issue. Do you want to do that?

LEAHY: That’s something I would discuss with Senator Specter before I did, but I know how concerned Mr. Fitzgerald is. And we may very well find ourselves going down that path. It would do no good to call Scooter Libby. His silence has been bought and paid for, and he would just take the fifth.

BLITZER: Senator Specter, what do you think about bringing Patrick Fitzgerald before the committee?

SPECTER: Reluctant as I am to agree with Senator Schumer, I think he’s right.

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1. I thought there was still some ongoing investigation that prevented him from commenting.

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2. So how much money was wasted on this investigation and

conviction that could have been used to care for the needy, those lacking healthcare, the hungry... did it come anywhere near what was thrown away on the impeachment hearings of BC? Just curious how this one stacks up to the other... the sheer lunacy of it all.. and they say all the crazies are locked up.