Contempt of Congess: What's Next?

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Contempt of Congess: What's Next?
By Paul Kiel - September 21, 2007, 2:51PM

In the heat of the summer, it seemed inevitable that the White House and Congress were destined to clash in court over a number of subpoenas, most relating to the U.S. attorney firings investigation. But that's appearing less and less likely.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has been warning since the beginning of the week that the confirmation of Michael Mukasey as attorney general depended on the White House turning over certain "information."

Leahy has been uncharacteristically vague about just what "information" that might be, as the negotiations are ongoing, but there are a number of outstanding requests that Leahy might have in mind. Below is our accounting of where those many requests, along with those from Leahy's House counterpart, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), stand. It's also a reminder of the many loose ends that remain in the U.S. attorney firings probe.

Chief among the so-far-stonewalled requests are documents relating to the administration's warrantless surveillance program. Leahy, along with House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), has been seeking documents concerning the legal basis for the program since the beginning of the year. The requests cover the entire history of the program, back to 2001, and including the infamous Comey/Gonzales showdown in John Ashcroft's hospital room. After being rebuffed by the Justice Department, Leahy finally issued a subpoena to the White House, DoJ, the Office of the Vice President, and the National Security Council in late June. Since then, the administration has repeatedly asked for more time, even missing Leahy's extended deadline August 20th.

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