House subcommittee subpoenas Feith.

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/24/house-subcommittee-subpoenas-feith/

House subcommittee subpoenas Feith.

Last week, former undersecretary of defense Doug Feith was scheduled to testify before a House Judiciary subcommittee, but he refused to appear at the last minute to avoid testifying alongside Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, Lawrence Wilkerson. Today, the subcommittee issued a subpoena to compel Feith’s testimony:

“While most witnesses with relevant information appear before Congress voluntarily, in some cases, it is necessary to compel their testimony,” said Rep. Nadler. “It is simply not prudent to rely on the voluntary promise to appear of a witness who already has broken such an agreement. I hope that it will not become necessary to issue this subpoena, but Congress has the prerogative and duty to conduct meaningful oversight to ensure a robust system of checks and balances.”

[Rick Myers]

1. My Fave Feith Fact:

General Tommy Franks called former Assistant Secretary of Defense Doug Feith “the fucking stupidest guy on the planet.”

[nashville_brook]

2. i have to say -- he actually LOOKS dim (here's a pic)

[Mnemosyne]

4. Didn't he appear in 'The Lost Boys' as the head vampire?

Ghouls is them!

[orleans]

7. LOL! damn! i thought he looked familiar!

...LOL!

[Mnemosyne]

13. Edward Herrmann:

Twins! Or Feith is an evil doppleganger!

[Vanje]

3. And onto the Greatest Page goes the “the fucking stupidest guy on the planet.”

“the fucking stupidest guy on the planet.”

[Swamp Rat]

5. "Doug Feith, of course, is without question, one of the most brilliant individuals in government."

"He is – he’s just a rare talent. And from my standpoint, working with him is always interesting. He’s been one of the really the intellectual leaders in the administration in defense policy aspects of our work here." Donald Rumsfeld.

(snip)

"On the April 14, 2006 edition of Hardball with Chris Matthews, Franks changed his assessment of Feith:

MATTHEWS: What did you think on a scale of one to 10 of the military expertise, of the civilians surrounding Secretary Rumsfeld, the people like Wolfowitz and Feith? How would you on a scale of 1 to 10, where would you put their military savvy?

FRANKS: I would put the dipstick at oh — with a reasonable degree of understanding, I would put Doug Feith in a category as a brilliant man with some military understanding, but both of these gentlemen were apt to think out of the box. And candidly, Chris, for all I know, maybe that's what Don Rumsfeld wanted them to do."

(snip)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Feith

[Canuckistanian]

6. Good! Then I hope this line of questioning leads naturally to Rummy

Hey, Swampy! Way 'yat?

[chill_wind]

8. To Rummy AND SNARL. n/t

[wildbilln864]

9. k&r! nt

[Hubert Flottz]

10. We need to get to the bottom of the Feith Based Bullshit that led to

invading Iraq based on the "Office of Special Plans" lies!

[tavalon]

11. Would that be a faith based subpeona?

Feith had better show up or.............well, apparently nothing.

[bridgit]

12. now there's a punk that needs to go down