Sen Whitehouse on "looking back" and investigating Bush admin: Congress "can walk and chew gum"

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aDYQRfop9MWc&refer=us

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Not all Democrats in Congress favor continued investigations. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein of California is reserving judgment.

Legal Opinions

“We’ve got a new CIA director; it is pretty clear there is going to be a major change,” she said in an interview. She said Congress should still get to see the legal opinions of the Bush Justice Department that authorized detention and interrogation policies. “That’s important,” she said.

Democrat Charles Schumer of New York, who led the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation of the U.S. attorney firings, said he supports congressional restraint.

“There should be a general inclination not to look back” except for “egregious cases,” Schumer said.

Some say that while the nation’s economic crisis may be pushing other concerns aside, it doesn’t eliminate the need to uncover past mistakes.

“There is room for members of the Senate or the House to do what we are supposed to do, which is oversight,” said Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. Congress “can walk and chew gum.”

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1. That man is a jewel. Thank U Sen Whitehouse n/t

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2. Schumer and Feinstein-- what are you hiding, hmm? n't

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3. that's my asshole senator schumer.

going to e-mail him now.