| Faced with a refusal by the Bush administration to provide certain documents related to prewar intelligence on Iraq, the Senate intelligence committee voted in a closed session on Thursday to move toward a possible subpoena, according to senior Congressional officials. |
What on earth does that mean? "Move toward a possible subpoena." Move toward. Possible. We're only moving toward it, anyway, so I suppose it doesn't matter. But just what is a "possible" subpoena?
It turns out they didn't actually even say that...
| The bipartisan vote on the Republican-led panel sets a three-week deadline for a voluntary handover by the administration, after which the committee would employ unspecified "further action," which could only mean a subpoena, the officials said.
...The plan approved by the panel calls for Senator Rockefeller and Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, the top Republican, to issue an explicit warning in a letter to President Bush if the documents are not received, Congressional officials said. |
So, it really doesn't matter whether the pResident agrees to an extension of time for the Commission, or whether Nasty Hastert decides not to block the extension. If the White House is going to stall and stymie and refuse to cooperate, the Commission is not going to get the job done anyway.
The Worthless Commission. Or is this the Pointless Commission?
A movement, indeed. They need to shit or get off the pot, to coin an old Missouri phrase. Or is that Texan?
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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