Leahy says he really means it this time. The WH better turn over those documents pertaining to the warrantless wiretap program. I bet they're just scared enough now to do it, too.In the immortal words of Mike "Wayne Campbell" Myers, "And monkeys might fly out of my butt."
Well, guess what? No monkeys.
Leahy first gave the White House until July 18 to produce the documents, and then he agreed to give the administration until Aug. 1 to comply. The letter to Fielding sent Wednesday sets Aug. 20 at 2:30 p.m. as the "new return date" for the subpoenas.
That was headlined: Leahy sets final deadline for White House on wiretapping docs, and that prompted my sarcastic August 8 post.
And, 2:30 pm on August 20 has come and gone, the White House has asked for more time, and Senator Leahy has said okay. Again. And threatened the White House. Again.
During a press conference this afternoon, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced that the White House had still not responded to the committee's subpoena for documents relating to the legal basis for the warrantless surveillance program.[...]
"I prefer cooperation to contempt." But if the administration has still not responded to the subpoena by September when Congress returns from recess, he said that he would pursue contempt proceedings in the committee "if that's what it takes."
Oooh. Doubly scared now.
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