Accountability May Be In Cheney’s Near Future
From Common Dreams:
Dick Cheney’s accountability moment may finally be arriving.
After years of pulling punches, Democrats in the Senate are throwing them at Cheney, following the revelation that the man who operated as something akin to a co-president during George Bush’s first term ordered the CIA to withhold information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress.
There “absolutely” needs to be a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation of Cheney’s assault on the system of checks and balances outlined in the essential sections of the US Constitution, argued Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Illinois).
“The executive branch of government cannot create programs like these programs and keep Congress in the dark. There is a requirement for disclosure,” the chamber’s number two Democrat said on ABC’s This Week program. “(Any investigation) has to be done in an appropriate way so it doesn’t jeopardize our national security, but to have a massive program that is concealed from the leaders in Congress is not only inappropriate; it could be illegal.”
We have heard calls for investigations before.
But the former vice president’s disregard for the vagaries of constitutional governance seems to have returned to haunt him.
July 15th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
This is what the news media thinks is Chaneys biggest gaff? Dig deeper and you will see this is the least of the problems Chaney could be facing.
Thousands have died at the hands of this pig…and the media dwells on not telling congress about the secret assassination squad…what about 9/11 ??? War in Iraq??? Stopping the search for Bin Ladin. Oh by the way, wwhy not ask Chaney why Bin Ladin is not wanted for 9/11???? BECAUSE THE US GOVERNMENT HAS NO EVIDENCE TO CONVICT HIM!!! Where is the media NOW!!!!
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