Image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) (AP Photo) From CNS News:
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) yesterday challenged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) to provide the Justice Department with any evidence she has to prove her claim that officials of the Central Intelligence Agency committed the crime of lying to Congress.
Pelosi’s press spokesman, meanwhile, told CNSNews.com it was not a legitimate question to ask him if Pelosi intended to make a criminal referral of the matter to the Justice Department.
At a Thursday press conference, CNSNews.com asked Boehner: “Do you think that, if she has the evidence--and she’s made the claim--do you think she should go ahead and refer the names of those [CIA] case officers to the Justice Department?”
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My Comment: I know that this issue is now only used by the Republicans to charge up the base. I also know that the main stream media has moved on, and that major bloggers are now avoiding the issue. But you cannot have the third most senior person i
Pelosi’s press spokesman, meanwhile, told CNSNews.com it was not a legitimate question to ask him if Pelosi intended to make a criminal referral of the matter to the Justice Department.
At a Thursday press conference, CNSNews.com asked Boehner: “Do you think that, if she has the evidence--and she’s made the claim--do you think she should go ahead and refer the names of those [CIA] case officers to the Justice Department?”
Read more ....
My Comment: I know that this issue is now only used by the Republicans to charge up the base. I also know that the main stream media has moved on, and that major bloggers are now avoiding the issue. But you cannot have the third most senior person i
At a Thursday press conference, CNSNews.com asked Boehner: “Do you think that, if she has the evidence--and she’s made the claim--do you think she should go ahead and refer the names of those [CIA] case officers to the Justice Department?”
Read more ....
My Comment: I know that this issue is now only used by the Republicans to charge up the base. I also know that the main stream media has moved on, and that major bloggers are now avoiding the issue. But you cannot have the third most senior person in Government making these accusations, and then not backing it up. It poisons the entire process .... and worse .... it completely undermines the intelligence community and the work that it does.
Government must always be accountability .... and if she does not want to be held accountable for her remarks .... this issue must always be brought front and center until the next election cycle.
Read more ....
My Comment: I know that this issue is now only used by the Republicans to charge up the base. I also know that the main stream media has moved on, and that major bloggers are now avoiding the issue. But you cannot have the third most senior person in Government making these accusations, and then not backing it up. It poisons the entire process .... and worse .... it completely undermines the intelligence community and the work that it does.
Government must always be accountability .... and if she does not want to be held accountable for her remarks .... this issue must always be brought front and center until the next election cycle.