Psycho-Babble Politics Thread 614052

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I must be easily amused

Posted by zeugma on February 27, 2006, at 21:18:24

or have way too much time on my hands, or both.

Anyway, the Democrats (finally) have pressed for a special counsel to investigate the Bush Administration and its secretive NSA. Here is the response they got:
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The lawmakers initially asked the independent watchdogs at the Justice and Defense departments to open inquiries. Both declined.

Justice's inspector general Glenn Fine said he lacked authority, and deferred to the department's Office of Professional Responsibility. That office has said it is investigating the conduct of the department's lawyers, but not the program's lawfulness.

Congress' investigative arm, the General Accountability Office, similarly declined to open a review, noting the administration would be expected to designate the necessary documents as foreign intelligence materials and limit access to them.>>
[AP]

amusing behavior on the part of such impressively named departments.

-z

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