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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Congress continues and will continue to have the ability to investigate and hold the Executive accountable. They just need to be clear on what they are investigating. From Washington Post quote in the OP we have the following:
Congress has been extremely clear on what they are investigating from the onset (warrantless wiretapping), but have thus far gained little information due to faulty memories, "missing documents", false statements....etc.
Why do they care about internal disputes?
The internal communications may very well be the only accessible information they can get. Take a close look at the Ashcroft hospital incident for an understanding as to why this information has become important.
It should be clear - if they think the Executive branch abused its power they should proceed on that basis, they should have people present evidence of that abuse, come to a conclusion, and take corrective action. I simply wonder why they make these things more complicated than they need to be. Actually, I have my suspensions - but I will keep them to myself for now.
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Congress is attempting to do just that, but is continuously hampered by subterfuge, and a blatant disregard for accountability. Do you actually believe issuing subpoenas would have been required if they could get people to testify without them? In my opinion, The executive branch has forced congress to take this action
(which likely wont work anyway), By systematically refusing every other attempt by the Congress to get a truthful statement.
Its interesting though, knowing you would be critical of Congress for inaction if they didn't take this step....simply because they are not "Your Guys", Yet seemingly have no problem with the underlying reason they must be aggressive in the first place.