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dc_dux · 07-11-2007, 05:02 AM

tecoyah:

Investigations in the limited time that Democrats have been able to control oversight hearings have revealed numerous illegal activities:
* violations of the Civil Rights act on at least 50 occasions at DOJ by using political affiliation in hiring career attorneys
* violations of the Hatch Act by the administrator of GSA for conducting political activities during work works at the request of the WH ...and political briefings at at least 15 other agencies still under investigation
* illegal restrictions on Freedom of Information requests at numerous agencies
* influence peddling (related to Abramoff)`by top officials at Dept of Interior
* and the latest revelations of violations of law, executive orders and procedures re: abuse of civil liberties by the FBI and false statements by the AG

to highlight just a few off the top of my head that have been uncovered in the last 6 months.

It is difficult, if not impossible, for Congress to perform its oversight responsibility if the administration ignores subpoenas, claims executive privilege at every turn, destroys e-mails, commits perjury in order to prevent disclosure of potentially illegal activity...all at levels not seen before by any previous administration in my lifetime.

The most bogus position of those you described:
4) The nature of these investigations make it compelling to plead the 5th or forget, rather than risk prosecution for perjury

is bullshit.....pleading the 5th or conveniently "forgetting" the facts in order to protect yourself from potential prosecution is one thing..but there is no legal or moral justification for using the 5th and stonewalling to avoid telling the truth about others, which appears to be a common practice among this administration.

07-11-2007, 05:02 AM	#79 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	tecoyah: Investigations in the limited time that Democrats have been able to control oversight hearings have revealed numerous illegal activities: * violations of the Civil Rights act on at least 50 occasions at DOJ by using political affiliation in hiring career attorneys * violations of the Hatch Act by the administrator of GSA for conducting political activities during work works at the request of the WH ...and political briefings at at least 15 other agencies still under investigation * illegal restrictions on Freedom of Information requests at numerous agencies * influence peddling (related to Abramoff)`by top officials at Dept of Interior * and the latest revelations of violations of law, executive orders and procedures re: abuse of civil liberties by the FBI and false statements by the AG to highlight just a few off the top of my head that have been uncovered in the last 6 months. It is difficult, if not impossible, for Congress to perform its oversight responsibility if the administration ignores subpoenas, claims executive privilege at every turn, destroys e-mails, commits perjury in order to prevent disclosure of potentially illegal activity...all at levels not seen before by any previous administration in my lifetime. The most bogus position of those you described: 4) The nature of these investigations make it compelling to plead the 5th or forget, rather than risk prosecution for perjury is bullshit.....pleading the 5th or conveniently "forgetting" the facts in order to protect yourself from potential prosecution is one thing..but there is no legal or moral justification for using the 5th and stonewalling to avoid telling the truth about others, which appears to be a common practice among this administration. __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 07-11-2007 at 05:18 AM..