Comey Asked By Specter To Testify Before Judiciary Committee

[kentuck]

http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/

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Sources familiar with the potential witness list of the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings into the NSA wiretapping scandal say that Arlen Specter has asked James Comey to appear before the Committee, and that Comey has expressed concern that his testimony would bring about a situation where the White House would invoke executive privilege.

For those not familiar with Comey, read Redd's superb post here. Comey was a Bush Administration appointee to the Justice Department who tangled with them almost from the day he arrived, challenging their positions on torture, illegal wiretapping and the CIA leak case. He appointed Patrick Fitzgerald and gave him the authority and the protection he needed in order to do his job. It was Comey who, when Ashcroft was sick in the hospital, refused to re-authorize the illegal NSA wiretaps in the first place. He eventually resigned from the Justice Department.

There can be no true hearings by the Judiciary Committee or any other committee on this matter without the testimony of Comey who was so integrally involved in raising alarms about the whole affair.

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[gkhouston]

1. ....

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[emulatorloo]

2. DAMN that makes me happy. Comey should have a hell of a story to tell

Should wipe the smirk off of Gonzales' face.

:bounce:

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. YAY! Did he get an answer yet? Will he subpoena him if he says no?

I wonder?:bounce:

[gademocrat7]

4. My hope is that he will testify.

And that people will see how badly this administration has violated laws to get what they want.

[Straight Shooter]

5. Comey will gladly raise his right hand and swear to tell the truth.

Unlike some steenkin' cowards in the bush administration.

[CountAllVotes]

6. gee you mean a real PATRIOT! ? !!!

WOW!!! :patriot: Thank you Comey, thank you!! And thank you too Senator SPECTER!! :toast:

:dem: :kick: :kick: :kick:

RECOMMEND!!!

[HereSince1628]

7. There must be an inherent power of the Congress to meet its oversight

responsibility. And the three branches are supposed to be equal...

So maybe Specter can blast the Administration's stonewalling with a subpoena,

on edit...if nothing else this might bring the Constitutional crisis to a head.

Then we'll know what kind of country we're gonna live in.