Biden, Rockefeller disagree on need for special counsel in case of deleted CIA tapes

[babylonsister]

Biden, Rockefeller disagree on need for special counsel in case of deleted CIA tapes
By Klaus Marre | Posted 12/09/07 12:41 PM
December 09, 2007

The Democratic chairmen of the Intelligence and Foreign Relations committees are at odds over whether a special counsel should investigate the circumstances that led to the deletion of videotapes showing the interrogation of suspected terrorists.

While Sen. Joe Biden (Del.), chairman of the Foreign Relations panel, says it is necessary to put in place a special counsel to investigate, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.), who chairs the Intelligence Committee, said there is no need for such a move and that a congressional probe would be sufficient at this stage.

“I think this is one case where it really does call for a special counsel,” Biden said Sunday on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. The Delaware Democrat, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, said he believes the case of the deleted tapes “leads right into the White House.

“There may be a legal and rational explanation, but I don’t see any on the face of it,” he added.

Rockefeller, however, indicated that a congressional probe would be sufficient in the case.

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[ThomWV]

1. Rockefeller is my Senator but I have to go with Biden on this one

In fact every day I like Biden more and more.

[blondeatlast]

2. Biden's right on this. With te slim favor we have in the Senate,

they need to go outside for a thorough investigation. Too many of the opposition in the Senate are Bush enablers and will roadblock any investigation that might embarrass W.

[ixion]

3. This is really shows who supports empire and who does not

Rockefeller, Feinstein, Kyl, et. al. seem to be enamored with empire. Biden has supported empire in the past, so I'm glad to see him calling for an independent investigation, because a 'probe' will result in nothing.

[wishlist]

4. Rockefeller has been an ineffectual weakling about Bush accountability n/t

[fasttense]

5. If I understand the process right,

a special counsel has to go through the Department of Justice since the special prosecutor law was allowed to expire in 1999. So it is just another case of the bushes examining themselves. It's a waste of time.

[babylonsister]

6. No, Fitzgerald was a special prosecutor for the Plame investigation,

wasn't he? He wouldn't give this admin a pass, and I hope there are more like him out there.

[mmonk]

8. Special prosecutors are limited in their ability

as they can be terminated by the executive branch. An independent prosecutor is what is needed.

[babylonsister]

9. OK, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'd be a * sycophant. nt

[mmonk]

11. No.

It means they can be stopped before getting too close. Case in point: Libby. The underlings get prosecuted, then pardoned.

[Horse with no Name]

7. Makes you wonder who is really on the side of truth and transparency

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

10. Not Rockefeller, who seems to be trying to cover his ass and his complicity:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2436456&mesg_id=2436456

[marmar]

12. We seem to have an abundance of Rockefeller-type Dems in gatekeeper positions.....

.... and that's not a good thing.