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Topic: Republicans threaten to
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Republicans threaten to
subpoena WH official
CBS News, by Sharyl Attkisson
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Original Article
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Posted By:LOL Thomas, 9/30/2012 1:00:38 AM
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| Congressional Republicans are threatening to subpoena a White House official who declined to speak to them in their investigation of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) gunwalking operation: Fast and Furious. (Snip) Just days after Newell testified to Congress on July 26, 2011 that he'd shared information with O'Reilly, whom he described as a long time friend, O'Reilly was transferred to Iraq and not available for questioning. Thereafter, he declined interviews with congressional investigators and the IG. In a letter sent to O'Reilly's attorney Thursday, Issa and Grassley state that O'Reilly's "sudden transfer" to Iraq took him
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Comments:
The operative words: a White House official who declined to speak.
As for the Republicans’ ‘threat’ . . . Walk the walk, Republicans, we are supra-saturated with your talking the talk.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
god of irony, 9/30/2012 1:03:31 AM (No. 8899594)
All hat and no cattle.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 9/30/2012 1:11:26 AM (No. 8899597)
Yawn when House Republicans bluster and threaten.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Robinsolana, 9/30/2012 1:18:28 AM (No. 8899599)
Send the guy a plane ticket.
This is the 21st century after all.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
killerbee, 9/30/2012 1:50:15 AM (No. 8899618)
Sharyl Atkinson has done serious legwork and reporting on this atrocity. Very surprising for CBS. In a just world she would be showered with awards.
But the powers that be are ignoring her reports so they go unnoticed. Chilling.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
KTWO, 9/30/2012 1:53:05 AM (No. 8899620)
In fairness the a House committe can only write letters, issue subpoenas, fume, and finally cite for contempt.
Every single step can be stalled for weeks or months and then it might all be quashed.
The article describes some of the stalling.
I grant Boehner cannot effectively make his case with the public. Thus Issa gets little or no help. Cantor seems to not exist.
And Boehner looks like an Einstein compared to the GOP Senate leaders.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
KTWO, 9/30/2012 1:55:29 AM (No. 8899621)
I forgot. #4 is right. Atkinson has been doing fine work despite where she works.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Spidey, 9/30/2012 3:10:46 AM (No. 8899656)
Yeah but there's still a huge difference between the way the MSM reports a straight news story about a dem vs. a republican. Sometimes it's very subtle,other times not. It's just like a news story about a political event where they always under report the crowd size at a GOP event,vs. an overflow crowd for Obama. These use subjective terms in straight news stores all the time.
How many republican things adsorb the label of controversial,vs. a scam by the left. Despite all the uproars over Obamcare,they never once labelled it controversial or divisive like GOP themes and ideas.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
janylou, 9/30/2012 3:44:43 AM (No. 8899666)
My hope is that Issa and Grassley continue investigating this until all the facts are uncovered. I doubt they bought the AG's report any more than we did. I would bet that the WH will use executive privilege on this guy just like they did with WithHolder.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
antiquegolf, 9/30/2012 3:45:26 AM (No. 8899667)
Recall that Attkisson was target of a profane rant from WH hack. This outrage proved that Attkisson touched a nerve with obama. Just consider the press whore reaction if a GOP WH screamed obscenities at a female reporter?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
PoliticalJunky, 9/30/2012 7:01:26 AM (No. 8899783)
I am sick and tired of this all hat, no cattle talk and the denigation of Issa and Grassley. They are doing their best with what they have. We have in our ranks either a bunch of ingrates and carpers or a bunch of people who don't know the limitations under which Issa and Grassley work but talk about them as though they do. It is not helpful to our common cause.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 9/30/2012 10:25:36 AM (No. 8900087)
Yeah. Maybe some of our armchair legislators should try opposing the government and see how far they get...
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
lil dotty, 9/30/2012 11:47:57 AM (No. 8900208)
Encouraged the pubbies will wrap up this investigation soon. There is another ready to begin on the 9/11 attacks and the WH involvement. And so begins another kabuki dance Do you have dance card as yet? Issa has his filled. SUCH a popular guy he is.
This news was enough to move the earth in Texas lat night.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
god of irony, 9/30/2012 12:09:59 PM (No. 8900240)
Glenn Beck has forced more resignations that the Republicans in Congress have.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 9/30/2012 12:21:10 PM (No. 8900267)
And then the Republicans will threaten to enforce their subpoena. Will that everrr happen?
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