Leahy, Pelosi Differ on Bush Inquiry
In one week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy says he will begin establishing a “commission of inquiry” to investigate the Bush administration’s use of torture and other abuses of power, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is objecting to his plan of granting immunity to some witnesses. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Leahy thinks his stern voice will keep us from ever doing this again. That is inoperative if a large component of "us" wants to do this again and will, if all they face is Leahy's stern voice. It is not often I side with Pelosi, but Conyers is taking a stronger path, and criminal prosecution is what is needed. Enforce the law or the law is a joke.