Senator Seeks to Defer Probe of CIA Prison Leak

[gatorboy]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/AR2005110901976_pf.html

The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence told Senate leaders yesterday that Congress should hold off on a probe of the disclosure of classified information on secret prisons to The Washington Post until the Justice Department completes its own inquiry.

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) said he will "respectfully" request that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) back off a strongly worded request that a bicameral investigation into the disclosure be convened immediately. Frist spokeswoman Amy Call said the majority leader had not decided how to respond. "He always takes what his chairmen say into consideration," she said.

Frist and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) surprised both Roberts and House intelligence committee Chairman Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) with a joint letter demanding a House-Senate inquiry after the Nov. 2 publication of a Post article detailing a web of secret prisons in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, maintained by the CIA to detain suspected terrorists.

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[niyad]

1. what the hell are they so afraid of? and why aren't their constituents

screaming about their cowardice?

[Vincardog]

3. They are afraid that their constituency will find out that it was a

RePigLickin that leaked. The Details came from a RePigLickin briefing by VP CHENEY to Republican staffers. They did it and they leaked it. Blood on all their hands.

You would think this group of Homo Erotic Sadistic Psychopaths would be proud of what they stand for.

[Rowdyboy]

2. Can you say "coverup"?

So just who is the republican senator Lott mentioned that they're covering up for?

[The Judged]

4. Afraid of verifying that Sen. Lott correctly fingered Republican Senators?

[0rganism]

5. Oh, so NOW they get to defer the probe

Right after it happened, they were all hot to trot. Now that it looks like one of their own did the talking, they've got cold feet.

:rofl:

[gatorboy]

6. Yeah that didn't take long, did it?

EOM

[BurtWorm]

7. "In other words, Frist, you are a goddamn IDIOT!!"

:rofl: