doj Officials urge House panel to abandon its investigation of the tape destruction

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/14/mukasey.cia.tapes/index.html

updated 8:15 p.m. EST, Fri December 14, 2007


Attorney general won't share info from CIA tapes inquiry

* Story Highlights
* NEW: Officials urge House panel to abandon its investigation of the tape destruction
* Attorney general says he won't appoint a special prosecutor to conduct the inquiry
* Senate Judiciary Committee chairman says he's disappointed by the decision
* Destroyed videotapes showed CIA interrogations of two al Qaeda suspects
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From Terry Frieden
CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday rejected lawmakers' demands for information as the Justice Department investigates the destruction of tapes showing CIA interrogations of two al Qaeda suspects.
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey, left, speaks with President Bush at the White House Wednesday.

In letters to the House and Senate Judiciary committees, Mukasey also said he would not appoint a special prosecutor to conduct the investigation, as some lawmakers had requested.

Mukasey said he would not turn over the material key congressional leaders are seeking because doing so might be seen as bowing to "political influence."

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1. If you put a "please kick my ass" sign on your back,,,, be prepared to

get your ass kicked.

For congress to feign indignation about this is simply disingenuous. If they didn't know what expect from the new AG , then they are simpletons. If they claim that they didn't know then they think that we are simpletons.

IMO - they knew what to expect, and they threw justice to the wolves.

[HereSince1628]

2. Yeah, it's better to allow obstruction of justice than to bow to political pressure.

The governance of this nation is totally f***ed-up.

[spirit of wine]

3. The Tell-Tale Administration

One can never bury their conscience, at least completely. Actions that seem to make the cover-up worse than the crime always remind me of the story by Edgar Allen Poe:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper/POE/telltale.html

Guilt by association.

[Botany]

4. You can thank Chuck Schummer & Diane Feinstein.

Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday rejected lawmakers' demands .....

When Mukasey would not answer the waterboarding ? that should have been
a tip off.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. These tapes must have really been extreme. They want to put the

whole thing behind them.

[ixion]

6. Meet the new AG, same as the old AG(s)... way to go, congress

NOT. :grr:

[Warren Stupidity]

7. "disappointed by the decision"

OO! Them's fighting words! That is our side being strong! I feel so much better knowing that Leahy is 'disappointed'. If I were in the White House I would be very scared.