I was interested to read that Senate Intelligence Chairman Roberts had agreed to "fix" the NSA spying scandal -- see Americablog. That's nice. I'm used to being cut out of the conference meetings, but now they are cutting us out even before the bill's are written or either the House or Senate Acts. Thos 51 questions that Chairman Sensenbrenner submitted to the AG must not matter that much if the fix can be put in before we get a single answer. Either way, I am going to continue to pursue this. In that regard, I'm glad to see that a court is forcing DOJ to respond to FOIA requests on this scandal. The more that gets out on this scandal, the better for our Democracy. I'll be awaiting the documents release with great interest.
I thought I'd also share Bob Herbert's op-ed in the New York Times today calling into question whether the Vice President is still fit to hold office. Recently, the Times has opted to make its op-ed page subscription only, so although I am going to link to it here, I am also going to excerpt some of it below.
It's time for Dick Cheney to step down — for the sake of the country and for the sake of the Bush administration. ...
Dick Cheney is a constant reminder of those things the White House would most like to forget: the bullying, the intelligence failures, the inability to pacify Iraq, the misuse of classified information and the breathtaking incompetence that seems to be spread throughout the administration.
Mr. Cheney would do his nation and his president a service by packing his bags and heading back to Wyoming. He's become a joke. But not a funny one. Herbert is right on the point: there's nothing funny about this administration's failures.
http://www.conyersblog.us/default.htmLinks in his article
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/02/gop-intelligence-committee-chair.htmlhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060216/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/domestic_spying_courts
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