The Dems are at it again, expecting the Bush Administration to comply with subpeonas after they have already invoked executive privilege.
Today, Senator Leahy sent the White House a letter setting a new date of August 20 for subpoenas served to the executive branch in June.
Here's Leahy:
Despite my patience and flexibility, you have rejected every proposal, produced none of the responsive documents,
provided no basis for any claim of privilege and no accompanying log of withheld documents. I had been requesting this
information for an extended time before issuing the subpeonas.
I am setting as the new return date for these four subpoenas August 20,2007, at 2:30 p.m. I look forward to compliance
with the Judiciary Committee’s June 27, 2007 subpoenas to the White House Office, the Office of the Vice President, the
National Security Council, and the Department of Justice.
What on earth makes Leahy think that Bush and Cheney are going to comply with this new deadline? The White House had previously ignored the original due date of July 18, after which Leahy extended the due date until August 1, which they have also ignored.
Leahy and others Dems don't seem to understand that they are quite simply wasting their time if they think that this White House is going to make any employees (current or former) available for testimony or turn over any documents that they do not want to. This is about the raw exercise of power. Please tell me Democrats realize this by now. The only real question is whether they are truly committed to trying to do something about it. I have serious doubts that they are.
