The chairman of the Senate Cover-up Committee strikes again

April 27, 2006

In February, a New York Times editorial asked rhetorically, “Is there any aspect of President [tag]Bush[/tag]’s miserable record on intelligence that Senator [tag]Pat Roberts[/tag], chairman of the [tag]Senate Intelligence Committee[/tag], is not willing to excuse and help to [tag]cover up[/tag]?”

For anyone who’s been paying attention, the answer was pretty obvious, but just in case, Roberts is driving the point home.

The Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has denied [tag]Democrat[/tag]ic attempts to interview Secretary of State [tag]Condoleezza Rice[/tag], former CIA Director [tag]George Tenet[/tag] and two former senior aides to erstwhile Secretary of State Colin Powell, RAW STORY has learned.

Intelligence Vice Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) sought to interview Rice, Tenet and Powell’s aides as part of a Senate inquiry into whether public statements by Administration officials about Iraq were corroborated by intelligence information. Recent reports – including one last Sunday from a former CIA chief in Europe – suggest that the Bush Administration was warned that Iraq did not have substantive weapons of mass destruction.

It’s one thing to resist including materials in a committee report, but Roberts won’t even let Dems on the committee talk to these people, all of whom have first-hand insights that would be helpful and informative in determining whether the administration was telling the truth before the war.

Also today, Greg Sargent noted that Roberts is breaking promises — which he’d even put in writing — in order to ensure that there is no review of the White House’s pre-war conduct.

You know, call it a hunch, but I’m starting to think Roberts believes Bush has something to hide….

DUH!!! something to hide????

  • In the spirit of our right wing opponents:
    He is a traitor and should be hanged… not before he is tortured of course. Or perhaps… Someone should rape him and put a bullet in his brain.

    I dunno – I’m not up the wingnut rules of conduct – is calling for rape incorrect if the target is NOT a 15 yr old girl?

  • New Dem campaign slogn:

    If you want to get to the truth, you’re going to have to vote Democratic.

    this works for many things, replace the words “get to the truth” with the words “control spending” , “secure our ports and borders”, “succeed in Iraq”, “restore the rule of law”, “reform campaign finance laws”, whatever

  • Perhaps its Roberts who has something to hide. Murray Waas suggested that Roberts let out sensitive information prior to the Iraq war. The administration could be threatening to press charges or at least make a public stink if Roberts doesn’t back off of the investigation. I recall that shortly after Spector said that he was going to have investigations into the NSA wiretaps it was publicly revealed that he had funneled government funds to a client of one of his aides spouses. I don’t think the timing was a coincidence. I suspect that the Plame-outing is not the exception, but the rule in how this Whitehouse conducts its business.

  • Yes I agree with Neil. At this point, the admin must have something on Roberts in order to get him to comply with their cover-up. Perhaps it has something to do with Abramoff?? Or maybe someone has photos of him at one of Duke Cunningham’s hotel parties??

  • “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts
    absolutely.”

    It’s a kind of gridlock. No one can rat anyone out
    because everyone can be ratted out by the others.

    I’ve no doubt this is the most corrupt government
    in our history, and the extent of the corruption would
    blow everyone’s mind if they knew the half of it.
    I’m serious. But we never will. No one will. Even
    God couldn’t follow the tangled, stinking mess.

    Nothing is as it seems, the truth is nowhere to be
    found on any issue from anyone, and our government
    does nothing but lie and lie and lie to its citizens as
    it goes about its nefarious business of serving the
    privileged few.

  • Didn’t Harry Reid promise to shut the Senate down again if Roberts didn’t get this thing moving?

    Harry, it’s time to do what you said, and shut it DOWN.

    Do it once a week until we get some answers. No more games.

  • How will Roberts keep this thing under wraps, once the Dems hold the Senate again? Or will we hear the buzz-buzz-buzz of the shredding machines—and see smoke from the chimneys?

    I suppose we could ship the whole gang-of-filth to Gitmo…and forget to send food….

  • The Dems are cowards for not making more publicly of Reps’ gaffes. Not smart either. Stand up, show some character, that’s what people want!!!!The Rep hypocrites and thier values talk. There is so much ammo to impugn them with…..so much.
    I thought the ranking Dem mbr on the Int. committee had subpoena power???? There is one committee where this is the case…..

  • I’ve been wondering for some time: What do they have on Jay Rockefeller? Or perhaps he really just is the milquetoast that he appears to be?

  • There is something called the Harmony Database consisting of thousands of Iraqi documents seized from Saddam’s govt which are being translated into English. A website called The American Thinker publishes some of the translations. I cannot furnish further specifics, but I’m sure many of you will want to explore further.

  • Like Howard Dean says (a paraphrase):

    They lie 24 hours a day.

    Like Thor says:

    Can’t trust a republican to tell the truth – doesn’t matter if they say it, write it, swear on a stack of ExxonMobil stock certificates.

    Can’t trust ’em.

  • Those backwards ass folks is Kansas who keep voting in this clown are only hurting themselves. Just look at how the country is crumbling around them.

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