It has already started. Recently appointed lapdog replaces old lapdog. U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey rejected a congressional request for information about a Justice Department probe into the CIA's destruction of videotapes of harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists.
This congress is supposed to work together to get at the truth of any suspicious activity. When someone holds back information it can only mean one thing, damning information for someone. Now who could the U.S. Attorney General possibly be protecting?
The Democratic-led Congress has begun its own investigations of last week's disclosure that the CIA destroyed some tapes in 2005, with critics charging a possible cover-up of illegal torture.
The word transparency has been knocked about lately. Evidently the term has not yet reached the Attorney Generals office. But then, transparency has never been one of this administrations strong points.
In refusing to release information that federal investigators have dug up so far, Mukasey wrote: "The department has a long-standing policy of declining to provide non-public information about pending matters." So, it seems, tradition dictates that the U.S. Attorney General's office not cooperate with any other investigations. This department is contributing to duplication of effort forcing Congress to take up time that can be used for other endeavors.
"This policy is based in part on our interest in avoiding any perception that our law enforcement decisions are subject to political influence," Mukasey added in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, and Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the panel's ranking Republican. Actually, sir, this policy only muddies the waters about who you are protecting, a very clear perception of political influence. It is a very common term, namely ‘Covering Your Ass’. It is also called obstruction of justice. This is another of those well-practiced double standards that you like to hang onto.
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