"Patrick Leahy warned yesterday that Mukasey will not get confirmed until the
Judiciary committee gets the information it wants on the US attorney firings and
the warrantless wiretapping program: “All I want is the material we need to ask
some questions about the former attorney general’s conduct, on torture and
warrantless wiretapping, so we can legitimately ask, ‘Here’s what was done in
the past, what will you do?"
This is a sly trick, and I don't think that the White House is going to go for it. It is open blackmail if you ask me. Holding up the confirmation as a means to the political ends of the democrats. The justice department will suffer, and the country will suffer. If this man is able and trusted for the job, put him in office, he may be an ally. Starting off the relationship of congress with the new AG in this manner will not enable a trust worthy relationship in the future.
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