Greenwald: What will be done about James Comey's revelations?

[maddezmom]

Thursday May 17, 2007 08:42 EST
What will be done about James Comey's revelations?

The Washington Post Editorial page has been one of the most establishment-defending organs over the last six years, repeatedly minimizing or dismissing criticisms of the Bush administration and reserving its vigor primarily for attacking Bush critics (and for supporting the Iraq war). That's what makes its Editorial this morning regarding James Comey's testimony -- entitled "The Gonzales Coverup" -- so striking, and potentially indicative of a compelled acknowledgement by the Beltway class of how serious the NSA scandal is and how serious it has been all along.

The Editorial begins with this question and answer:

Why is it only now that the disturbing story of the Bush administration's willingness to override the legal advice of its own Justice Department is emerging? The chief reason is that the administration, in the person of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, stonewalled congressional inquiries and did its best to ensure that the shameful episode never came to light.
The Editorial is referring to the series of steps Gonzales took back in February of last year -- which I documented here -- whereby Gonzales, along with other DOJ officials, successfully blocked Ashcroft and Comey from testifying about the DOJ internal rebellion by falsely insisting they had nothing to add.

And that's all true enough. As has been the case repeatedly over the last six years, the administration issued false denials of wrongdoing and then expected/demanded we place blind faith in those assurances and thereby accept that there was no need to investigate further or compel disclosure of their conduct. After all, the administration itself has assured us that there was no wrongdoing here, that there were safeguards in place, etc. etc.

more:http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/05/17/nsa_follow_up/index.html?source=rss

[montanacowboy]

1. A bunch of strutting and fretting

huffing and puffing, threats and cajoling; all signifying nothing

the only thing is IMPEACHMENT NOW

but our good Dems are keeping their powder dry for a more significant event

[AlinPA]

2. Nothing. This administration is trashing this country and they are untouchable.

They do it with a smirk on their faces and keep getting away with it. Rove is behind it all and is totally untouchable.