Biden Mum On State Secrets Bill He Once Supported

[KoKo]

By Zachary Roth - April 14, 2009, 2:15PM

Et tu, Joe?

Last year, while trying to win the Democratic nomination for president, Joe Biden co-sponsored a bill to restrict the use of the "state secrets privilege" by the Department of Justice. But today, asked by the Huffington Post for Biden's current stance on the legislation, a spokesman for the vice president replied: "No comment on this from here." That "no comment" follows a similar tight-lipped stance from the White House itself.
The bill was reintroduced in February by Senators Leahy, Feingold, Kennedy, and Specter, in response to the Obama administration's use of the privilege in a wiretapping case. Earlier this month, the Justice Department asserted the privilege in a second wiretapping case, provoking outrage among progressives, and prompting Feingold to again express his concern over the issue.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/04/biden_mum_on_state_secrets_bill_he_once_supported.php?ref=fp7

[biopowertoday]

1. Sad to lose him on this so very important issue. No surprise

[Muttocracy]

2. :-( but the HuffPost link mentions Kennedy as Co-Sponsor - work that dog influence Ted! nt

[KoKo]

3. Maybe they are just "holding quiet" letting Senate/Congress do it's work to take back control?

:shrug:

[Muttocracy]

4. true, maybe the press would pounce on it in a bad way so they're choosing no comment. nt

[jillan]

5. Does anyone really think Biden would publicly go against one of Obama's policies?

Seriously?