Bush is bracing for new scrutiny; White House hiring lawyers in expectation of Democratic probes

[Sapphire Blue]

Bush is bracing for new scrutiny
White House hiring lawyers in expectation of Democratic probes
By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Sun reporter
Originally published December 26, 2006

WASHINGTON // President Bush is bracing for what could be an onslaught of investigations by the new Democratic-led Congress by hiring lawyers to fill key White House posts and preparing to play defense on countless document requests and possible subpoenas.

Bush is moving quickly to fill vacancies within his stable of lawyers, though White House officials say there are no plans to drastically expand the legal staff to deal with a flood of oversight.

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Bush still must do what he can now -- before Democrats take over the majority in Congress next month -- to prepare, legal specialists say.

"At a time like this, the experienced people in the White House view themselves as in a race they hope to win, of organizing and coordinating their defenses to have them in place in time to slow down or resist oversight before the oversight can get organized," said Charles Tiefer of the University of Baltimore Law School, a former House counsel and veteran of congressional investigations.

Continued @ http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.investigate26dec26,0,7071390.story?coll=bal-home-headlines

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Hey, no problem. Harriet's got it all under control . . . n/t

[Eurobabe]

2. Democratic probes, I love it!

[napi21]

3. So they don't have ENOUGH lawyers already?????

I also question how many vacancies there are? Did all the honest ones quit????

[California Griz]

7. The honest ones quit

the first week.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Step 2 in the I word

the dance is now officially on

The dems hired them, now the WH has

:popcorn: anybody

[gratuitous]

5. "To slow down or resist oversight"

How odd; why would a "popular war-time president" be worried at all about his approving electorate know all about what's going on in his White House, as he defends our country and spreads democracy all over the world?

Oh, and that oversight is already well-organized. We've been preparing for this for years. There are thousands of folks who have been holding a little bit of this and a little bit of that back in the archives, just waiting for the time when Democrats regained the majority and had the power to convene hearings and subpoena witnesses. If they're just getting organized now, they're even dumber than I thought they were. There are just too many documents, too many stories, too many screen captures, too many archived little bits of information to scrub them all.

Happy landings, Bushistas.

[Bobbie Jo]

6. Oh yeah...Their lawyers are going to need lawyers...n/t

[htuttle]

8. Looks like the 'perp' is getting 'lawyered up'

[Bluestar]

9. Ha Ha Ha--too late assclowns!!

I love this quote: Bush still must do what he can now -- before Democrats take over the majority in Congress next month -- to prepare, legal specialists say.

We have been "prepared" for you and all your dirty deals for 5 years. Do you think that Henry Waxman and John Conyers have been sitting on their hands? I can't wait for these investigations to unfold.