The Testimony before the House Committee is taken out of context and the House members know it. But, since when does that stop the House, Murdoch or the Press?
As much as the Press wants to get their hooks into the Obama Administration, in particular the DOJ, this isn't going to do it. I watched this testimony. I saw this part of Holder's testimony about this subject. Rosen's name was never mentioned. This is a 'gotcha' thing that isn't going to work.
Let's get something straight about these so called hearings by the House. Many of these, including this one with AG Holder, are routine meetings. They aren't really hearings. This is the method used by the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch to talk to each other. This was not an investigation hearing. Some of the House Committee members actually used their time productively. There is no need for more hearings. The Committee Members are welcome to submit questions to the DOJ for answers. If the DOJ is uncooperative or inattentive, the House Committee is welcome to an explanation to that fact, but, this mess that is going on is politics. This has nothing to do with any investigation of the DOJ.
If the House actually wants FACTS to back up their HUBRIS they actually need to do their own fact finding and put together timelines, authorities involved in that time line and bring forth EDUCATED and PREPARED questions to an investigative hearing. Basically, the House has to do their homework. Right now the House uses their meetings with the Executive Branch as photo ops for political commercials. When this happens, why should the DOJ take any of them seriously? The DOJ isn't suppose to do the homework that belongs to the House. Just that simple. If the House does not have clear directions to their questions there is no sense to taking them seriously. How is AG Holder suppose to prepare for a meeting or a hearing if there is no basis to it to begin with?
The House is a prime example of ineffective and incompetent government that runs on steam and political hubris instead of governing. Governing is a real word and at least the Executive Branch takes that word seriously. I suggest the Press do their own work as well to know when these House members are indulging in malpractice, it might even make fools out of the propagandists at FOX that counted on bluffing their way through illegal activity.
Let's get something straight about these so called hearings by the House. Many of these, including this one with AG Holder, are routine meetings. They aren't really hearings. This is the method used by the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch to talk to each other. This was not an investigation hearing. Some of the House Committee members actually used their time productively. There is no need for more hearings. The Committee Members are welcome to submit questions to the DOJ for answers. If the DOJ is uncooperative or inattentive, the House Committee is welcome to an explanation to that fact, but, this mess that is going on is politics. This has nothing to do with any investigation of the DOJ.
If the House actually wants FACTS to back up their HUBRIS they actually need to do their own fact finding and put together timelines, authorities involved in that time line and bring forth EDUCATED and PREPARED questions to an investigative hearing. Basically, the House has to do their homework. Right now the House uses their meetings with the Executive Branch as photo ops for political commercials. When this happens, why should the DOJ take any of them seriously? The DOJ isn't suppose to do the homework that belongs to the House. Just that simple. If the House does not have clear directions to their questions there is no sense to taking them seriously. How is AG Holder suppose to prepare for a meeting or a hearing if there is no basis to it to begin with?
The House is a prime example of ineffective and incompetent government that runs on steam and political hubris instead of governing. Governing is a real word and at least the Executive Branch takes that word seriously. I suggest the Press do their own work as well to know when these House members are indulging in malpractice, it might even make fools out of the propagandists at FOX that counted on bluffing their way through illegal activity.
May 30, 2013
By Gary J. Remal
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee (click here) are questioning U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s honesty in denying he played a role in targeting journalists as part of a Justice Department probe of classified leaks in light of reports that Holder himself approved a grab for Fox News reporter James Rosen’s emails.
By Gary J. Remal
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee (click here) are questioning U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s honesty in denying he played a role in targeting journalists as part of a Justice Department probe of classified leaks in light of reports that Holder himself approved a grab for Fox News reporter James Rosen’s emails.
Holder told Congress at a May 15 hearing he had removed himself from decisions to collect Associated Press phone records, but The Washington Post reported that he had signed off on the search warrant for Rosen’s emails.
Judiciary Chairman U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia and U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, both Republicans, wrote to Holder yesterday saying news reports
“appear to be at odds with your sworn testimony.”...
