White House Briefs Are Full
Cute as a bug White House spokesperson Dana Perino insists Congress was “fully briefed” on secret torture opinion.
However, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman John Rockefeller (D-WV) was more than a little pissed about discovering, from the New York Times, that the WH gave the CIA secret approval in 2005.
Now, Rockefeller is demanding copies of all the administration’s opinions on interrogation since 2004.
The Administration can’t have it both ways. I’m tired of these games. They can’t say that Congress has been fully briefed while refusing to turn over key documents used to justify the legality of the program.
The reality is, the Administration refused to disclose the program to the full Committee for five years, and they have refused to turn over key legal documents since day one.
As I have said from the beginning, Congress has a constitutional responsibility to determine whether the program is the best means for obtaining reliable information, whether it is fully supported by the law, and whether it is in the best interest of the United States.
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