Now Jay Rockefeller says he didn't know the tapes were destroyed after all. He says he knew there were tapes, and he once wrote a letter asking to see the CIA Inspector General's report on the tapes (but not, it seems, the tapes themselves) then got turned down, then did nothing.
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Rockefeller: Actually, I Didn't Know
07 Dec 2007 04:58 pm
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Could the CYA lie be more obvious and pathetic? Doubtful.
Rockefeller should resign. Barring that, he should admit to a colossal fuck up and ask to be reassigned away from the Intelligence committee. Barring either of those he should just shut the hell up before he digs his hole of embarrassment any deeper.
I must say that our politicians are really a pretty worthless lot. So maybe we can figure out some more useful role for them.
Here's my own idea. Let's just round them up and auction all of them off on the international spare-body-parts market, then use the proceeds to help defray the fiscal costs of all the governmental disasters they've allowed.
We'd obviously have to provide an attractive discount for the ones who are crack-heads or otherwise physically defective lest America acquire a reputation for dishonest salesmanship.
That's our boy Jay. Someone needs to look into how the GOP got him assigned to Intel in the first place. One of their smartest moves evah. Feckless is too kind a word.
"he once wrote a letter asking to see the CIA Inspector General's report on the tapes (but not, it seems, the tapes themselves) then got turned down, then did nothing."
Same thing Harman said. Wrote a letter to the CIA General Counsel, got no response, apparently doesn't care that government personnel treat the Congress with zero respect, and went about her other pointless business of taking bribes from her constituents.
I remember when I was in the US Army in the late 60's. When a soldier wrote a letter of complaint to the US Congress, and that letter got passed down the chain of command, things moved. People were told to get an answer and get one fast.
Apparently, now the US Congress is held in such disrepute that nobody bothers to answer their mail. And the reason the Congress is held in such disrepute is that they don't care to press for an answer if it doesn't involve their bribes.
"I must say that our politicians are really a pretty worthless lot. So maybe we can figure out some more useful role for them."
Human Jenga. Sort of a cross between Abu Ghraib and The Gong Show.
After Jay was played for a fool over and over again by Pat Roberts ("sure, we'll investiagate whether inelligence was distored to deceive the public into the Iraq war....someday"), what does anyone expect?
When Jay Rockefeller no longer serves on the Intelligence Committee then I'll consider the possibility that the Democrats are serious about national security oversight. Until then they'll just look like spineless wankers to this observer.
The Republican Party certainly stained itself after 9/11 but the Democratic Party was stained as well. While the GOP devolved into incoherent and misdirected rage the Democrats retreated into sullen submission. Often accused of being appeasers by the right-wing the Democrats proved the charge true. The ironic twist of course is that the Democrats weren't appeasing terrorists. No, their most shameful appeasement was their lack of resistance to the rabid right-wing in the USA.
Even without Jay, some Democrats will never be serious about national security, including oversight. Witness the current rush to surrender, even if we can't find anyone to surrender to.
Frankly, Robert, as somebody who continues to apologize for the invasion of Iraq, you really have no right to lecture anybody on their national security credentials.
What's the point of having all that Rockefeller money - no Presidential ambitions - and then not be brave enough to inquire about torture tapes?
What's the point? Why doesn't he just quit the Senate and join some Rockefeller commission and
relax.?
Apparently Rockefeller brain genes--such as they are--are not dominant.
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Heads in the Sand
I'd like to nominate Jay Rockefeller for the coveted Mitt Romney Most Empty Suit Award.
Posted by Jeffrey Davis | December 7, 2007 9:27 PM