Below is an excerpt from the Associated Press regarding the issuing of subpoenas of White House officials in an attempt to uncover the truth about the firing of U.S. attorneys:
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By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - A Senate panel, following the House's lead, authorized subpoenas Thursday for White House political adviser Karl Rove and other top aides involved in the firing of federal prosecutors. The Senate Judiciary Committee decided by voice vote to approve the subpoenas as Republicans and Democrats sparred over whether to press a showdown with
President Bush over the ousters of eight U.S. attorneys.
Democrats angrily rejected Bush's offer to grant a limited number of lawmakers private interviews with the aides with no transcript and without swearing them in. Republicans counseled restraint, but at least one, Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, backed the action....
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We will undoubtedly hear more about this later. As part of the present discussion, Air America Radio show host Thom Hartmann has today asked why President Bush has not been subpoenaed. He then answered his own question by opining that Congress is using the "Patrick Fitzgerald approach" of being very careful as part of a step-by-step method.
This will be a most important issue to follow.
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