Pelosi To Slap Down Detainee Photo Release Ban

[kpete]

Source: The Plum Line

The Plum LineGreg Sargent's blog
Posted at 06/10/2009, 05:58 PM EST
Happy Hour Roundup: Pelosi To Slap Down Detainee Photo Release Ban

* Big win for liberals: In an interview set to air on Ed Schultz’s show tonight, Nancy Pelosi will make it official: She’s opposed to allowing the measure banning the release of detainee photos to remain in the final war spending bill.

“I don’t think Congress should make an exception to FOIA,” Pelosi will say, her spokesperson, Brendan Daly, confirms to me.

Meanwhile, Dem Rep Louise Slaughter confirmed today that the final bill definitely will not contain the measure, which is an amendment first proposed by Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham that would give the President the power to bar FOIA releases of detainee photos in the name of national security. It passed the Senate and was sought by the White House, but House liberals balked.

The stripping of the measure is a big victory for liberals and civil libertarians who fought the measure, and puts the House Dem leadership at odds with the White House on a highly-sensitive national security and civil liberties issue. It also sets up a major confrontation with Lieberman.

Read more: http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/torture/happy-hour-roundup-pelosi-to-slap-down-detainee-photo-release-ban/

[rurallib]

1. The Connecticut for Lieberman Party will storm the House.

Memo:
from Nancy Pelosi
to Joe Lieberman
Re: FOIA exception bill.

Joe,
Fuck You
Nancy.

[struggle4progress]

6. Did Connecticut for Lieberman party even take a stand on this issue? The blog's been quiet lately

Official Connecticut for Lieberman Party Website/Blog
Paid for by Connecticut for Lieberman Party
What we stand for:
The Connecticut for Lieberman Party (CFL) rejects the fraud perpetrated on the members of this party and the citizens of Connecticut by Joe Lieberman when he used the creation of this party to get on the general election ballot in 2006 ... http://ctforlieberman.blogspot.com/

[saigon68]

20. Joementum Limpmann = BIG VIET-NAM draft dodger

The closest he ever got to his "FRIENDS" in the military was when he ducked out the back door of the Draft Induction Center

He is a Big POS (that's a Big Piece of S_IT)

[Qutzupalotl]

7. Truly an army of one. n/t

[KaryninMiami]

2. Good. Lieberman and Graham can go find something else to whine about. Assholes.

Let them whine and complain all they want- this is a big victory for justice- something Lieberman and Graham have no concept of.

[saigon68]

21. Supporters of McLame.

[pmorlan1]

3. Great news!

That's great news. I hope they don't cave like they did on FISA.

[madeline_con]

5. Pelosi cave? Perish the thought!

:p

[babylonsister]

4. Excellent! nt

[frylock]

8. good on her!

:thumbsup:

[MannyGoldstein]

9. She's Going After The CIA

This is payback for the difference of opinion that Pelosi and CIA are having over her briefings.

[Demeter]

18. So, It Takes a Political Death Threat to Get Nancy to Act?

taking notes....

[blueclown]

10. The George W Bush Protection Act of 2009 goes down in flames.

:toast: :toast:

A great day for America. Go fuck yourself Lieberman.

[Vidar]

11. Obama supports the ban, as I understand, so Pelosi is going against Obama's wishes??

[notadmblnd]

12. or maybe she's doing the dirty work for him?

I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I'm just thinking it's the administrations way of getting what they really want done, without it looking like Obama wants it?:shrug:

[Vidar]

13. Could be. Not being that sneaky, I'd be a lousy politician.

[No Elephants]

24. Please see Reply # 22.

[No Elephants]

22. Huh? Obama has been fighting the ACLU in court on FOIA requests,

picking up exactly where Bushco left off in those cases. In fact, Obama has picked up where Bushco left off in every single court case of which I am aware.

[w4rma]

14. Very good. (nt)

[LooseWilly]

15. Cheers to Nancy Pelosi !!

:toast:

[MasonJar]

16. Good for Pelosi and the House liberal dems. Obama is on the wrong

side of yet another issue. What is wrong with him now that he is president? He must have been a miserable Constitutional law professor.

[Hekate]

17. Bit by bit our Dems are getting the job done. Whether it's our phone calls and letters or not...

... both the Speaker of the House and the President are on the right track in many important ways.

Hekate

[Mari333]

19. well, Ill be a monkeys uncle

she is actually FOR something right, finally. Okay Nancy, keep it up and dont cave.

[No Elephants]

23. Good for Nancy, but Obama is still fighting in court against release.