Talkingpointsmemo: What he (Pat Roberts) won't do when Karl Rove calls

[flpoljunkie]

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_07_24.php#006157

(July 25, 2005 -- 09:50 PM EDT


Late-Breaking Pat Roberts Egregious Hackery Update!

Sen. Pat Roberts (R) prevented the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from making any inquiry into the origins of the Niger forgeries. His reason was that there was an on-going FBI investigation and he didn't want to interfere in any way with that investigation.

(See the footnote on page 57 of the SSCI report or this earlier post.)

As we've noted here repeatedly, at least as of late last year the FBI investigation was really a phantom investigation, with little actual work being done to solve the mystery -- something Sen. Roberts almost certainly knew.

So it would seem that any overlap between a criminal investigation and a congressional inquiry is a big no-no to Roberts.

And yet now we hear that he plans to investigate Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation itself.

What this man won't do when Karl Rove calls.

-- Josh Marshall

[GalleryGod]

1. Yadda.Yadda.Yadda

and a Big F#$K You, Patty-Me-Boy!:patriot:
It's all about the sanctity of the investigations when it's Repug in Deep Shiite!:yoiks:

[wurzel]

2. That Roberts intends to do this "review" of the probe is in writing.

And the media ignores it!

[Ganja Ninja]

3. It's crap like this that tells me these guys aren't going down.

They'll do anything it takes to keep from being indicted. All they have to do is delay it through the next election. Once the mid-term elections are out of the way Bush will get out the pardon pen.

[BlueWolff]

4. We have to expose this

Send emails to all the Dems's get them to talk about Roberts possible motives...bring it up even when they aren't asked...this is what the RePUGS do...We have to make sure we aren't the only ones on to them.......

[blm]

7. Call your papers and email news shows. Demand they question Roberts and

his bogus addendum to the Senate Intel Report.

[acmejack]

5. Let him start it right after he finishes the 9/11 second phase he promised

before the elections. Amazing what this jerk will do. And to think at one time I actually had a modicum for this republiCon hack!

I'm like Mike, God, I hate these bastards!!!

Viva la revolución!

[pansypoo53219]

6. what happened to that

RULE OF LAW the retardicans were SO concerned about during Clinton's impeachment.

dare i say POLITICS???

[Patty Diana]

8. US Senate Committe on Intelligence_Members

http://intelligence.senate.gov/members.htm The Democrats don't have a prayer here____the pukes are all TRAITORUS BASTARDS None will indict the schrub on anything

[peacetalksforall]

9. Does anyone know what he is investigating Fitzgerald for? Is he just

trying to get inside information for the WH so they know which lawyers and how many of them to hire?

Bring it on, Roberts. Make it really repulsive and if you can, make it illegal. We need a more pepper on this one and we are confident you can really add the right touch.