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IS OBAMA STALLING UNTIL REPUBLICANS CAN BURY THE CIA TORTURE REPORT?
Stalling for time until after the midterm elections and the start of a Republican-majority session is the battle plan, Horton said. I can tell you that Brennan has told people in the CIA that thats his prescription for doing it.
Republicans are widely expected to win control of the Senate Nov. 4.
Victoria Bassetti, a former Senate Judiciary Committee staffer, wrote this week that the administration is playing stall ball and that Senate staffers expect Republicans would spike release of the report should they take over the chamber.
Asked if the White House is slow-walking the negotiations on purpose, National Security Council spokesperson Bernadette Meehan replied:
The President has been clear that he wants this process completed as expeditiously as possible and hes also been clear that it must be done consistent with our national security. The redactions to date were the result of an extensive and unprecedented interagency process, headed up by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, to protect sensitive classified information. We are continuing a constructive dialogue with the Committee.
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https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/23/white-house-waiting-gop-senate-kill-feinsteins-torture-report/
They will spike it. The Republicans on the committee have already refused to endorse it and want it suppressed. And apparently, so does the White House.
This is torture we're talking about.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/who-says-bipartisanship-is-dead-why.html
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)and I have fears of a lurking Grand Bargain too.
G_j
(40,367 posts)it's been obvious for a while..
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)what's "the plan then"
Yeah I am sure Pres. Obama welcomes 2 years of Impeachment trials....
My God the CT runs deep!
CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)Countdown to 'Manchurian Obama'...
Ykcutnek
(1,305 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)OH Wait......look at where it is coming from!!! The Intercept!!!!
Cha
(297,210 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Cha
(297,210 posts)He doesn't want Any of their BULLSHITE
napkinz
(17,199 posts)nt
Cha
(297,210 posts)Ykcutnek
(1,305 posts)And there's a lot of competition out there.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)The Intercept!
If this is the level of journalism we are going to be expecting....I can hardly wait for more!!!
scarystuffyo
(733 posts)but he is still President of the United States , his country , his daughters country and
he doesn't want to embarrass Bush or the former entire administration
There is a certain protocol that all Presidents follow when taking over the oval office
One is they never go after the former administration to expose any possible legal charges