A bill in the U.S. Congress has just been introduced to create a bi-partisan committee to investigate Bush and his administration in terms of national security.  Robert Wexler, Barbara Lee, and John Conyers are the sponsors of the bill that Wexler says ” establishes a bi-partisan Select Committee tasked with making comprehensive recommendations on our national security policy – including those covering laws on torture, FISA law violations, wiretapping, civil liberties protections, among others.  This committee would have all of the power of a standing committee, including subpoena power.”

If this happens it could be a good step to bring some more sunlight around what really was a bi-partisan problem, as leaders of the Democratic Party knew about the wiretapping  and who knows what else.  The quasi-progressive wing (or feather) of the Democratic Party might not be able to get this through, but we can hope.

 

 

Matthew Adams

Matt moved to Toronto from the U.S just in time for Mike Harris to take power in Ontario and has been stunned ever since. Matthew Adams is a co-founder of the Catalyst Centre (a social justice popular...