Posted on 04/19/2010 1:33:31 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Lieberman, Collins serve Obama administration with Ft. Hood subpoenas By Jordan Fabian - 04/19/10 03:58 PM ET
The Senate Homeland Security Committee Monday issued subpoenas to the Obama administration regarding the shooting at Ft. Hood last year.
Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and ranking Republican Susan Collins (Maine) had threatened to subpoena the administration by Monday after repeated requests to release records on the shooting, which left 13 dead.
“The purpose of the Committee’s investigation of the Fort Hood attack is to answer questions that are critical to our government’s ability to counter homegrown terrorism,” the senators wrote in a letter accompanying the subpoenas. "In order to answer those questions, we must assess the information that the U.S. Government had prior to the attack and the actions it took in response to that information."
The subpoenas indicate a major rift between Lieberman and the Obama administration, who caucuses with the Democrats.
Democratic leaders have indicated they do not intend to recind his chairmanship due to the subpoena.
The senators have accused the administration of stalling a congressional probe in the shooting. They say the departments of defense and justice have turned down four requests for documents over the course of five months.
Lieberman and Collins want suspected shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's personnel file and records on his efforts to contact radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
The senators say in the letter that the administration has until next Monday to reply to the request to "fulfill their legal obligation."
The Pentagon has pushed back against the request, saying it does not want to reveal sensitive information about the incident, which is still being investigated.
14 dead. one woman was pregnant.
The Obama administration caucuses with Democrats?
What a load of crap.
Impeach!
Joe is often confused but he is basically honest!
Who and on what charge.....seriously.
Welcome to the "dark side," my son.
Racism!
At least the DOJ did not characterize him as a person of interest.
Obama is still trying to connect Hasan with the Tea Baggers.
I say get a damn rope
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The Pentagon has pushed back against the request, saying it does not want to reveal sensitive information about the incident, which is still being investigated.
Perhaps, “We have to sanatize the links to Obama by Executive Order” or some such drivel.
Hey, the perp was one of Husein’s fellow Muslims. Barry doesn’t want any news/investigation/information getting out critical of one of his OWN!!
100% dead on!
LLS
Twitter’s Breaking news says they have one week to turn over the information. Wanna bet that doesn’t happen?? “Transparency” my < insert symbol for Democrats >!!
Thanks, Nachum. I hadn’t heard about this.
Thanks, too for your excellent pings!
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