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Posted on 05/08/2011 7:59:41 PM PDT by jazusamo
With a key test vote in the Senate on Monday, Democrats are playing the national security card in their push to get the No. 2 man at the Justice Department confirmed.
Democrats argue that acting Deputy Attorney General James Cole, whom President Obama wants named to the post permanently, needs full congressional backing if the treasure trove of intelligence from Osama bin Laden’s killing can be fully put to use.
“There’s a heightened need for him now, given all the new work that’s going to come forward,” Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said during a SenateJudiciary Committee hearing last week.
Mr. Schumer specifically stressed the need for a permanent deputy attorney general to help sign off on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) orders - a key anti-terrorism tool that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct physical and electronic surveillance of terrorist suspects.
Only three Justice officials - the attorney general, the deputy attorney general and the head of the National Security Division - can sign FISA orders.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who testified at the Wednesday hearing, also appealed to the Senate to quickly confirm Mr. Cole, who oversees the department’s day-to-day operations.
“We need to have our team in place, and we need to have some degree of permanence,” Mr. Holder said.
Mr. Obama sidestepped the Senate to directly appoint Mr. Cole - whose nomination had been stalled for months - when the Senate was on recess in late December.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Yes, the best thing that could happen to the DOJ would be to clear out every political appointee, including Holder and start over. The new nominees would be of the same pathetic caliber but it would slow down the damage until a new president is elected.
I wonder how many senate votes are needed to “confirm” Cole?
Our entire government needs an undiluted muriatic acid enema.
NO friggin' zero's any where NEAR intelligence.
We MUST stop them until the 2012 election.
Then super glue their nostrils and lips shut.
To break a filibuster requires 60 votes but if the Senate Republicans can’t do better than they did with now federal judge McConnell this Cole could be confirmed.
BTTT!
Thanks!!
The last thing national security needs is another DimBO appointee who hates this country.
Don’t waste more time trying to shut the barn door after the horses are long gone.
Wait until 2012 and start over from scratch.
Don’t waste more time trying to shut the barn door after the horses are long gone.
Wait until 2012 and start over from scratch.
Is there reason to rush with 7 months to go on his recess appointment?
Why couldn't the Dems push this guy through before?
Holder and Schumer want this guy Cole, and so I am certain the guy is a complete scumbag and corrupt to the core.
The Republicans must do everything in their power to stop him.
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