Actually the members of the Judiciary committee (I was able to listen to the
rest of it later on - love C-Span radio) were really critical. Ashcroft was
very evasive and ended up refusing to release the memos. This prompted the
chair to say he will be looking into citing Ashcroft for contempt.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:38 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Ashcroft getting grilled
>
>
> Lyons, Larry wrote:
> > If any of you has access to C-Span or C-Span radio, right
> now they are
> > broadcasting the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. Because of
> > Ashcrofts's responses to questions regarding a set of memos
> on torture
> > and his refusal to answer or claim executive privilege, the
> committee
> > may be voting to cite Ashcroft for contempt of Congress.
>
> After all the torture talk I was hoping you were serious
> about the grilling, but unfortunately you were speakig in metaphores.
>
> Jochem
>
>
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