Neocon propagandist John Bolton appears on Der Fox News to scare the uniformed viewer into thinking the boogey man now lives in Iran.
He continues the PNAC talking points that Iran which has no nuclear weapons and will not have nuclear weapons any time soon is a threat to Israel who has 300 to 400 deployable tactical nuclear weapons aimed at its neighbors.
John Bolton says, “I think regime change would lead to greater stability… The last resort would be be an attack on Iran” then in the next breath he says that diplomacy is “finished.”
Are these Neocon warmongers insane or is the America public just dumb enough to buy the same script for going to war with Iran as was used and subsequently discredited for Iraq?
WASHINGTON - President Bush’s top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a federal judge ruled Thursday in an unprecedented dispute between the two political branches.
House Democrats called the ruling a ringing endorsement of the principle that nobody is above the law.
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge John Bates said there’s no legal basis for Bush’s argument and that his former legal counsel, Harriet Miers, must appear before Congress. If she wants to refuse to testify, he said, she must do so in person. The committee also has sought to force testimony from White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten.
“Harriet Miers is not immune from compelled congressional process; she is legally required to testify pursuant to a duly issued congressional subpoena,” Bates wrote. He said that both Bolten and Miers must give Congress all non-privileged documents related to the firings.
The ruling is a blow to the Bush administration’s efforts to bolster the power of the executive branch at the expense of the legislative branch. Disputes over congressional subpoenas are normally resolved through political compromise, not through the court system. Had Bush prevailed, it would have dramatically weakened congressional authority in oversight investigations.
The administration can appeal the ruling.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called it “very good news for anyone who believes in the Constitution of the United States and the separation of powers, and checks and balances.”
Democrats swiftly pledged to call Miers before the Judiciary Committee as soon as September to testify about whether the White House played any role in the firings of nine U.S. attorney’s last year.
Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., said he hoped that Miers and Bolten do not appeal the ruling, but that was far from clear.
White House spokesmanTony Fratto and Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said they were reviewing the opinion and declined immediate comment.
Nonetheless, Conyers signaled election-season hearings will be held on the controversy that scandalized the Justice Department and led to the resignation of a longtime presidential confidant, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
“We look forward to the White House complying with this ruling and to scheduling future hearings with Ms. Miers and other witnesses who have relied on such claims,” Conyers said in a statement. “We hope that the defendants will accept this decision and expect that we will receive relevant documents and call Ms. Miers to testify in September.”
Bates, who was appointed to the bench by Bush, issued a 93-page opinion that strongly rejected the administration’s legal arguments. He noted that the executive branch could not point to a single case in which courts held that White House aides were immune from congressional subpoenas.
“That simple yet critical fact bears repeating: the asserted absolute immunity claim here is entirely unsupported by existing case law,” Bates wrote.
Associated Press reporter Laurie Kellman contributed to this story.
John Bolton called into American Pravda [Fox News] today to continue his push for war with Iran. The former U.N. ambassador has been carrying the water for the Neocons in The White House all month making the TV and radio talk show circuit repeating the nuclear scare tactic used so effectively in the run up for war with Iraq.
Earlier this week Bolton bristles at a radio host who questions the credibility of the Neocons running the war. Listen to full interview here.
John Bolton former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations is making the rounds on political talk radio shows using the same nuclear threat argument he and his Neocon buddies made before the Iraq invasion.
When the host suggested that people might be skeptical of his nuclear boogie man Bolton says “I think it goes fundamentally to your tolerance for the risk of radical Islamist holding Nuclear weapons.” The interviewer responds by questioning the credibility of the people making the argument; Bolton bristles with anger saying the credibility attack is a personal attack and therefore not allowed.
Clearly Bolton does not wished to be questioned, during this audio clip he displays an arrogance expected only from thugs and third world dictators.
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