DOJ responds to subpoenas pretty much as expected

you didn't think they'd just send 'em right over, did you...?

Justice spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said, "We still hope and expect that we will be able to reach an accommodation with the Congress," but signaled that Justice will consider opposing the congressional demand.

"Much of the information that the Congress seeks pertains to individuals other than the U.S. attorneys who resigned," Roehrkasse said. "Furthermore, many of the documents Congress is now seeking have already been available to them for review. Because there are individual privacy interests implicated by publicly releasing this information, it is unfortunate the Congress would choose this option."

one more time, but i suspect this will not be the last...

we MUST NOT FORGET the fact that the bush administration laid out its plan BEFORE the november elections...

In fact, when it comes to deploying its Executive power, which is dear to Bush's understanding of the presidency, the President's team has been planning for what one strategist describes as "a cataclysmic fight to the death" over the balance between Congress and the White House if confronted with congressional subpoenas it deems inappropriate. The strategist says the Bush team is "going to assert that power, and they're going to fight it all the way to the Supreme Court on every issue, every time, no compromise, no discussion, no negotiation."

make no mistake... bushco is prepared to run itself, congress, and the rest of the country right into the wall over this... people who keep chortling about how cool it is that the dems hold congress and have subpoena power had better gird their loins for a fight for the very soul of this country, because that's no more and no less what's shaping up, if the dems don't wuss out, that is...

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