Word: subpoenaing
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...Miers' refusal to comply with the subpoena and appear at this hearing, and to answer questions and provide relevant documents regarding these concerns, cannot be properly justified on executive privilege or related immunity ground," Sanchez said of her ruling, which was upheld along party lines. Such a decision is the first step towards bringing potential contempt charges against Miers, which would eventually have to be voted on by the full committee followed by the entire House - and then actually prosecuted by, who else, the Justice Department. No timeline has yet been set as to when - or if - such a step...
...former White House Counsel (and short-lived Supreme Court judicial nominee) defied a subpoena by a Congressional subcommittee, where she had been scheduled to answer questions on the Administration's controversial firings of federal prosecutors. The day before, Miers' attorney announced that she would heed President Bush's claim of executive privilege and not testify. In response, Rep. Linda Sanchez, a California Democrat and chairwoman of a House Judiciary subcommittee, ruled that the President's claims of executive privilege on behalf of Miers were not legally valid, setting into motion a process that could potentially result in charges of contempt...
...sounds a little familiar, it is partly because many of the same Democrats who were around in 1975 - David Obey, Henry Waxman and George Miller - are now powerful players in the Democratic House who, for the first time in 12 years, have subpoena power again...
...classic confrontation more than 30 years in the making, and it will continue until the Bush era ends: One side is completely comfortable with using its subpoena power against an executive branch, while the other is utterly content to ignore...
...Mayer-Schoenberger said, “is that once anyone has installed a surveillance, someone is always wanting to use it.” In this case, the one who wants to use it is the U.S. government. Mayer-Schoenberger said the U.S has subpoenaed Google and a number of other popular search engines for use of their personally identifiable search inquiry records as a counter-terrorism measure. “Google is committed to protecting user privacy while abiding by the law,” said Victoria Grand, a Google spokeswoman. “Last year, we went...