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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Chris on April 19, 2010, 04:59:13 PM
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In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, who heads the Justice Department, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Senators Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins wrote: "It is impossible for us to avoid reaching the conclusion that the departments simply do not want to cooperate with our investigation."
"It is with great disappointment and reluctance that we have directed service of subpoenas to you which demand disclosure of the requested information by Monday, April 26, 2010," they added.
The Justice and Defense departments sent a letter last week to Lieberman and Collins saying that turning over the information could compromise the case against Hasan.
On Monday, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters, "We will continue to cooperate with the committee in every way with that caveat, that single caveat, that whatever we provide does not impact on our ability to prosecute," Whitman said.
If the two departments stand firm and refuse to provide the requested information, they could end up facing a contempt of Congress citation and a court fight.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63I6MA20100419?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true