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Originally Posted by Type941
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Originally Posted by August
We're very critical of our leaders and hold their every action up to the public microscope,
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Oh yes, you are good at that when it comes to certain interns doing blow jobs (should this be ****?) for your president, but when it comes to examening the failures of the law enforcement and intelligence agencies, things just don't go that far. It seems like that to an outsider anyway.
That whole 911 comission was a joke. Especially when it came questioning the key people involved: Oh we do it behind close doors, and only if they agree. haha... |
To be honest, there was a very sound reason for the President not to appear before the Congress.
The US Constitution builds "checks & balances" in the US government. At the highest level the three forces that provide the check & balances are the Supreme Court, the Presidency and the Congress. All of these forces try to maintain their power and if possible gain some on the expense of others.
The Congressional committee had no right to interrogate the President, but was happy to create a precedent.
In the end a compromise was found that did not infringe on the constitutional powers of the President, but gave the Congressional committee all the information it wanted.