The report is to be released this week.
The laws implicated by the Administration’s actions include federal laws against making false statements to congress [sic]; federal laws and international treaties prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment; federal laws concerning retaliating against witnesses and other government employees; Executive Orders concerning leaking and other misuse of intelligence; federal regulations and ethical requirements governing conflicts of interest; the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; communications privacy laws; the National Security Act; and the Fourth Amendment.
Knowing Rove’s skills at spin and the short attention span of the American public, it will sink like a stone. Here’s the full text.
Hat tip to Danny at Doc’s Political Parlor, who says, “A report like this points to the tremendous disappointment and frustration that people on both sides of the political spectrum are feeling. For example, the report says that the ‘Administration overreaching to the point of unlawfulness is not an isolated occurrence.’”
Only 26?
That they know of…