Oversight: The Coming Attractions (May)
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As a public service last month, I laid out all the known oversight coming attractions. It certainly helped me plan my "calling in to work well" days, so I thought I'd do it again. Here's what our Dems have in store for May.
April 16, 2 PM: Deadline for DOJ to turn over the electronic data from emails and other documents withheld
April 27: Deadline for DOJ to answer questions about previously undisclosed Renzi/Charlton contacts
April 30: Deadline for Condi to admit that BushCo's dreadful policies actually lead to more terrorism, not less
April 30: World Bank hearing at which Paul Wolfowitz begs to keep his job
May 1, 2:30 PM: SSCI open/closed hearing on FISA
May 1, 10 AM: Oversight hearing on FDA's mission
May 1, 10:30 AM: House Judiciary hearing on Bankruptcy Law
May 3, 9:30 AM: James Comey testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee
May 3, 3 PM: House Judiciary hearing on Immigration Reform
May 4: Deadline for Gonzales to refresh his memory and report back to SJC
May 8: Deadline for RNC to turn over basic information regarding WH use of RNC server, with Chair Mike Duncan to appear
May 9: Gonzales appears before Senate Appropriations Committee
May 10, 10 AM: George Tenet testifies before Oversight on the Niger claims
May 10: Gonzales appears before HJC
May 10: SSCI closed hearing on National Security Lettters
May 10, 10:30 AM: Labor and Education hearing for Margaret Spellings to explain the graft in Student Loans and Reading First programs
May 17: Hearing on the Wilson's lawsuit
May 18: Deadline for 20 agencies to turn over information related to political presentations using government resources
May 18: Deadline for the WH and Pentagon to turn over any documents relating to Pat Tillman's death
Those are the events already scheduled. The items that don't have a deadline, though, will produce the real fireworks. These are:
- The Monica Goodling immunity + subpoena deal (I think they're trying to get her testimony before May 10, but I'm still looking for that link)
- The subpoena of Sara Taylor to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to explain the USA firings
- The Condi Rice subpoena to explain how she let the Niger claim into the SOTU
- A negotiated appearance of Andy Card before Government Oversight to talk about the gaping holes in WH security and its inconsistent approach to security breaches
As I predicted last month and since, Condi appears ready to resist all attempts to get her to admit she allowed the Niger claim into the SOTU in spite of the fact that Tenet told her it was bunk. Though I wonder if Tenet will specifically address this question when he stops by Waxman's committee? If so, I wonder whether that will convince Condi to be a little more forthcoming?
The other unscheduled events–Card's testimony (Fielding had ceded enough on this front by Wednesday to forestall a Card subpoena, so I expect Card will testify in some form), Taylor's testimony, and above all Goodling's testimony should be real barn-burners. And there's always the threatened Rove and Miers subpoenas. Though, seeing as how DOJ has not yet turned over the materials Conyers subpoenaed on April 10, I think we won't be seeing Turdblossom before a Congressional committee anytime soon.
Meanwhile Alberto Gonzales still defies the odds of the bookies on whether and when he'll be forced out.
Update: Ah, there it is–I was looking for a link showing Gonzales scheduled before Conyers' committee–and via David Kurtz, I see he appears on May 10. From the same article, we hear that McNulty and Moschella may also appear.
I've also heard that Conyers wants to hear from Goodling before he has Gonzales in, so we may hear from Goodling in the next 10 days or so.
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