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What would it take for congress to recover its oversight authority? Do we need to clean out about 65% of the Democrats and replace them with individuals who are willing to take political risks to advance the cause?
If I had been there, I would de-fund the FBI, de-fund the VP Office (too late for that now), freeze all promotions at the pentagon, hold witnesses in the cloak room indefinitely under guard, and remove 10 AGs in a row in 7 days if that is what it takes for them to answer simple questions. Or at least even take the fifth.
I suppose it is a good thing that you can ignore a congressional summons with impunity. We don't want to live in a totalitarian state after all, but I don't think the same rules apply to you and me as they do to someone who has something on Bush or Cheney.
