Yes, indeed. The Senators should look deeper. How did the NYT receive the info they used, and via what source? How do we, the American citizens the pols and media always are supposedly looking out for, judge that the NYT, LA Times, and WSJ are indeed correct in their info.....Or did they just make it up? Where is the oversight for the media?
Yes, both the Senate and the House should look MUCH deeper into this story. Are they afraid to?
Did the leak come from either the Senate or the House, or was it from SWIFT execs? Or was it from the "outside auditing firm..." ???
Congress, which has given the administration many new powers to conduct terrorism investigations, needs to judge whether this was what it had in mind. The original Patriot Act made major changes in money-laundering laws that provided for the use of administrative subpoenas. But the Judiciary chairman, Arlen Specter, was quoted yesterday as questioning whether their use in the Swift investigation has been too broad. The committee has already scheduled an oversight hearing this month, at which Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is slated to appear. The senators should take the opportunity to look deeper. |
