We also know that she a a broken federal law by disclosing sensitive tax return information. We know she was heavily involved in the orchestration and disclosure of the information to the public about inappropriate tactics used by the irs. She wanted to avoid litigation that dean disclosure form because as she put it if it goes to litigation all details are public. I guess he needed. It seemed as though ms. Lerner wish to stay away from litigation to avoid having all details of the issues from the incoming public. These facts lead to one assume that this could be the same motive she used when withholding information from congress. We also know she relied on this committee on numerous accounts. We asked her whether the criteria for evaluating taxexempt applications had changed at any point. Ms. Lerner responded the criteria have not change but it had. In 2012 she told this committee that the information the irs was requesting in letters to conservative taxexempt applicants was not out o
Mccarthy could not do in the 1950s, something virtually unprecedented. 60 years ago, joe mccarthy tried and failed to obtain a criminal conviction of an american citizen after she professed her innocence before his committee and asserted her right not to testify under the fifth amendment. I want to read briefly from the hearing transcript. In 1954, senator mccarthy accused a woman named diana hogue of being a communist. She worked at the Westinghouse Company in a small town in new york, making 1. 71 per hour. The similarities to the hearing today are striking. Ms. Hogue said this, i have never engaged in espionage or sabotage. I am not so engaged. I will not so engage in the future. I am not a spy nor saboteur. Like chairman issa, senator mccarthy argued that she waived her fifth amendment rights stating, when a witness said she never engaged in espionage, then she waived the fifth amendment, not nearly as to that question, but to the entire field of espionage. Like chairman issa is do
The local militias the local security is provided in libya, a normal environment, that we would have one of the normal glitches. Would you trust their loyalty to provide security for your front door . As a matter of embassy protocol, i would make sure they are vetted. This is the nature of libya right now. These militias consider themselves the army did you vet this is the challenge we have in this country. There was the central army so we would try to normalize the security situation. The red cross has been run out. We reduce the number of gun toters and increased local militias that we could not vet . It is highly risky. Traveling to libya, you can feel relatively safe because these militias provide a Neighborhood Watch program. Many of them are filling the void of the security forces. We need to look at how we use the word militia carefully because these are the security forces. Two years ago it was not normal in a situation, it was more dramatic, no way to vet people, and we have r
Have the answers it needs from this government. We ask the department of justice to take her to court for targeting these groups and disclosing taxpayer obligations, which is a felony. After going over these steps and the facts, i would like to ask my colleagues across the aisle to tell me how it is that you can argue that we conclude this investigation . Is it because the president says so . Is it because Ranking Member cummings says so . How about attorney generic holder . Is it because there is a piece f evidence absolves her . If this is this strule a waste of time, prove it to us and we can move on. Until then, i recommend to my friends across the aisle quite crying foul. When get to the bottom of this, i hope there will be no one on days. Er side of the i do not find pleasure of holding eric holder in contempt. I do not enjoy holding any federal official in contempt. The situation a loselugse lose situation for all citizen, regardless of political beliefs. It is our job to procee
August to december 2011. He worked as a truck driver with his military record and he was assigned to fort hood over a month ago. He began seeing a psychiatrist for posttraumatic stress disorder, a condition that still has yet to be diagnosed. He was being evaluated. His doctor claimed that he showed no violent or suicidal tendencies. He was being treated for leg deprivation, depression, anxiety. And he was prescribed sleep aid ambien. They did point to the Mental Health history of lopez as the likely cause of the rampage and the tragedy. We have very strong evidence that he had medical history that indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological conditions. Going through all of the records to ensure that that is correct. But we believe that to be the fundamental cause of factor. Lou pointing to the strong possibility of a herbal altercation with other soldiers, just before the shootings. Pentagon officials today pointed to specific measures that have been put in place since the fort ho