Constitutional Law

Witnessing for "Truth Commissions"

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) named three witnesses to testify at a March 4 hearing about the “truth commissions” that Congress may create to investigate alleged abuses of power by the Bush administration. Leahy, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is moving forward with the idea despite the White House having yet to take sides on the issue.

According to The BLT, “The three witnesses will be:

• “John Farmer, former senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission and attorney general of New Jersey ...
• “Lee Gunn, retired vice admiral and former inspector general of the Navy …
•  “Thomas Pickering, former under secretary of state for political affairs and ambassador to the United Nations … .”

Republicans on the Judiciary Committee have not announced any witnesses of their own for Wednesday’s hearing.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on February 26, 2009 (boomark / email).