Patrick Leahy actually said...

I do believe, however, that a commission of whatever variety to investigate the Bush administration activities and its officials is a profoundly bad idea, a dangerous idea, both for policy but, even more importantly to me as a lawyer, for legal and constitutional reasons.

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Leahy opposes a commission to investigate the Bush administration, citing legal and constitutional concerns.

03/03/2009

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