John Conyers has a new report called the Constitution in Crisis. This is a preview of next year’s reckoning:
The laws implicated by the Administration’s actions include federal laws against making false statements to congress [sic]; federal laws and international treaties prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment; federal laws concerning retaliating against witnesses and other government employees; Executive Orders concerning leaking and other misuse of intelligence; federal regulations and ethical requirements governing conflicts of interest; the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; communications privacy laws; the National Security Act; and the Fourth Amendment.
I am hopeful that Conyers will restore our Democracy. I’m not cocky about it. I just think there is a better chance that he will follow through than there ever was that Lee Hamiliton would get to the bottom of Iran-Contra.
