Mike Sheehan, Raw Story
Rep. John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, is demanding a special counsel with a “full investigative mandate” in the CIA destroyed tapes case, according to a press release.
Responding to Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s announcement that an assistant U.S. Attorney would investigate the controversial case on behalf of the Justice Department, as RAW STORY reported earlier, Conyers says, “While I certainly agree that these matters warrant an immediate criminal investigation, it is disappointing that the Attorney General has stepped outside the Justice Department’s own regulations and declined to appoint a more independent special counsel in this matter.
“Because of this action, the Congress and the American people will be denied ““ as they were in the Valerie Plame matter ““ any final report on the investigation,” Conyers continues.
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