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Ellen Ratner and Tony Sayegh from Talk Radio News Service debate the effect these issues may have in the voting booth come November
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Please let me jump from that then to the intelligence -- -- I almost feel like voters will.
Hopefully not glaze over.
It's hearings on the GSA overspending it's hearings on fast and furious now we have to look into where the leaks came from.
And the president says that in his White House which congressman Peter King pointed out to me is the people's house.
That none of this took place shouldn't we just get to the bottom of all this we can move on and get back radiation.
Has it and it leaks did not take place.
That now remember they appointed to federal prosecutors.
Want it was a bush appointee one who was not one was a democratic appointee.
And those guys are investigating to get -- it's not want it's too.
Let's just thought the process go on which is what the White House is said what the president has to prosecutors.
Who reports of the attorney general and can only subpoenaed documents.
Authorized by the White House and know what Joseph Lieberman and Dianne Feinstein and a bipartisan group from Capitol Hill have said he's a point.
It objective.
Independent.
Prosecutor nobody wants hard and -- let their own independent authority who does not.
Send a report to the president and attorney general and where they really -- probably fake.
That sound guy who was a bush -- Thinking that was his -- Romney's gonna get and it's gonna quit and you're making judgments about individual based on one thing that he was appointed by George Bush -- David -- and -- made -- the money is going to be -- hitters now okay.
You think that somehow that these guys are going to.
It to -- their career.
After this president that doesn't happen watched a -- tell you right now -- there's absolutely no harm in having an independent prosecutor investigate this act it is on it has come at the request.
Of not just Republicans and frankly John McCain who the Obama campaign points -- and says why can't Mitt Romney be more like John McCain in the way he -- President Obama.
And Dianne Feinstein and Joseph Lieberman and a host of other bipartisan members of the senate have said.
The only -- this is going to be properly vetted.
Is with an independent prosecutor -- it's a no -- I play again like -- no -- -- the last can't say they have an opportunity to -- -- -- -- -- without an independent prosecutor but right now.
It's it's that same for the White House investigate itself is that you're coming up when they've already died in Iran doing so they're not invent the wrongdoing was on the front page of the our time Jamie and we know that this is intelligence that can only come on the highest level if you want -- put this on -- were asked what we see what happens with this investigate.
-- and I -- investigation be wrapped up by the time we have that's exactly and on the president and I gently at bingo -- this year.
A delay delay delay delay and the authority like -- a really rough time they'll roll out of both the report.
Alan I think you know that you saw mr.
Walsh who investigated I Iran Contra conveniently releases report weeks before George HW Bush's reelection in 1992 a lot of these are pro politically motivated.
And that was an independent prosecutor I think if you got somebody who the congress had the faith and who could objectively and independently review this the White House -- cover and we are gonna get the truth much faster.
I don't I think we're gonna get the -- very very quickly here.
And I think that did not like what they come out with then you call for your but that's not what that's not what the process is about the process is about getting it right the first yeah.
You don't not now multiple choice don't you know -- yeah.
Give money to President Obama both who gave -- -- -- during happy -- president Alan you know full disclosure of picking truly objective truly independent special prosecutors that would not report to him he chose this.
You know what why -- you -- underhand way out of this independent prosecutors stuff.
I think you guys forget you conveniently forget how much those independent prosecutors have cost the taxpayers.
How they get fired in -- I look I love now that all of a sudden you're you're so concerned about cost the taxpayers and present -- tripled the debt.
It in in three years -- three and a -- yes because we had to do would have to get doubled the deficit I should I talk can.
And I asked whether you can put a price on national security some of those secrets -- You shouldn't you know what I got news for you first -- -- What secret you know that it in terms of everybody said all.
They're there and there there they're giving out secrets two that CIA rendition where you know what think about secret some very enterprising people.
Noticed the tail numbers on airplanes and followed -- -- fundamentally different issue we're talking about.
Naming names faults of double agents abroad who are now.
Compromise and and what kind of incentive the -- and I wouldn't want it all of those other home.
About people who are trying to recruit to be double agents to become since we can't even protect them number one more importantly number two.
Is the cyber warfare that this memoranda has Expos were conducting on Iran.
At a time -- were at a very critical juncture and this could easily compromised draw our our ability.
