Want to know. Since then members of congress have wanted to know. Congressional oversight of intelligence is a recurring flash point in executive congressional relations. Our guests professor Laura Donahue of Georgetown Law School and mark from the Security Academy and John Hopkins University will explore the context to the current dustup between the senate and the c. I. A. By not only reminding us about past struggles between congress and the Intelligence Community, such as the Church Hearings but helping us to understand why this context matters. Everything has a history. Until the 1975, Church Committee, there was no congressional oversight. Despite the sensationalism of the committees rev lyingses the mandated reforms were moderate. Once again, we have revelations demand for more intensive oversight. Nobody at least a good historian, will simply say history repeats itself and that is how we learn from it. We do know that it is impossible for us to understand change without context.
Judge has said don mcgahn and the president s aides dont enjoy absolute immunity, dont have to show up essentially. The administration has been arguing they dont have to show up to respond to these subpoenas. Don mcgahn has been fighting the sympathy 7 months now. According to the judges ruling, it goes without saying the law applies to former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn just as it does to other current and senior white house officials. The implications are huge. If this ruling stands, don mcgahn is going to have to show up and provide some testimony to the house that has been requesting information about what he said to members of to the Mueller Vegas about the president obstructing justice. The obstruction of justice question is very much ripe in the impeachment question. One of the possibilities the republicans are questioning is whether the president is obstructing congress in his refusal to allow some of these witnesses to show up to provide testimony. For now, this means a hug
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has recalled several food products sold across Canada that pose a serious health and safety risk to Canadian consumers. The affected food items have been removed from the marketplace for reasons including microbial contamination, extraneous materials and undeclared ingredients.
“Our prices are 10 to 15 per cent less than some of our competitors. This is not the least expensive source of food, but it’s the true cost and doesn’t download the cost to the environment (and workers).”