Durbin to AG Mukasey: I will block your successor on the bench until you answer my quesitons

[sabra]

http://www.newsweek.com/id/108719/page/2

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But the administration's new openness is not likely to quiet the waterboarding controversy. No sooner had Hayden made his comments yesterday than Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who has been among the most vocal critics of the administration on the issue, fired off a new letter to Mukasey about the matter. Contending that the United States has "considered waterboarding to be a war crime for decades," Durbin, pointing to Hayden's comments, asked whether the attorney general was now prepared to launch a new Justice Department investigation to determine if any laws were violated. Until he gets an answer to that and other questions, Durbin said, he will block the confirmation of Mark Filip—the federal judge nominated to be Mukasey's successor on the bench. Asked about the Durbin letter, a Justice spokesman said the department was "carefully reviewing" it, declining further comment.

[pleah]

1. Hope Durbin gets some help on this. But not counting on it. The shit just keeps getting deeper.

[VP505]

2. Another strongly worded

letter that will likely be ignored and apologized for later.

[The Stranger]

3. Why didn't the Dick Durbin get Schumer and Difi to BLOCK MUKASEY instead?

Why did they cross the aisle to approve a torturer cover man?