9 May 2013 3:02 pm
Dick Cheney Suggests Republicans Subpoena Hillary Clinton On BenghaziWASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney met with House Republicans on Thursday morning, suggesting they may need to subpoena former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to get more answers on the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya."I think Hillary (Clinton) should be subpoenaed if necessary," Cheney said during the gathering, according to Fox News.{.....}Cheney has not always been so fond of congressional subpoenas. In fact, the Bush administration cited executive privilege and routinely denied requests for officials to appear before the legislative branch to testify during the U.S. attorney firing scandal. Cheney himself described the probe into whether the Bush administration's firing of federal prosecutors was political as "a bit of a witch hunt."The Bush White House directed chief of staff Joshua Bolten, political director Karl Rove, former White House counsel Harriet Miers and former political director Sara Taylor all to ignore subpoenas from Congress. In 2008, a federal judge ruled that it was unconstitutional to do so.And at the end of President George W. Bush's tenure, the White House instructed top officials not to cooperate with any future congressional inquiries into alleged administration misdeeds.Ironic considering that Bush and Cheney refused to testify to the 9/11 Commission unless they could testify together, in private, and not under oath.I think a few more people died on 9-11-2001 than on 9-11-2012 in Benghazi.