Carpetbagger reminds us of precedent:
Let’s take a moment to remember exactly what Burton was up to a decade ago.
Most memorable, however, was the famously unhinged chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, Indiana Republican Dan Burton. During his tenure, Burton issued more than 1,000 subpoenas to 141 different Clintonites. His inquiries included ten days of hearings on whether the White House used its Christmas card list for political purposes. In one case, Burton’s investigators managed to subpoena the wrong man. His low point came in 1998, when Burton released misleadingly edited transcripts of secretly recorded phone conversations conducted in prison by former Clinton associate Webb Hubbell….
The point of Waxman relying on Burton’s precedent is not to be equally reckless and irresponsible to his GOP predecessor. The Clinton White House cooperated with Burton’s inquiries, no matter how stupid they became. That’s what Waxman wants to follow.
I've been looking for a link to that TNR article for awhile now. Glad to finally have it.
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