The deadline that wasn't a deadline

Published: August 21, 2007, 11:32 am

Tags: patrick leahy, subpoenas, contempt of congress

I'm sorry to have to say it, but it's true. Milbank nails Leahy. [The White House has] stalled or ignored Leahy's requests as his committee looks into the wiretapping program and the travails of Gonzales. They have calculated -- accurately so far -- that the Dynamic Duo of Leahy and Schumer would deliver harsh words but no punishment of consequence. "The time is up. The time is up," Leahy announced yesterday. "We've waited long enough." But what would Leahy do about it? The first questioner riddled Batman with this. "The full Judiciary Committee will have to sit down and determine whether to seek contempt from the full Senate," said the noncommittal action hero. Does that mean he would seek a contempt-of-Congress citation? "What I want to do is get the response to these things," Leahy demurred. Rebecca Carr of Cox News tried again to pin him down, but Leahy continued to escape. "What we have to find out is what happened here," he answered. How about withholding money from the

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