FAIR IS FAIR - AT 4:20 P.M. ET:  From The Politico:

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is upping the ante on Speaker Nancy Pelosi — asking the Obama administration to release CIA notes taken during a 2002 briefing session with Pelosi and other Congressional leaders.

Boehner is backing efforts by Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), the ranking member on the House intelligence committee, to release agency's records of meetings with Congressional members from both parties.

The GOP is hoping to spotlight the fact that Pelosi and other Democrats raised few objections when told about details of the Bush administration "enhanced interrogations" of terror suspects.

“Congress and the American people deserve a full and complete set of facts about what information was yielded by CIA’s interrogation program, and they deserve to know which of their representatives in Congress were briefed about these techniques and the extent of those briefings," says Boehner, backing Hoekstra's letter to DNI Dennis Blair.

COMMENT:  Seems reasonable and fair, which is probably why it won't be done.  If Republicans artfully put the pressure on the administration over this issue, exposing the extent of Democratic acquiescence to enhanced interrogation techniques, the subject may suddenly seem less urgent to the Dem majority in Congress.  But look for Democratic attempts to ignore their own involvement and go after Bush and Cheney.  After all, they're still attacking Herbert Hoover, let alone Joe McCarthy.

April 27, 2009