Secretary Snow Wasn’t Aware of Deal–Despite Law Requiring He Chairs CFIUS
Another Bush official skirts his statutory responsibility:
Snow said that the staff did not bring the deal to his attention because they had not seen a security concern. “That is the way the process should work. It should come to the Cabinet-level people if there is a security issue … in this case, they found the issue did not present a security issue. Now we have a political issue,” Snow said.
Bzzzz. Wrong. The way the process should work, as mandated BY LAW is that the CFIUS is chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury. Did his deputy chair the meeting? Or was it some low-level staffer that brings Snow his double tall latte in the morning?
So far, we know that the Secretary of Defense, who is supposed to sit on the committee, didn’t. We know that the Secretary of the Treasury, who is supposed to chair the meeting, didn’t. Did ANY cabinet-level official do their duty as required by law? Or was the Dubai deal approved by a dozen Yoo-like marionettes of this administration? A list of who exactly participated in the meeting needs to be disclosed. Immediately.
