Specter: Mukasey Is ‘Still Wearing His Robe’ - Capitol Briefing

“Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) today accused the Bush administration of being overly obstinate on a range of controversial issues, expressing particular frustration at Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s unwillingness to compromise.

“Mukasey is non-negotiable,” Specter said at a meeting with the Washington Post editorial board. “Mukasey is still wearing his robe.”

Feisty and opinionated as ever despite a recent recurrence of Hodgkin’s Disease, the top Judiciary Committee Republican was especially pointed on the subject of Mukasey and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, lamenting that the former federal judge refused to budge from the Bush administration’s position that telecommunications companies must be granted retroactive immunity for their past cooperation with intelligence operations.”