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Originally Posted by Drak
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Jeffery Toobin discussed this a bit on CNN yesterday. He worked for the special prosecutor team in the Iran Contra affair. Essentially, years of work was undone on Oliver North when a congressional investigation committee granted him immunity without coordinating with anyone else and it ruined the investigation. The Senate saying no is likely because they're waiting for CIA, FBI, etc to agree on it before they even consider it.