Fleischer: Subpoena Me —I Dare You

Ex-Bush spokesman would 'be proud to testify' about torture
By Gabriel Winant,  Newser Staff
Posted May 1, 2009 12:07 PM CDT
Fleischer: Subpoena Me —I Dare You
The panel where Fleischer made his comments.   (AP Photo)

Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer doesn’t think there should be an investigation of his boss’s torture program. But “I’ll be proud to testify if I get a subpoena,” he said during a panel discussion yesterday. “I’m proud of what we did to protect this country.” When a fellow panelist suggested a special prosecutor, Vanity Fair reports, Fleischer shot back, “That assumes a crime has been committed.” (More Ari Fleischer stories.)

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