Rep. Tom Davis, Hypocrite

NOW:
House Government Reform Committee Chairman Thomas M. Davis III, Virginia Republican, yesterday called the actions of Samuel R. Berger "a disturbing breach of trust and protocol" and said his committee will soon begin an investigation into the matter, despite CBS News reporting "law enforcement sources say they don't expect any criminal charges will be filed."
- Washington Times, 7/22/04; CBS News, 7/20/04

THEN:
In 2003, when he was asked to hold hearings into the administration's leak of an undercover CIA operative's name, Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) declined, saying, "I know Ashcroft very well, and I'm sure he'll go by the book." He had his spokesman claim an investigation into the administration leak (unlike an investigation into the Berger matter, apparently) "should be conducted by career FBI agents." Davis has also refused to undertake a probe into Vice President Cheney's office's now-admitted "coordination" of federal contracts for his former employer Halliburton (a company he still owns stock options in, and still receives deferred compensation from). 
- St. Louis Post Dispatch, 10/03/03; Roll Call, 9/30/03