House Seeks Bush Transcripts In CIA Case

Judiciary Comm. Also Subpoenas Cheney Interview Over Outing Of Agent Responsible For Halting Spread Of WMDs

(AP)  A House panel on Friday subpoenaed Attorney General Michael Mukasey for transcripts of interviews with President Bush and Vice President Cheney during the federal probe into the leak of a CIA agent's identity.

Signed by Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., the subpoena requests all documents from the office of former Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald relating to interviews of President Bush, Cheney and their aides that were conducted outside the presence of the grand jury investigating the leak.

The subpoena requests similar accounts of interviews with former presidential adviser Karl Rove; I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's former chief of staff; former White House spokesman Scott McClellan; former presidential counselor Dan Bartlett; and former White House Chief of Staff Andy Card.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed some of the same documents but has been rebuffed by the Justice Department, according to a letter released Friday by the chairman of that panel, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.

Conyers also subpoenaed Justice Department documents on a broad range of other matters, including a phone jamming investigation in New Hampshire, the replacement of a U.S. attorney in Minnesota and the activities of the department's Civil Rights Division.

Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd said the agency was reviewing the subpoena.

The action was the latest effort by congressional Democrats to shed light on the precise roles, if any, that Mr. Bush, Cheney and their aides may have played in the leak of Valerie Plame's CIA identity.

State Department official Richard Armitage first revealed Plame's CIA identity to columnist Robert Novak, who used Rove as a confirming source for a 2003 article. Around that time Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, was criticizing Bush's march to war in Iraq.

Libby, who also was involved in the leak, was convicted of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI. Last July, Bush commuted Libby's 2 1/2-year sentence, sparing him from serving any prison time.

[usadvisor101]

How do you like that picture?


YEAH !!! perfect!!! Two worthless POS'' Bush and convicted felon scooter!! The epitome of failure.

how lovely :}

[slim1h2o]

Get the Transcripts, then Impeach.

Very simple really.

[starleo146]

Get the Transcripts, then Impeach.

Very simple really.

Posted by slim1h2o at 09:53 AM : Jun 28, 2008
+ re

Impeachment is too easy for these two, they need to be tried in a criminal court for war crimes and how they took a country down a path of destruction, If ever there were two bumpkins who needs to be convicted it is Bush and Dart Vader Cheney, and Karl Rove, and Andy Card who got scared early, and ran back to Mass. with God knows what documents, and Karl Rove went back to safety in Texas with a briefcase in hand, good luck Congress these two are the super evaders. No information will be forthcoming from these scoundrels.

[starleo146]

Bush wouldn''''t have become president if it weren''''t for Bush Sr, Cheney and Rove, who inflated the level of intelligence of this human genetic err. You can beat, that the American Indian won''''t be voting Republicon, especially after the Repub party defamed them and stole millions of dollars (Abramoff, Delay).

Posted by zoe2006 at 09:58 AM : Jun 28, 2008

Tell me how this Tom Delay is still writing books and making money hand over fist and walking around with all these indictments, and not tried yet, give me a break Texas. Daddy Bush and little Jr. and Rove keeping you on the street.

[cbsblogger]

Impeach and then the transcripts and every other request for information that this administration has been able to deflect using executive privilege becomes accessible and available under oath.

Bush, etc when facing impeachment charges has no executive immunity.

[slim1h2o]

Posted by starleo14672 at 10:18 AM : Jun 28, 2008

Impeach,then jail time, and take away the Bush family fortune. And then maybe justice will be served.

Maybe our hard earned tax money might find its way back into our pockets. Doubtful though.

But it''s a start!

[downsteamjim]

Al Queda in Washington is hard at work. It''s a shame they don''t have time to work on the high price oil.

[starleo146]

Impeach,then jail time, and take away the Bush family fortune. And then maybe justice will be served.

Maybe our hard earned tax money might find its way back into our pockets. Doubtful though.

But it''''s a start!

Posted by slim1h2o at 10:34 AM : Jun 28, 2008
+ report abus

You may be right Slim I just want them to be punished any way we can for all they did to us, and are still doing they do not even know why the the gas is so high, want a bet.

[n8yvn29]

The (neo)cons and their ilk will protect their spawn regardless of what the Constitution says. These criminals need to be prosecuted as traitors to our country - to the fullest extent possible by law!

[fishinfool43]

Impeachment is a good start. Then, get all the transcripts and any other evidence to use against him, followed by charges of war crimes and treason. Once he is found guilty a nice public hanging, followed by placing his head on a stick right by the front door of the White house for every other corrupt, self serving politician to see. It''s high time we the people take back our country and put an end to this problem. After all, he has done more damage to this country than any terrorist''s acts

[creeper00]

Nice to know the House has a sense of humor. This crooked administration will turn over those transcripts when h&ll freezes over.

He''ll still be screaming "Executive privilege" when they escort him to the door of the White House in 2009. That is, of course, if he decides to leave.

[slim1h2o]

You may be right Slim I just want them to be punished any way we can for all they did to us, and are still doing they do not even know why the the gas is so high, want a bet.

Posted by starleo14672 at 10:43 AM : Jun 28, 2008

Punishment and justice is what we are all about, in The U.S. Thats what we should be looking for, at least thats what I''m looking for, and according to your posts in the past, I suspect thats what you''re looking for too. But there is no way we will get true justice though. Just some elists version of it.

But we can try!

[slim1h2o]

Here''s the deal,,Impeach Bush 1st,,then the rest will fall. He can''t pardon anyone if he''s sitting in a cell.

Even if he doesn''t go to jail, which he ought to, he still can''t pardon anyone.

[jn122736]

Can presidential pardons be overturned?

Posted by nrgmizer at 11:27 AM : Jun 28, 2008
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I don%u2019t think it has ever been attempted, But I see no reason why any pardon granted to a person convicted and sentenced for a crime should not be reversed if the president himself is later proven to be complicit in the crime or crimes the pardoned was convicted for

[inventagod2]

Our Republicon obstructionist Congress will not do anything.
They plan on doing what they do until they are removed from power, that was the plan.
The payola is too great, the pockets are full...

[singingrick]

Being above the law and wiping your @ss with the Constitution is not an "executive privilage". I hope that Bush learns this when he''s sent to jail.

[sgtrds-e4]

Bush doesn''t have to pardon anyone because it''s doubtful he plans on ever leaving. A war in Iran would trip off a region wide war in the middle-east providing King George with what he thinks will be the perfect chance to declare himself president until after the "national emergency" is over. Meaning never.

[skyk-2009]

I don%u2019t think it has ever been attempted, But I see no reason why any pardon granted to a person convicted and sentenced for a crime should not be reversed if the president himself is later proven to be complicit in the crime or crimes the pardoned was convicted for

Posted by jn122736 at 11:43 AM : Jun 28, 2008

There is VERY strong Legal History to what you say. IF the "President" is later found to have been a co-conspirator in the crime itself then the Pardon could well be void. It would in effect be a criminal act to cover another criminal act.

[skyk-2009]

I would just like to rid myself of the whole lot of them... EVERY member of this party. I wish they''d just rename themselves...call them the Confederate Party or the American Nazi Party, so we could get our Republican Party back and move forward.

[dowjones20k]

HAHA

You gotta love when the dems throw red meat to thier constituents ... and they run with it .. It is common knowledge within the democratic party that there will be NO IMPEACHMENT ... and most of the party leaders have said just that ..

What is ironic is these are the same democrats that voted overwhelmingly for EVERYTHING bush has sought ... the war, wiretaps, etc ...

So while many of you yearn for justice, the same folks that should be watching out for you are the same wolves watching the henhouse ...

It aint gonna happen .. but its great fodder for the message boards ...

[sgtrds-e4]

Bush doesn''''''''t have to pardon anyone because it''''''''s doubtful he plans on ever leaving. A war in Iran would trip off a region wide war in the middle-east providing King George with what he thinks will be the perfect chance to declare himself president until after the "national emergency" is over. Meaning never.

Posted by SgtRDS-E4

He doesn''''t have that power does he?

Posted by nrgmizer at 11:58 AM : Jun 28, 2008

Yes he does. The only thing is will the people stand for it and will the military back him up. Personally I think he might be willing to try it even though there''d be a lynch mob outside of the White House if he does.

[demwatcher]

FISHING EXPEDITION!

The Dumbocrats had nothing, have nothing, and they NEVER will get anything out of this.

[demwatcher]

"There is VERY strong Legal History to what you say. IF the "President" is later found to have been a co-conspirator in the crime itself then the Pardon could well be void. It would in effect be a criminal act to cover another criminal act.

Posted by skyk at 12:02 PM : Jun 28, 2008"

Didn''t see that happen with old Billy Clinton. Look at the scores of people he pardoned that were linked DIRECTLY back to him.

Legal history my arse.

[mgeg1]

Bush, without any more elections ahead of him, doesn''t give a *** what the public thinks.

[ioweign]

Didn''''t see that happen with old Billy Clinton. Look at the scores of people he pardoned that were linked DIRECTLY back to him.

Legal history my arse.

Posted by DemWatcher at 01:11 PM : Jun 28, 2008

Who in the Federal Government was convicted of a federal crime did Clinton pardon?

[ioweign]

HAHA

You gotta love when the dems throw red meat to thier constituents ... and they run with it .. It is common knowledge within the democratic party that there will be NO IMPEACHMENT ... and most of the party leaders have said just that ..

What is ironic is these are the same democrats that voted overwhelmingly for EVERYTHING bush has sought ... the war, wiretaps, etc ...

So while many of you yearn for justice, the same folks that should be watching out for you are the same wolves watching the henhouse ...

It aint gonna happen .. but its great fodder for the message boards ...

Posted by dowjones20k at 12:20 PM : Jun 28, 2008


Red meat from this Administration of ChickenHawks!!!

[ioweign]

Al Queda in Washington is hard at work. It''s a shame they don''t have time to work on the high price oil.

Posted by downsteamjim at 10:41 AM : Jun 28, 2008

Al Queda in Washington is hard at work.

Is that the reason for Cheney and those secret meetings with Big Oil and al Queda??

"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." George W Bush - Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002

[dowjones20k]

I''''m still waiting for the reply. But, there are plenty of republicans in jail and disgraced.

Posted by zoe2006

And if your point is that no democrats or thier operatives have been convicted .. your sadly mistaken ... some may not have been to trial yet .. Uhhh Resko, Jeffers and others, but rest assured dems are just as complicit as Repubs in this corrupt enviroment ..

We have a corrupt system .. and until we implement term limits for ALL elected public servants they will only continue to reward themselves and thier family memebrs at the expense of taxpayers ..

So for anyone to be content with the current politcal system is hypocracy ... and pitiful ... leave the affiliation alone and look at the big picture.

[dowjones20k]

Is that the reason for Cheney and those secret meetings with Big Oil and al Queda??

"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." George W Bush - Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002

Posted by IOWEIGN

Seems that most democrats agree with bush ... having lived long enough to remember the 1979 oil embargo and all the calls for a comprehensive energy policy .. it has been decades for this political football .. and BOTH parties are in it for the money .. whether it be from oil companies or environmental groups ..

The American public is being held hostage by these egotisitcal, pompous A S S E S .. and for whatever reason we continue to elect the same brood to congress ... why?

If indeed the American voter wants change .. change begins in the congress ... and any presidential candidate who advocates for change is pulling the wool over uninformed voters who are too stupid to figure out what or who needs to be replaced ..

[karenaolson]

Like we need trans scricts to proof President Bush is a criminal. just look at is track record for proof. We posted many of them already www.theoandavirus.com

[karenaolson]

Like we need trans scricts to proof President Bush is a criminal. just look at is track record for proof. We posted many of them already www.theoandavirus.com

[hhroams]

The chicken hawks speak again.Never served a day but expert on war and military affairs.

Bush, Cheney, Hastert, Cornyn, Hutchison, etc.

Now if you want a real person who has been there--------McCain, Webb, Murtha, Dole, Bentsen, Inoyue, etc

[bigsk8fan]

let''s see, republicans also stand for outing american cia agents names. why is being a republican so repugnant to american values?

[scoleridge-2009]

Cheney''s past secret meeting with oil executives and now we have $140/barrel oil. Coincidence? I do not think so.

[ajayvee]

What a waste of time! It''s so obvious there isn''t a hope in heck of getting the documents, so why bother?

[babooph]

All the talk shows looking for firsts,alleged "competing" news companies-congressional hearings-WHERE ARE THE INTERVIEWS WITH THE TORTURED!!!!The US propaganda system has amazing control of all !!

[vastr-wcon]

.
Anyone want to bet that W will invoke "executive privilege" for the 1,234,438,678th time?

It is hard to believe that there is ANYBODY in the world (not certified as brain-dead) who doesn''t understand the legacy of DickNBush: the most corrupt, criminal, lying, deceitful, incompetent, secretive, arrogant, mean spirited, un-Constitutional, despotic, maniacal government ever - run by the WORST PRESIDENT EVER and the WORST VICE PRESIDENT EVER.

In fact, Dumbya isn''t just the worst president in American history. He is one of the worst leaders of a major nation in the history of the world. Banana republic dictators and the Myanmar junta show more empathy for their citizens than does W.

And yet, the Dems want to give us something even worse: a Kerry-like shallow, arrogant, platitude-spouting, inexperienced, elitist, gas-bag who is so mentally deficient from extensive drug use he even has to plagiarize his hollow platitudes, and who hijacked the nomination with fewer votes than Hillary received.

/

[vnveteran72]

Shrub and Darth and their Minions break the Law and Wipe their Slimy Azzes with the Constitution at will, and are now supported in their Criminal Activities by 105 Democratic Congress members. The entire system is Corrupt and Broken. Voting out ALL Incumbents is the Only remedy, and replacing them with Honest, (Non-Million/Billionaire Scumbags), Regular, Constitution Loving American Citizens, for a period of not more than two terms.

"Take off and Nuke the Site from Orbit".....
"It''s the only way to be sure"......

-Ripley-
(Aliens)

[demwatcher]

Little Liberals still scampering around looking under the carpets and in the cushions for any bit of loose change that they can spend on slamming President Bush.

How delicious!

Dumbarses.

[bubbabear200]

There is only one way to straighten out this mess.
I will be running for president in 2012.
Ill see to it that there is a chicken in every garage.

[neobrian-2009]

DEM Watcher Can Not DO Anything !
He Can ONLY watch !
A TRUE Shrubbie ! Grand Ole Pervert ! Greedy Oil Pig!
A Founding GOP Sect Member,..A BIGOT,A Pervert,Brainless ,a FOLLOWER of Rush Limpdicck !
Hope He Has No Children,...His sandbox already has One Huge A$$ W Hole !

[gkc99]

Let the trials begin!

[gkc99]

About time for Congress to finally stand up to the Fascists. "Scooter" Libby and "Hooter" Bushit have had their way long enough. Time for the little banty rooster to step down off the manure pile--he''s about to be turned into a capon.

[deacon20081]

Congress had better get off it''s collective rear ends and Impeach this administration or They can face impeachment from their own individual states. That is a fact they seem to overlook. The people have had enough and will not wait for a November surprise.

[cat54mom]

For somebody with nothing to hide, this administration sure has hidden a lot

[ringading3]

Congress under the nutcases Pelosi and Reid have done absolutely NOTHING to reduce how much we pay for gasoline!!! These jerks are fidling away while the country rolls to a stop!! Impeach all the bums.

[starleo146]

Posted by vnveteran72 at 06:09 PM : Jun 28, 2008

I agree

[toolmangler-2009]

Posted by vnveteran72 at 06:09 PM : Jun 28, 2008

I agree
Posted by starleo14672 at 09:31 PM : Jun 28, 2008



Ripley had the right answer

[starleo146]

Impeachment is too easy for these two, they need to be tried in a criminal court for war crimes and how they took a country down a path of destruction, If ever there were two bumpkins who needs to be convicted it is Bush and Dart Vader Cheney, and Karl Rove, and Andy Card who got scared early, and ran back to Mass. with God knows what documents, and Karl Rove went back to safety in Texas with a briefcase in hand, good luck Congress these two are the super evaders. No information will be forthcoming from these scoundrels.

[mcv57]

Impeachment is too easy for these two, they need to be tried in a criminal court for war crimes and how they took a country down a path of destruction, If ever there were two bumpkins who needs to be convicted it is Bush and Dart Vader Cheney, and Karl Rove, and Andy Card who got scared early, and ran back to Mass. with God knows what documents, and Karl Rove went back to safety in Texas with a briefcase in hand, good luck Congress these two are the super evaders. No information will be forthcoming from these scoundrels.
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Posted by starleo14672

The trial is already fixed by the Bushwacker''s U.S. Supreme Court perverts. Remember, the child molestors on the bench said no death for child predators. So if the old perverts get caught they only serve minimum time at the Hilton.