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.

[longduck69]

Two words....Executive Order...this is what criminals do to avoid being caught.

[ioweign]

what did the president ever do to deserve this shid?

Posted by TawpDawg11 at 11:10 PM : Jun 28, 2008


He showed up 01.20.2000 and 01.20.2004, Stultus est sicut stultus facit

[ioweign]

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.

Posted by RingADing3 at 09:01 PM : Jun 28, 2008

Congress does not set Energy Policy - Bush/Cheney do / did / well you can see for yourself how that is working out - just like everything else these two arrogant arses touch...

[ioweign]

What''''s the Statute of Limitations for War Crimes?

There''''s no way these clowns will incriminate themselves... I''''m sure they would rather be held in contempt than to answer for what they have done.

Only during the next administration is there hope to get to the bottom of this. Although it will be a sad day for the country, it''''s important that the people understand who these people really are... and I''''ll admit it will be a guilty pleasure to see them brought to justice.

Posted by Smurfcrusher at 10:39 PM : Jun 28, 2008

There are no limitations on War Crimes or Crimes Against Humanity...

[racam_us]

How did we ever end up with slime like this in the White House? This administration is the most despicable in the history of the world. I can''t imagine any world power letting this continue after knowing what criminals George Bush and *** Cheney are.

[tawpdawg11]

what did the president ever do to deserve this shid?

[cantshutup]

funny how everybody is freaking out over the cost of gas...funny how the price of gas is more important to some than an illegally waged war...better start riding those bicycles and planting those victory gardens! ...this is only the beginning of the fall of the formerly great country--The United States of America...

[smurfcrusher]

What''s the Statute of Limitations for War Crimes?

There''s no way these clowns will incriminate themselves... I''m sure they would rather be held in contempt than to answer for what they have done.

Only during the next administration is there hope to get to the bottom of this. Although it will be a sad day for the country, it''s important that the people understand who these people really are... and I''ll admit it will be a guilty pleasure to see them brought to justice.

[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.

[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.