House Seeks Bush Transcripts In CIA Case
Judiciary Comm. Also Subpoenas Cheney Interview Over Outing Of Agent Responsible For Halting Spread Of WMDs
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Interactive The Leak People and events surrounding the leak of a CIA officer's name.
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.
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See all 58 CommentsPosted by TawpDawg11 at 11:10 PM : Jun 28, 2008
He showed up 01.20.2000 and 01.20.2004, Stultus est sicut stultus facit
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...
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...
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.
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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.
I agree
Posted by starleo14672 at 09:31 PM : Jun 28, 2008
Ripley had the right answer
I agree
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 !
I will be running for president in 2012.
Ill see to it that there is a chicken in every garage.
How delicious!
Dumbarses.
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