[Mb-civic] Democratic Senators Press CIA Leak Probe

[Lyle K'ang]

Oliver North got off on this one or this type of strategy.
What is John Kerry doing?

This looks like a cover up so those that have been offered immunity for their testimony do not go to jail.

Karl Rove will get off and who else. And whomever, will get pardoned-right!?

TELL KERRY TO GET OFF HIS ASS!!!!
ANOTHER COVER UP BEING PASSED DOWN TO THOSE DUMB AMERICANS!!

Times like these, makes me wonder if we will ever get our America back...maybe MB had it right after all...LEAVE AMERICA!!


Lyle K'ang, MBA/IM 


-- Jef Bek <jefbek at mindspring.com> wrote:
Democratic Senators Press CIA Leak Probe

By DONNA DE LA CRUZ, Associated Press Writer
Tue Jul 26,12:10 AM ET

More than two dozen Democratic senators on Monday asked Congress to
investigate the leak of a CIA officer's identity.

"Americans deserve a Congress that holds Washington accountable for the
truth about our national security," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who
authored the letter. "Can anyone argue with a straight face that Congress
has time to look at steroid use in baseball but doesn't have the will to
provide congressional oversight of the leak of a CIA agent's name?"

The letter, sent to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and House
Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said the disclosure of CIA officer Valerie
Plame's name most likely compromised her safety.

"The United States Congress has a constitutional responsibility to provide
oversight of the executive branch, whether a law has been broken or not,"
the letter said. "It is time for Congress to fulfill that constitutional
responsibility in this matter by initiating a thorough investigation."

The letter cited information reported in the press suggesting that White
House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and Vice President Dick Cheney's chief
of staff ‹ Lewis Libby ‹ exposed Plame's identity.

The leaking of Plame's identity in 2003 followed public criticism leveled
against the Bush White House by Plame's husband, former U.S. Ambassador
Joseph Wilson. He suggested the administration had manipulated intelligence
to justify going to war in Iraq. A criminal investigation into the leaks is
ongoing.

Among the senators who signed the bill were Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow
of Michigan, Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer of New York, Jon Corzine
and Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein of
California and Dick Durbin and Barack Obama of Illinois.

Lautenberg introduced a "Web Calendar" being used by Democrats to show the
number of days that have passed "since the White House leaked the identity
of a CIA agent," the senator said.

"There is no oversight of the White House in this Congress," Lautenberg
said. "None ‹ it's a free pass. And that is dangerous for the country."

Lautenberg also spoke on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' statement Sunday
that he notified White House chief of staff Andy Card after the Justice
Department opened an investigation into who disclosed Plame's identity, but
waited 12 hours to tell anyone else in the administration.

"Was there a 12-hour shredding party at the White House that night?"
Lautenberg asked. "We don't know, but I hope that the prosecutor examines
this troubling disclosure."


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