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13 Jun 2007 11:51:33 AM |
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WATERGATE IS JUST A PICNIC COMPARED TO GONZOGATE!!!!!!!! |
First issuing of 'Attorneygate' subpoenas to White House Michael
Roston
Published: Wednesday June 13, 2007
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This article has been updated to reflect official releases from the
House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
Two former White House officials will face subpoenas for their
involvement in the firing of 8 US Attorneys earlier this year. RAW
STORY has confirmed with House Judiciary Committee staff that House
investigators will issue a subpoena for Harriet Miers, former White
House Counsel, and the Senate will issue a subpoena for Sara Taylor, a
former top aide to Karl Rove. Both committees also sought a variety of
documents from the White House.
"Let me be clear: this subpoena is not a request, it is a demand on
behalf of the American people for the White House...to help us answer
the questions that remain," said Rep. John Conyers (D-MI). "The
breadcrumbs in this investigation have always led to 1600
Pennsylvania. This investigation will not end until the White House
complies with the demands of this subpoena in a timely and reasonable
manner so that we may get to the bottom of this."
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) also accused the White House of seeking
confrontation.
"By refusing to cooperate with congressional committees, the White
House continues its pattern of confrontation over cooperation, and
those who suffer most in this case are the public and the hard-working
people at the Department of Justice," said Leahy, Chairman of the
Senate Judiciary Committee. "The White House cannot have it both ways
-- it cannot stonewall congressional investigations by refusing to
provide documents and witnesses, while claiming nothing improper
occurred....Some at the White House may hope to thwart our
constitutional oversight efforts by locking the doors and closing the
curtains, but we will keep asking until we get to the truth."
White House responds to subpoenas
In response, spokesman Tony Snow said the White House is "aware of the
judiciary committee plans to issue subpoenas and will respond
appropriately."
"The committees can easily obtain the facts they want without
confrontation by simply accepting our offer for documents and
interviews but it's clear that Senator Leahy and Representative
Conyers are more interested in drama than facts," Snow added.
In a letter sent to the House Judiciary Committee on June 7, White
House Counsel Fred Fielding made it clear that he would not make any
White House staff available for on the record, sworn testimony on a
voluntary basis.
"We think the Committees' suggested next steps in this matter must be
fairly assessed against the backdrop of the extraordinary access
acquired to date and the absence of any evidence of wrongdoing by
White House officials," President Bush's counsel wrote. "The President
has proposed an accommodation that would provide the Committees with
still more information on the US Attorneys matter...It is difficult to
see how this proposal will not provide your Committees with all the
information necessary to evaluate the White House's connection to the
Department's request for US Attorney resignations."
He also expressed his "strong hope that the Committees will not feel
compelled to elevate the stakes by pursuing the path of subpoenas and
compulsory process referred to in your recent letters."
Senator Leahy slammed Fielding for his reasoning in a response today.
"In response to our efforts to narrow our dispute by gaining access to
documents you agreed to produce as part of your offer for off-the-
record interviews or to information that forms the basis of the
President's conclusion that no wrongdoing has occurred, you have
merely restated your initial, unacceptable offer," the Senate Chairman
wrote. "The White House cannot have it both ways -- it cannot withhold
documents and witnesses and thereby stonewall the investigation and,
at the same time, claim that the facts about the White House's
improper influence over federal law enforcement have not been revealed
in detail."
He continued, "The White House's continued stonewalling leads to the
obvious conclusion that the White House is hiding the truth because
there is something to hide. Because the White House has continued its
refusal to provide the requested information to the Senate Judiciary
Committee on a voluntary basis, I am issuing subpoenas."
Rep. Conyers also stated that he did not believe the White House's
earlier offer for cooperation was reasonable.
"In view of the compelling need for relevant information, your 'all or
nothing' proposal remains completely unacceptable, as we have
previously stated," he wrote. "Conducting interviews without a
transcript in a matter of this complexity and scope is likely to lead
to unnecessary confusion and factual disputes down the road. It is
even more problematic to try to limit the scope of document production
and interviews to communications between the White House and outside
parties."
Taylor set to testify before Senate Committee July 11
Sara Taylor, the former Deputy Assistant to the President and Director
of Political Affairs, reported to Karl Rove in the White House. She
has been subpoenaed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and is
scheduled to testify before it on July 11.
Taylor reportedly 'cleared out her office' at the end of May. E-mails
released yesterday depicted her extensive involvement in the firing of
at least one US Attorney, Bud Cummins from the Eastern District of
Arkansas.
Senator Leahy excoriated Taylor for failing to provide answers to
inquiries sent to her in April.
"I received no response from you to my April 11 letter seeking your
voluntary cooperation with the Senate Judiciary Committee's ongoing
investigation of the firings and replacements of a number of United
States Attorneys," he wrote. "It is now clear from the evidence
gathered by the investigating Committees of the Senate and House that,
at the time you were White House Director of Political Affairs, you
and other White House officials played a significant role in
originating, developing, coordinating and implementing the plan and
the Justice Department's response to congressional inquiries about
it."
Miers set to testify before House Committee July 12
Harriet Miers has been subpoenaed by House investigators. She has been
asked to testify on July 12 at the House Judiciary Committee's
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Miers, a one-time pick for the Supreme Court by President George W.
Bush, served as White House Counsel until January when she stepped
down and was replaced by Fred Fielding. Miers is known to have been
extensively involved in the firing of the US Attorneys, with Kyle
Sampson, the former chief of staff to the Attorney General, telling
the Senate Judiciary Committee that he often discussed the firing of
Attorneys with her informally after weekly Judicial Selection
Committee meetings at the White House.
RAW STORY's coverage of the Justice Department's release of documents
Tuesday night, which show Taylor and Mier's involvement in the firings
of the US
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13 Jun 2007 01:50:08 PM |
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On Jun 13, 9:51 am, Sarcastic American! <not4ud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
First issuing of 'Attorneygate' subpoenas to White House Michael
Roston
Published:
Hey moron: get back to us when Diane Feinstein is indicted for
steering $42 billion worth of government contracts to her husband's
companies. I mean, if she wasn't doing anything wrong, then why did
she have to resign her position as head of MILCON?
C'mon: this is another "Democrats get a pass; Republicans get the
lash" scenario, like how Sandy Berger got a slap on the wrist for
stealing secret documents while Scooter Libby goes to jail because he
couldn't remember who said what and when.
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13 Jun 2007 02:01:09 PM |
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<aklon3@attbi.com> wrote in message...
C'mon: this is another "Democrats get a pass; Republicans get the
lash" scenario, like how Sandy Berger got a slap on the wrist for
stealing secret documents
That's because of *what it was* that Sanday Berger was making copies
of that was thirty years old.
while Scooter Libby goes to jail because he
couldn't remember who said what and when.
That's because Scoot was currently serving in office, the questions
were current, and the obvious reason for sudden lack of memory
was his complicity in Neo-Con crimes.
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13 Jun 2007 04:19:08 PM |
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On Jun 13, 12:01 pm, "David Morgan \(MAMS\)" <fin...@m-a-m-s.comC/Odm>
wrote:
<akl...@attbi.com> wrote in message...
C'mon: this is another "Democrats get a pass; Republicans get the
lash" scenario, like how Sandy Berger got a slap on the wrist for
stealing secret documents
That's because of *what it was* that Sanday Berger was making copies
of that was thirty years old.
Billshit: he was stealing stuff generated in the late nineties. He did
it to make damned sure the finger would never point at Bill Clinton
for the lapses that let 9/11 hapen..
"Thirty years old" ha ha ha
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| User: "Freedom Fighter" |
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| Title: Re: WATERGATE IS JUST A PICNIC COMPARED TO 9/11-GATE!!!!!!!! |
13 Jun 2007 04:42:29 PM |
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<aklon3@attbi.com> wrote in message
news:1181769548.756594.157910@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Jun 13, 12:01 pm, "David Morgan \(MAMS\)" <fin...@m-a-m-s.comC/Odm>
wrote:
<akl...@attbi.com> wrote in message...
C'mon: this is another "Democrats get a pass; Republicans get the
lash" scenario, like how Sandy Berger got a slap on the wrist for
stealing secret documents
That's because of *what it was* that Sanday Berger was making copies
of that was thirty years old.
Billshit: he was stealing stuff generated in the late nineties. He did
it to make damned sure the finger would never point at Bill Clinton
for the lapses that let 9/11 hapen..
Funny indeed, blaming Clinton. He was impeached for fibbing about a harmless
sexual encounter. Who has been impeached for the mass-murderous treason that
was 9/11? I seem to recall that BUSH and his fascist cohorts were in power
on 9/11, and they've been covering up the truth ever since - such as the
inexplicable (?) total failure of NORAD to intercept even one of the four
subsonic jets.
WATERGATE IS JUST A PICNIC COMPARED TO 9/11-GATE!
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| User: "Felix D." |
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| Title: Re: WATERGATE IS JUST A PICNIC COMPARED TO 9/11-GATE!!!!!!!! |
13 Jun 2007 07:45:05 PM |
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"Freedom Fighter" <liberty@once.net> wrote in message
news:9xZbi.155896$p47.124995@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
Funny indeed, blaming Clinton. He was impeached for fibbing about a
harmless sexual encounter. Who has been impeached for the mass-murderous
treason that was 9/11? I seem to recall that BUSH and his fascist cohorts
were in power on 9/11, and they've been covering up the truth ever since -
such as the inexplicable (?) total failure of NORAD to intercept even one
of the four subsonic jets.
And how did it start with you? Is it because it's shiny? Or it has the
right "feel?" What is it about tinfoil that compels you to make hats?
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14 Jun 2007 01:55:32 PM |
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On Jun 13, 2:42 pm, "Freedom Fighter" <libe...@once.net> wrote:
WATERGATE IS JUST A PICNIC COMPARED TO 9/11-GATE!
Look Mommy: another Troofer!
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