Rice Sought for Testimony in Spy Case

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Rice Sought for Testimony in Spy Case

The Associated Press
Sunday, March 12, 2006; 5:45 PM


ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley are among the witnesses defense lawyers want to subpoena in the case of two pro-Israel lobbyists accused of receiving classified information.

Attorneys for Stephen J. Rosen and Keith Weissman filed the notices of subpoena with the U.S. District Court in Alexandria. Rosen and Weissman, former officials with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, are scheduled to go on trial next month.


U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, sits beside Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Derbez during the inauguration ceremony of Chile's new President Michelle Bachelet in Valparaiso, Saturday, March 11, 2006. Bachelet was inaugurated as Chile's first female president. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia) (Roberto Candia - AP)

There is no indication whether the judge in the case has considered the subpoena requests. Under court rules, he must approve before Cabinet-level officers can be subpoenaed.

The names of Rice, Hadley and a number of other people the defense wants to call appeared on the online docket for the case Friday afternoon but by Sunday had been removed and replaced with the word "Witness." The docket indicated that the notices of subpoena had been made "in camera," or in private before a judge, and under seal.


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031200669.html

[Demeter]

1. And So It Begins...

The beginning of the end of our national nightmare.

[annabanana]

2. another thing that DUers were clued into early..

Please take a bow, our indefatigable sleuths and analysts...

[NYC]

3. The defense is calling them.

Must not want to take the rap for what they were instructed to do.

[jazzjunkysue]

4. The neo-con Rice will let Rosen and Weissman swing.

They're fools to think she'll help them.

[bleever]

5. Highly recommendable. Let there be the swearing of witnesses,

and let all things proceed apace.

:thumbsup:

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. Rice to attorneys: Sorry, suckers Am out of the country

on guv'ment work. Too busy...so bug off.