Dems look to expand congressional probe of CIA leak

[sabra]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/democrats-look-to-expand-congressional-probe-of-cia-leak-2007-03-16.html

Dems look to expand congressional probe of CIA leak

House Democrats on Friday vowed to expand their investigation into the Valerie Plame leak scandal in order to hold the Bush administration accountable and find out how “future abuses” can be prevented.

“We are going to continue this investigation,” said Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) as he called for recess at the end of the former CIA agent’s testimony.

“It is not our job to determine criminal culpability. But it is our job to understand what went wrong, to insist on accountability and to make recommendations to prevent future abuses,” said Waxman. The lawmaker described the committee’s role as “fundamentally different” to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s criminal investigation into the leak.

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Several Democrats wanted to expand the committee’s oversight by asking for more documents as well as testimony from additional witnesses, including columnist Robert Novak, who was the first to disclose Plame’s identity in a July 2003 story.

Waxman said he “will give it some thought” in asking Novak to testify at a future hearing, per Rep. Diane Watson’s (D-Calif.) request.

[Greeby]

1. Novak before Waxman's committee?

How long before he says "I think that's bullshit" and storms off :evilgrin:

[Kolesar]

4. Was not that Ja-Ja-James Carville needling him?

Because it was leaked that Novak had already taken "immunity from prosecution" and testified in the Plame leak case??

[CrazyOrangeCat]

2. kick

[babylonsister]

3. Sounds great to me; don't give 'em an inch! nt

[KoKo]

5. I hope Waxman keeps on it. There were Committee Members who wanted time for more

questions. And, Josh Marshall says they haven't even begun to get into the Niger Document forgeries. If Waxman doesn't keep on this (I know he's really busy) then we won't get to the bottom of Cheney's involvement (and others..like Feith/Ledeen) into how US got into Iraq in the first place.

Just letting Valerie and Joe Wilson be "collateral damage" with a little post mortem doesn't go DEEP ENOUGH. But, I understand that Waxman and Dems might feel we need to go "step by step." I just hope that other "EVENTS" don't push that investigation off the radar past '08.