Senator Urges White House on Leak Probe (Schumer of NY)

[MoonAndSun]

<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20040106/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak>


snip>WASHINGTON - A Democratic senator called on the White House Tuesday to require staffers to cancel reporter confidentiality agreements so the journalists might tell investigators whether a Bush administration official leaked a CIA (news - web sites) operative's name.



In a letter sent to White House chief of staff Andrew Card, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., argued that the White House staff has only "partially cooperated" with Justice Department (news - web sites) investigators by turning over phone and e-mail records.






go Chuck, the Dems can not let this issue go!!

[goforit]

1. Yes do keep this public and in the open 24/7

:bounce:

[lancdem]

2. I have a question about this

Josh Marshall says everyone in the WH knows who the leaker is, so why doesn't the FBI simply ask that question? Unless they're asking the wrong questions, people in the WH have to be lying to investigators if they say they don't know. It's very simple to get to the bottom of this. As Marshall says, the WH obviously is trying to brazen this out. They ain't cooperating.

[MoonAndSun]

3. Maybe that is one reason why AssKKKroft recused himself,

because he was not asking the right questions to the right people, and the career people at the FBI maybe were complaining?

[lancdem]

4. I know there was pressure from the career people from the beginning

for him to recuse himself. I do wonder, why now?

[Gin]

5. tell us who refused to sign the release for the reporters....shine the

light on those fools..

[0007]

6. I think the reason Ashcroft recused himself was because..

Karl Rove ran a campaign for Ashcroft. Ashcroft refused to recuse himself two or three months. This is an outrage!

[colonel odis]

9. rove not only ran a campaign for ashcroft,

but he had to sue ashcroft to get paid.

[salin]

10. I never heard that before

lol - oh what a muddy and interelated web has been woven.

[NoKingGeorge]

8. Tom Dashle had sent a letter to aSSman asking

for an update on the investigation. After the weekend aSSman recused himself. Give Tom some credit. I guess by recusing himself and having the Chicago AG continue ,he can argue for the continuing delay.

[yellowcanine]

7. Grand Jury needed now

and subpeonas all around, including Bush and Cheney. Get everyone under oath. What did you know about this and when did you know it? What internal investigations were carried out (you know they had to) and what were the results?

[TacticalPeek]

11. Bravo, Senator Schumer!

And bravo, Senator Daschle!

And I understood that DOJ said that the AG recused because of the 'developing' case. To me, that sounds deliciously threatening to the Crisco Kid.

Shades of John 'Law and Order' Mitchell.

:evilgrin:


edit: What hilarious sentence structure from Scotty! Freudian, I tell you:

snip

White House press secretary Scott McClellan responded to the
request, saying, "It would be unfortunate if people are seeking to
politicize a serious matter like leaking classified information for partisan
gain."

"Seeking" for partisan gain? Or "leaking" for partisan gain. My English teachers would say that proximity is the first arbiter.

:)