67 DAYS: The CIA Begged the DOJ to Investigate the Plame leak AND

[writes2000]

It looks like the CIA did their own initial investigation into the matter. I wonder what they found.

Plus, this further proof that the CIA never mentioned the IIPA. That was Republican SPIN. Gotta give them credit. Pretty smart.

This timeline is part of a Conyers' letter to the DOJ complaining about their 67 day delay in investigating this matter.

1. On July 24, 2003, a CIA attorney left a phone message for the Chief of the Counterespionage Section of the Department of Justice noting his concern with recent stories apparently exposing the identity of Valerie Plame, an employee of the agency working under cover. There was apparently no response from the Department.

2. On July 30, 2003, the CIA reported to the Criminal Division of the DOJ a possible violation of criminal law concerning the unauthorized disclosure of classified information. There was apparently no response from the Department.

3. The CIA again transmitted their concerns by facsimile on September 5, 2003.

4. On September 16, in accordance with the Agency's standard practice in these matters, the CIA advised the Department that it had completed its own investigation of the matter, provided a memorandum setting forth the results of the investigation and requested that the FBI undertake a criminal investigation of the matter.

5. Finally, on September 29, 2003-sixty-seven days after the initial concerns were expressed by CIA employees-the DOJ responded and advised the CIA that the Counterespionage Division had requested that the FBI initiate an investigation of this matter.

Thus, it appears, that not only did DOJ personnel countenance a 12-hour delay in notifying White House staff to preserve all records (while the White House Chief of Staff was given a heads up of the existence of the investigation), but that the DOJ also appears to have ignored repeated entreaties from the CIA to initiate a law enforcement investigation into this matter several months before hand. We would therefore urge you to examine the extent that this course of conduct and other delays by the Department are consistent with standards of prosecutorial conduct and integrity.

http://rawstory.com

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001630.htm

[paineinthearse]

1. John Conyers covers this in his blog entries today

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1958612

[writes2000]

2. Thanks for the link. Several things stand out to me.

But most of all, the fact that the DOJ did not follow procedure on this says everything.

Corruption from the bottom to the top.

[LiberalUprising]

3. KICK

Thanks for the link!