Breaking: Waxman Asks Fitz To Testify Before Congress

[babsbunny]

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807Z.shtml

Waxman Asks Fitzgerald to Testify Before Congress
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Report

Thursday 08 March 2007

Congressman Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Thursday he wants Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to testify before his committee about his investigation into the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame-Wilson's identity. Plame-Wilson, Waxman's office said, has agreed to testify before Congress on March 16.

The announcement comes on the heels of a story first reported by Truthout on Wednesday, which stated that some members of Congress were engaged in discussions Tuesday about the possibility of holding immediate hearings and asking Fitzgerald to provide evidence he obtained during the course of his three-year investigation about the roles Vice President Dick Cheney and other White House officials played in the Plame leak. Plame is married to former ambassador Joseph Wilson, a fierce critic of the Iraq war who accused the administration of "twisting" pre-war intelligence. The Oversight Committee hearing, scheduled for March 16, comes nearly four years to the day that the US invaded Iraq.

In his letter to Fitzgerald dated March 8, Waxman requested a meeting with Fitzgerald to discuss whether the special prosecutor can voluntarily appear before his committee.

[cspanlovr]

1. ...and I said to myself, "its a wonderful world.."

[SpiralHawk]

2. A pointed prelude to St. Paddy's Day. Sure and Begorrah

Makes all the world seem bright and green.

Now Mr. Patrick, yourself, what might you have to say to the aggrieved people of these United States about the traitorous republicons who have stolen our White House?

[terip64]

3. Very happy to be the fifth!

[peacetalksforall]

4. So thrilling. Could they sequester him until then? Valerie WIlson, also.

[Graybeard]

5. Thank you Rep . Waxman.

Fitzgerald's statement after the Libby verdict was a veiled request for congress to pick up the ball. Waxman's committee can now see if Fitzgerald's evidence is actionable.

[ncteechur]

6. Exactly right.

Fitgerald cannot do the job Congress is supposed to do.

[emulatorloo]

excellent -- thank you Congressman Waxman n/t

[emulatorloo]

7. self delete double post, but what the heck THANK YOU AGAIN WAXMAN and THANK YOU FITZ

:patriot:

[Exultant Democracy]

10. Rock and Roll twice the appreciation I dig. They deserve it.

[NastyRiffraff]

8. Link to Waxman's letter to Fitz:

http://oversight.house.gov/Documents/20070308134201-02108.pdf

It's a beautiful thing.

[kestrel91316]

15. I don't want to rain on anybody's parade, but the way I read the letter,

it's just Waxman asking to meet with Fitz to determine if the Committee is interested in looking into Plame, or even if Fitz CAN testify.

Fitz hasn't been asked to testify, that I can see from this letter.

[gkhouston]

17. My impression was that Waxman is definitely interested and

wants to see what sort of help he can get from Fitzgerald and what he needs to do to extract it -- i.e., Fitz will be meeting with Waxman privately, not testifying in public, at least for now. I think Waxman and Fitzgerald both want to nail all responsible parties but realize they must do the job properly and this letter (and the subsequent meeting) is one of the steps in the dance.

[kestrel91316]

18. Oh, to be a fly on the wall when they do have that chat!

Waxman is such a nebbishy little guy, they will probably completely underestimate him, and HE'LL be the one to nail Bushco. That would be so cool. He's not my Rep, but he's nextdoor.

[Cameron27]

19. And oh to be a fly on the wall of the Whitehouse

when Waxman & Fitz chat!

[Clark2008]

9. Oooohhhhh - the PFEB will be in overdrive that day!

:hi:

[Alamom]

11. Truly exciting. Thank you for posting. eom

[JoMama49]

12. When is Valerie Plame going to speak before Waxman's Committee?

Anyone know? I thought it was today, Monday the 12th?

[Eurobabe]

16. Edit: Friday March 16th

Just found something buried:

Valerie Plame to Testify

March 08, 2007

ABC News' Tom Shine Reports: Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has announced that Valerie Plame Wilson will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Friday, March 16th.

Other witnesses are also expected to appear but their names have not yet been released.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/03/index.html

[Larry Allen]

13. Not so happy

I wish Fitzgerald could say Cheney, Rove and Bush are subjects of ongoing investigations. I can't really say anything about them.

[catgirl]

14. Well, the biggest guns are finally being chased!