Rice & Hadley Sought for Testimony in Spy Case

[kpete]

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.

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.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031200669_pf.html

[H2O Man]

1. No surprise there.

I think that Ms. Rice's role in the White House scandals will soon be brought into sharper focus.

[salin]

2. Interesting...

wonder if OSP folks will end up being called as well... after all that is where franklin was working at the time in question.

[H2O Man]

3. It is interesting

to note that Andy Card started the WHIG at the same time Feith started OSP.

[salin]

4. Their arrogance is their undoing

had they not pushed the boundaries so hard and so fast... I have to wonder if they would have crossed so many legal lines that it became inevitable that they would be snagged in different arenas - and that as a result more would become known to the public while they are all still in the WH/Admin.