Kucinich To Introduce A Resolution To Demand Documents!!

[AGENDA21]

WASHINGTON - April 7 - Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), Ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, announced today that he will introduce a Resolution of Inquiry to demand documents from the White House on the role that the President played in the leaking of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE).

A Resolution of Inquiry is a privileged resolution used to obtain documents from the Executive Branch. Under House rules, Kucinich's resolution will be referred to committee, and action must be taken in committee within 14 legislative days.

Kucinich's resolution will seek documents, including telephone logs, email records, calendars, minutes and memos, regarding the role the President played in declassifying selected portions of the NIE and the leaking of the NIE to the press.

Kucinich released the following statement today on his resolution:

http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0407-13.htm

[Tanuki]

1. Go Kucinich!

while he's at it, maybe he can demand the records of Cheney's secret meetings with the oil tycoons where they set the nation's disastrous energy policies and plotted the invasion of Iraq.

[tatertop]

2. Thank You Dennis

[AGENDA21]

5. Thanku indeed!!!!

3. kick n/t

[5X]

4. K & R. n/t

[stop the bleeding]

6. To the TOP pf the GD PAGE!!!!!

:toast:

[me b zola]

7. KNR

:kick:

[Fovea]

8. Dennis Kucinich for SoS

in whatever 08 administration we get.

[Canuckistanian]

9. We likes Kucinich

:toast:

[Mnemosyne]

10. We surely does! n/t

:toast:

[FogerRox]

11. Dennis right On...... KNR

[helderheid]

12. GO KOOCH!

[robinlynne]

13. yes!

I like action.

[Nimrod2005]

14. I love you man........

Way to go, give'em hell.

[Burried News]

15. Makem pay Dennis.

[EVDebs]

16. Do everything necessary to get R's on the record supporting Chimpy's

stonewalling of Fitz's investigation. Then get them signed on to the outting of Plame and Brewster Jennings contacts. Treason is what they support, now, isn't it ?

[Trevelyan]

35. * knowingly lied about uranium to the Congress, which is a crime

Hinchey Statement On Revelation That President Bush Authorized Leak Of Classified Information To Bolster Administration's Public Case For War

April 6, 2006
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ny22_hinchey/morenews/040606bushleakauthorization.html

..."It is an absolute disgrace to the institution of the presidency that President Bush authorized members of his administration to disclose select parts of highly classified information from a National Intelligence Estimate in order to make political advances and gain public support. How dare President Bush and Vice President Cheney say they want to prosecute those who leaked the NSA domestic surveillance program when they themselves authorized the disclosure of information from some of the most highly sensitive documents in the government. The White House opposes leaks when the disclosed information hurts them politically, but supports leaks when information advances their political cause.

"Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald recently responded to my request for him to expand his investigation to include the motive behind the leak, which I believe was to discredit Ambassador Wilson's revelation that Iraq never sought uranium from Africa. If so, President Bush and other top members of his administration knowingly lied about uranium to the Congress, which is a crime. It is my belief, as well as the belief of my 39 House colleagues who signed my original letter to Special Counsel Fitzgerald, that he has the authority and obligation to expand his investigation to investigate the lies about uranium, which are the true heart of this case.

"Scooter Libby's camp is currently engaged in a legal proceeding to remove Patrick Fitzgerald from his post and have the case dismissed. This is just further evidence that Scooter Libby doesn't have a leg to stand on. I'm confident that the latest Libby motion will be rejected and that the case will move forward. As such, I am formulating a response to Patrick Fitzgerald's letter to me and will aggressively pursue every avenue needed to ensure that an investigation is conducted into the administration's uranium lies. The heart of the CIA leak case cannot and must not be ignored."

What is in Fitz's letter, do you suppose?

[MaggieSwanson]

17. Kick for the Kooch

Love you Dennis!
:loveya:

[slipslidingaway]

18. Leaking for political interest is OK, Gonzales response

to a question from Nadler. Maybe someone else will interpret his reply in a different manner.

http://www.canofun.com/cof/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=18323


"This leak was not done in the national interest, but rather the political interest of the President and his Administration. Congress must investigate this gross abuse of power."


C-span has the entire hearing, the page number might change on this link.

http://www.c-span.org/VideoArchives.asp?CatCodePairs=,&ArchiveDays=100&Page=2

House Judiciary Cmte. Oversight Hearing on Justice Dept.
In Washington DC, the House Judiciary Committee holds an oversight hearing on the Justice Department. Representative James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) chairs the hearing with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as a witness.
4/6/2006: WASHINGTON, DC: 2 hr. 30 min.

[Swamp Rat]

19. kick and recommended!!!

Geaux Dennis!

:kick:

[madokie]

20. Damn I wish us okies could be so lucky as to have a Dennis

[Triana]

21. I love that guy. (n/t)

[Zorra]

22. Imagine the honesty and integrity in the WH if Kooch was Prez.

This country would be so much better off...sigh.

[tatertop]

25. Dennis could save the world!

[bleever]

23. Go, Dennis!

We've got your back.

:patriot:

[eridani]

24. Show your gratitude with $$$

www.kucinich.us

[jazzjunkysue]

26. I got a nice letter from Dennis for supporting his petition. Sweet.

I feel represented. :hug:

[berni_mccoy]

27. The Bush Administration is a BUNCH OF TRAITORS

They lied to take us to WAR and then RISKED OUR NATIONAL SECURITY BY LEAKING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO HARM CRITICS. The leaked information caused harm to our National Security and damaged our ability to prevent Nuclear Proliferation. They've used Terror AGAINST AMERICANS and DESERVE THE ULTIMATE PUNISHMENT FOR TREASON. Here are the Traitors:

George W. Bush, President
Richard Cheney, Vice President
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State
Karl Rove, Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Karen Hughes, Under Secretary, Dept. of State
Andrew Card, former Chief of Staff to the President
Stephen Hadley, National Security Advisor
I. Lewis Libby, Former Chief of Staff to the President
Mary Matalin, Assistant to the President, Counselor to the Vice President
James R. Wilkinson, Deputy National Security Advisor
Nicholas E. Calio, Advisor to the White House Iraq Group

[WiseButAngrySara]

28. Kooch! Kooch! Kooch! K & R! ....n/t

[connecticut yankee]

29. Finally!

a Dem with guts.

Go, Dennis!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[pberq]

30. K&R - beautiful!

[dweller]

31. DK gets my vote again

:kick:

R!

dp

[Trevelyan]

32. Great news! God bless Dennis and all true Democrats and patriots!

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[twaddler01]

33. I was for him during primaries, go Dennis!

:thumbsup:

[gglor]

37. me too

Kucinich and Edwards had the courage to say outsourcing was destroying the middle-class and that nafta had to go.

Kerry was the only nominee that was as bad as bush. I believe Kerry ran to make sure no one of value would run against Bush. Take a look at his campaign. Letting the republicans insult him over his military career, and his wife and he never defended himself or his wife, I lost respect for him right then and there.

The day of the election he disappeared and did not use any of the funds he had stored to fight election fraud. I have been watching his voting history he does not represent us. The ports deal was the final straw, he just was not available, because his wife's company has there corporate headquarters in dubai, to avoid paying income taxes. I voted for Kerry because bushy had to go.

[Terran1212]

34. Unfortunately the rest of Dems play lame ducks around Kucinich

But go Denis anyway!

[tabasco]

36. Kucinich is a true leader and patriot.

I wish half the Democrats had his courage, ehtics, and commitment.

[dweller]

38. ...

:kick:


can you hear him now?

dp

[cyclezealot]

39. Dennis Kucninch alwasy makes me proud.

If only more Democrats had his kind of guts and committment. Dennis's role should not be some Cabinet member where good people are shunted away and told to keep shut. Either DK should be Prez or chair of some crucial House Committee. And yes, we need help him not just by congratulating him here at DU, but making calls and letters to commitee members of appropriate committees backing him up.