MSM Covers Waxman Victory, Overturning Bush 41/43 Secrecy

[CorpGovActivist]

"House panel reverses Bush on archive secrecy": http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070308/pl_nm/congress_bush_secrecy_dc_1

To see today's action/legislation: http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1204

The story garnered significant coverage today: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=waxman+oversight+committee

Best to all,

- Dave

[The_Warmth]

1. Goooooooooooooooo Waxman!!!

:woohoo:

[Aviation Pro]

2. Huge.....

...maybe we can get the whole flipping Bush family behind bars and ship the ne'er do well twins and cousin Pierce to Iraq.

[blm]

3. This is GREAT NEWS for the anti-corruption, open government wing of the

Democratic party.

Thankyou Henry Waxman.

[CorpGovActivist]

15. Monitor the GOP Co-Sponsors of These Bill...

... for clues to who may be willing to break ranks on issuing subpoenas.

- Dave

[MessiahRp]

51. It's sad to think there's even another wing.

All of the Washington insider CYA games get sickening. It's sad when the country mandates a change from this shit and somehow some Dems still hold out and continue to protect this Administration and it's right to burn the Bill of Rights with every motion they make.

Sad.

Rp

[SoCalDem]

4. The press is salivating at the chance to dig into those records

BUT.. They have been "stowed" in Texas for many years now, and who knows how much met "Mr. Shreddie" along the way :(

[conscious evolution]

5. A treasure trove

Things will get real interesting when investigators start going thru the records.
Can you imagine what secrets and criminal activities could be uncovered?

This is goooooood!
Real good!

[CorpGovActivist]

6. That Partially Explains Why the MSM Ran with This...

... every Woodward wannabe has been stymied by the secrecy provisions.

Helping Waxman's efforts gain traction ultimately helps their newsrooms.

- Dave

[conscious evolution]

16. The first thing I want to see

is the records for the period leading up to the first Gulf War.
My college roomate's penpal in Kuwait was telling of some interesting stuff before Iraq invaded.
Like how Kuwait was stealing Iraqi oil.And how when they left Kuwait they didn't see the Iraqi army massed on the Saudi border.That the first solders they saw were in the 82nd Airborne Div.

Yes indeed,I would love to know the real story behind that war.

[AX10]

27. That was another sham of a war.

[HooptieWagon]

55. conscious evolution

Ahhh, you're also one of The Herd... awright!

"All I know is I heard Bob Marley say-There aint no Rasta's in the CIA" J.Puryear

Jeb is the best damn guitarist/songwriter since Jerry, DTB deserves to be better known than they are. My favorite CD is the "Live at American Ballroom"... in fact, I need to go play it now!

[conscious evolution]

56. That was my first CD by them

Have you been here?
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aetree%20AND%20%2Fmetadata%2Fcreator%3A%22Donna%20The%20Buffalo%22

[HooptieWagon]

58. My first too

Thanks for the link, I hadn't heard of that one, but I've downloaded a bunch of stuff from their website. I'm lucky, they swing through Florida often, so I can catch them several times a year. I've turned a lot of friends on to them... also, local non-commercial radio station plays them a lot - wmnf.org - they have a link you can webstream at

[Toots]

54. I guess you haven't been aware of the shredders running twenty four hours a day?

:shrug: Anyone that thinks there will be anything incriminating to be found after six years of scrubbing by the Bush* Cabal hasn't been paying attention.

[conscious evolution]

57. One can hope

Unfortunately,you are probably right.
Someone mentioned that others may retain copies of documents downthread.Maybe a comparison of the two sets could raise some interesting questions and issues.I would think that charges of obstruction of justice,at the least,could result from scrubbing.

[Jax]

7. Rep Waxman keeps making my day

every single day these days.

CorpGovActivist, thank you for this info and for all your stellar efforts every day.
:thumbsup:

Alyce

[CorpGovActivist]

9. Election Night Flashback

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2620906

; )

"Rep Waxman keeps making my day every single day these days."

Like I said back when the election was in the bag, the sound of Waxman's gavel is without peer.

- Dave

[DemReadingDU]

23. I remember that thread! WooHoo Waxman!

:woohoo:

[CorpGovActivist]

24. *Wink* I Laid down My Markers...

... although, in fairness, Waxman doing the right thing?

A safe (and smart) bet.

: )

- Dave

[malaise]

36. LOL

Right again. You're making a habit of this :D

[CorpGovActivist]

45. Even a Blind Squirrel...

... finds a nut every once in a while.

; )

- Dave

[Beaverhausen]

8. Waxman is a Hollywood liberal America-hating moonbat

AND WE LOVE HIM!!!! :loveya:

[CorpGovActivist]

10. "Them Thar's Fightin' Words!"

OK, you got me.

; )

Fuuuuuuuny.

- Dave

[IChing]

11. Waxman is kicking butt and taking names

Bush will fight this all the way to the supreme court which is why he traded his lawyers not to long ago for criminal lawyers.( I miss Harriet meyers)
Good news, reporters and historians have been fighting this for years.
Waxman is one of our champions for democracy .

nominated

[Shakespeare]

12. I'm so freaking proud he's my congressman!!! n/t

[CorpGovActivist]

14. So, Tell His Staff...

http://oversight.house.gov/contact.asp

http://www.henrywaxman.house.gov/contact.htm

You'd be amazed how uplifting that is for them to hear - especially from their own constituents.

- Dave

[Shakespeare]

17. Oh, I do, frequently. n/t

[radfringe]

60. done...

my message to Waxman:

Keep up the good work. I have been following the hearings. They have filled me with great hope that the Bush administration is finally being called to account for its actions.

It's flabbergasting how with each passing day more information is being uncovered regarding the manipulations by the bush administration. I eagerly anticipate the day when the extent of Bush and Cheney's abuses are help up to the light of the day.

Thanks-you for your hard-work and diligence.

[porphyrian]

13. Keep kicking ass, Congressman. Good work. - n/t

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

18. This has been the BEST pro-democracy day in a loooonnngg time.

The last six years seem like forever.

Today, was a great day. My hope is restored.

[CorpGovActivist]

19. The White House Must Be on Highest Alert...

... knowing full well that Waxman will take full advantage of the MSM's continued interest, and will likely have a bombshell or two that didn't make it into the Libby trial.

- Dave

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

22. Definitely. They've probably got a laundry list of lawyers lined up,...

,...to file all kinds of bs to avoid sunshine, if you know what I mean. They'll openly behave like tyrants, now (rather than being the covert tyrants they have been all along).

[NewJeffCT]

32. BREAKING: Terror Alert Raised to Red!!!!!!! Attacks Imminent!!!!!!!

Be prepared for it. If something that bad breaks, we can expect the terror alert.

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. HOLY CRAP!!! Waxman is the psycho's and BFEE WORSE NIGHTMARE!!!!

OMG....they have got to be shakin' in their boots now. We KNOW those papers were sealed for a reason and it AIN'T a good reason either. Go get 'em Waxman!:bounce::woohoo:

[CorpGovActivist]

25. I Wouldn't Play Poker or Chess...

... with Waxman.

; )

- Dave

[ClayZ]

21. What a difference a DAY makes! K and R

Whooo HOOOOO!:woohoo:

[CorpGovActivist]

26. As of 7:52 p.m. ET...

... there are 1949 hits on waxman + oversight + committee: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=waxman+oversight+committee

The MSM seems to be picking up BOTH the open government initiatives AND the Plamegate stuff that Waxman's committee is running with; I guess after what he did in the Big Tobacco oversight hearings, the MSM knows better than to bet against him.

- Dave

[halobeam]

28. THAT is INCREDIBLE!!!!

Thank you Rep. Waxman and staff!.... You've got mail!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[CorpGovActivist]

29. Waxman May Have to Ask for a Bigger Hearing Room for Plame Hearing...

... and I'm sure Speaker Pelosi will be only too happy to oblige.

; )

- Dave

[hootinholler]

42. I think he needs another staffer

(hint) I'm obsessed with this crap anyway.

-Hoot

[CorpGovActivist]

46. With the Majority Comes a Bigger Staff Budget...

... so he may just be hiring.

; )

- Dave

[CorpGovActivist]

30. I Wonder How Many New Press Creds Have Been Requested...

... since the Dems took over the House?

My guess is that the foreign press, especially, will extensively cover Waxman's exchange with Plame:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=waxman+plame&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d

- Dave

[halobeam]

59. I've heard some firedoglakers mention they are inquiring about passes...

[CorpGovActivist]

61. Get 'Em While the Getting's Good...

... I have a feeling there will be a bit of a gold rush at some point, and those who have staked their claims early will get to cover the fireworks.

; )

- Dave

[halobeam]

63. I wish I were able to go myself... but I'll be watching

I have appts to reschedule that day.... I love that this is my reason. It's more important to me than many other things. I wish more people felt the same way.

[conscious evolution]

50. Google has 362000 hits now

http://www.google.com/search?q=waxman+%2B+oversight+%2B+committee&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8

He is definitely getting some attention.

[slipslidingaway]

31. K&R wonderful news, from Robert Parry in 1/2006

The Imperium's Quarter Century
By Robert Parry
January 20, 2006

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/011906.html


snip>>

"With the Republican defenses falling apart and with many documents from the Reagan-Bush years scheduled for release in 2001, the opportunity to finally learn the truth about the pivotal election of 1980 loomed.

But George W. Bush elbowed his way into the White House in January 2001 – and on his first day in office, his counsel Alberto Gonzales drafted an executive order for Bush that postponed release of the Reagan-Bush records.

After the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Bush approved another secrecy order that put the records beyond the public’s reach indefinitely, passing down control of many documents to the President’s descendants.

Thus, the truth about how the Reagan-Bush era began in the 1980s – and what was done to contain the Iran-Contra investigations in the late 1980s and early 1990s – might eventually become the property of the noted scholars, the Bush twins, Jenna and Barbara."

[CorpGovActivist]

47. Waxman's Staffers and Carbon Copies...

... for me, the #1 question is: what documents from those years have already been turned over to Waxman's staffers, by prior Administrations' officials, for use in hearings?

Just because the Presidential Library has the originals, doesn't mean all the carbon copies are squared away - even in the pre-Internet Age, savvy officials were mindful of keeping a CYA file.

- Dave

[radfringe]

33. way cool... :) peel back the layers

[DemReadingDU]

37. Great toon!

[CorpGovActivist]

48. Awesome! Is That KBR or K&R? n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

34. I love Henry! I do have a question. Can Shrub veto this? nt

[malaise]

35. Great news

Go Henry.

[loudsue]

38. I hope Waxman stays away from small planes & high buildings

By now, he HAS to know what kind of mafia he's dealing with!

:kick::kick::kick:

[CorpGovActivist]

49. John Dean and the Safe House

Funny you should make that analogy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dean#Watergate_trial

"Dean pled guilty to obstruction of justice before Watergate trial judge John Sirica on November 30, 1973. He admitted supervising payments of "hush money" to the Watergate burglars, notably E. Howard Hunt, and revealed the existence of Nixon's enemies list. On August 2, 1974, Sirica handed down a sentence of one to four years in a minimum-security prison. However, when Dean surrendered himself as scheduled on September 3, he was diverted to the custody of U.S. Marshals and kept instead at Fort Holabird (near Baltimore, Maryland) in a special "safe house" holding facility primarily used for witnesses against the Mafia."


Worse Than Watergate: Former Nixon Counsel John Dean Says Bush Should Be Impeached: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/06/1354218


"JOHN DEAN: I was in custody and would stay in a safe house at night. I spent most of that time in the U.S. -- excuse me, in the Watergate Special Prosecutor’s office. I was driven to the office every day from the safe house. I was actually during the time that the trials were going on, I was in the courthouse in the prosecutor's office."

- Dave

[never cry wolf]

39. I hate to be cynical but...

lil shrub locked the doors to the vault by an executive order. If this passes the full house, and then the senate he still needs to sign it into law or veto it, I'm not sure both houses will have a veto proof majority. In addition, there's always those darned signing statements.

It's a great start and I applaud the effort but am not sure those papers will see the light of day during this admin.

[radfringe]

40. kick

[Buttercup McToots]

41. Bump...up

:thumbsup:

[CorpGovActivist]

52. Hey!

How be ye?

- Dave

[Buttercup McToots]

53. David!!

I be good...I be studying stuff...
All better now?
Good...
Buttercup

[Marnieworld]

43. I missed this yesterday

Tears of Joy! I've wanted this since 1/2001

Yes! Shine a bright light on everything! :patriot:

[bobbolink]

44. Reminder to call: 800-828-0498, 800-459-1887, 800-614-2803

AGain, I say.... You can be sure Waxman is getting plenty of hate calls.

Be sure to take a minute, call a toll-free number, ask for Henry Waxman's office, and thank the staff person who answers. He needs to know we do appreciate his efforts.

And, while you're at it, take 10 seconds to thank the staff--without them, he couldn't do what he's doing!

"Dance With Me, Henry!"

[stonebone]

62. kick