On International Waxman’s Day

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Copies of handwritten notes by Vice President Dick Cheney, introduced at trial by attorneys prosecuting former White House staffer I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, would appear to implicate George W. Bush in the Plame CIA Leak case.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107Z.shtml


We, The People, of the United States of America, thank each and every Congress member who is willing and able to do the People’s business, in safeguarding and preserving the Constitution of the United States and the future of this nation.

We, The People, of the planet thank each and every Congress member who is focused on urgent and immediate dangers to the peace and safety of a world inflamed by unnecessary war, made LESS-- not more-- safe by a falsely approved and disastrously executed war on “terror.”

We, The Voters, thank each and every Congress member who is showing the courage and resolve to honor the founding principles and laws of this nation and GIVE US A REASON TO CONTINUE BOTHERING TO VOTE.

Disclosure of CIA Agent Identity Thursday, March 08, 2007
Committee Will Hold Hearing on Disclosure of CIA Agent Valerie Plame Wilson's Identity
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1205

Chairman Henry A. Waxman announced a hearing on whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. At the hearing, the Committee will receive testimony from Ms. Wilson and other experts regarding the disclosure and internal White House security procedures for protecting her identity from disclosure and responding to the leak after it occurred. The hearing is scheduled for Friday, March 16.

In addition, the Committee today sent a letter to Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald commending him for his investigation and requesting a meeting to discuss testimony by Mr. Fitzgerald before the Committee.

The Oversight Committee will webcast the hearing live at www.oversight.house.gov.

For Those Who Worried That Waxman Would Step on Fitzgerald's Toes...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x371914

Waxman Asks Fitzgerald to Testify Before Congress
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807Z.shtml

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.
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"After the verdict was announced yesterday, one juror expressed the view that former chief of staff to the vice president Libby was only a 'fall guy,'" Waxman said in his letter to Fitzgerald. "This juror's views encapsulated questions that many in Congress and the public have about whether the ultimate responsibility for the outing of Ms. Wilson rests with more senior officials in the White House."
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.... Cheney's notes, which were introduced into evidence during Libby's trial, called into question the truthfulness of President Bush's vehement denials about his prior knowledge of the attacks against Wilson. The revelation that Bush may have known all along that there was an effort by members of his office to discredit the former ambassador raises the question: Was the president also aware that senior members of his administration compromised Valerie Plame's undercover role with the CIA? That is a question that very well may be answered if and when Fitzgerald testifies before Congress.

Investigations
http://oversight.house.gov/investigations.asp

As set forth in House Rule X, clause 4, the Committee on Government Reform may, at any time, conduct investigations of any matter regardless of whether another standing committee has jurisdiction over the matter. In 1998, Rep. Waxman formed the Special Investigations Division to conduct investigations into issues that are important to members of the Government Reform Committee and other members of Congress.

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1. K&R Thanks for the links. I'll be watching. nt

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2. Here's to the future, puebloknot

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