ALERT: Valerie Plame Case to Be Investigated by Waxman's Committee

[CorpGovActivist]

FYI: http://oversight.house.gov/investigations.asp?Issue=Disclosure+of+CIA+Agent+Identity

- Dave

[Lerkfish]

1. cooooool

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

82. NOT CORRECT

The link goes to a post dated August 30, 2004. This headline is not correct.

[CorpGovActivist]

83. The Latest Materials...

... on that web page are from summer 06 (scroll down): http://oversight.house.gov/investigations.asp?Issue=Disclosure+of+CIA+Agent+Identity

Not all of the investigations' sub-pages have been updated yet, post change of control: http://oversight.house.gov/investigations.asp

- Dave

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Uh oh...

Gotta be some mighty soiled undershorts in Washington right now.

[Lusted4]

7. They will have to start lining their undies with coffee filters.

Because the Pitbulls are coming.

[CorpGovActivist]

14. The Armitage / Vulcan Connection...

... is likely to receive special scrutiny:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vulcans

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vulcans+armitage

... as is the Armitage Associates LC (AALC) link to pre-war planning:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22armitage+associates%22+iraq

- Dave

[PinkyisBlue]

61. Karl Rove's nickname is "turd blossom" for a good reason.

[fooj]

3. Woo hoo!!!!!

This is AWESOME news! Thanks for the update!

[emulatorloo]

4. Great News -- EOM

[soothsayer]

5. Heyyy, now that feels GOOD!

[ShortnFiery]

6. Oh Henry!

We're with you! :patriot: :hug:

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

[robertpaulsen]

8. ECSTATIC TO PUT THIS ON THE GREATEST PAGE!

GO WAXMAN!!!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[bobbolink]

33. Can this old bird "woohoo" right along with ya!

I"m so wanting to see fireworks on this!

I'm just really bummed that the news isn't getting to the average citizen.

It's just us junkies....

[Rex]

9. WOOT!

Woo woo woo woo! No wonder the BFEE are collectively shitting their pants! :rofl:

[LonelyLRLiberal]

10. The dates in the linked info are all old.

Am I missing something recent - since elections?

[Laurab]

16. I noticed that, too

Dave - is there anything more current that you know about? I've no doubt Waxman WILL and should investigate, but the links are all fairly old.

[KoKo]

20. I think it shows that he kept requesting Investigations from the Majority Repug Chair

and couldn't get them. Now Waxman is the Chair and he can begin the investigations he was trying to start for a couple of years. He might even be able to go after Karl Rove and others that Fitz couldn't touch. :D

[LonelyLRLiberal]

37. Makes sense -- thanks

I sure hope this happens.

[CorpGovActivist]

25. See Waxman's Statements, Post-Election

For example...


"Among the issues that should have been investigated but were not, Waxman contended, were the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, the controversy over the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name, and the pre-Iraq war use of intelligence." -- Sunday Mail (South Australia), November 12, 2005, Erica Werner in Los Angeles, "Now Bush in firing line," p. 47

[rateyes]

51. Not to mention the fact that it refers to Senate Democratic

leader DASCHLE. Daschle's not in the Senate any more. Reid is the leader. I think this might be old news.

[CorpGovActivist]

52. Waxman's Staff Members Are Still Updating the New Committee Site...

... I think that page will be worth bookmarking for upcoming updates.

- Dave

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. Excellent news

Fitzgerald said in his news conference last here, that he could only go so far. Congress had to exercise their oversight responsibility in order to hold the Bush Administration accountable for outing a CIA Operative.

[BOSSHOG]

12. I don't understand

All my conservative neighbors tell me she was/is just an insignificant nothing of a desk jockey. Why would there be investigations? Ya mean my conservative neighbors are wrong? Again?

[0007]

39. A LTTE in the Houston Chronicle said that this is just a witch hunt

by the media. (Didn't say why) All charges against Libby are false. Of course the Midland Reporter is even worse.

The LTTE had all the FAUX News talking points.

[BOSSHOG]

79. Why of course it is

Anyone who would believe that christian republicans could possibly lie or plan to ruin a person's life because they tell the truth must be an american hating evil bastard. Evil liberals with an evil agenda after the god fearing, ever thinking about how to better America Scooter. God bless him and God bless the republican party.

[Webster Green]

13. Oh goody!

Hope the big dick faces charges of treason :patriot:

[Tennessee Gal]

15. Last updated: 8/30/04

Old news.

[halobeam]

17. Doesn't this have some potential draw backs?

I'm thinking Oli North for example. If I'm wrong, please explain.

[CorpGovActivist]

28. Ollie Was Pre-Internet...

... pre-email, and pre-Adobe Acrobat.

Harder to shred digital data; easier to put the digital data in front of the American People.

- Dave

[Garbo 2004]

34. I think halobeam's point was that congress' granting of immunity to Ollie resulted in

the dismissal of criminal charges against him. North had already been convicted but that conviction was vacated as a result of the immunity issue. Further prosecution was halted and charges dismissed due to the immunity issue.

[CorpGovActivist]

41. I Suspect Waxman Will Run Things Differently...

... and with the Internet tools at his disposal, he can do a "data dump" that will foreclose other Dems from striking a Devil's bargain with the Administration on immunity.

Those tools weren't available to the open government advocates during Iran-Contra.

- Dave

[halobeam]

77. thank you

[Me.]

18. Any Recent News Or Developments On This?

Is the header paragraph a recent announcement? Is it eminent? Would so love to see this happen.

[gkhouston]

21. I heard a story on NPR or the BBC about two weeks ago that Waxman

does want to do this but was going to meet with Fitzgerald first to be sure the Congressional investigation wouldn't interfere with the stuff Fitz is doing. Perhaps Waxman's decided to wait until the trial is over?

[Me.]

29. That's Makes Sense

While I don't have the link to hand, I seem to remember back a bit that FitzG. signaled to Congress that he'd like them to hold off until he was finished and Waxman may be honoring that. Thanks for the news.

[Patsy Stone]

19. Yes!

Such good news to start the weekend with. K&R.

:hi:

[porphyrian]

22. Shit, fan. Fan, shit. Enjoy. - n/t

[HCE SuiGeneris]

65. ..

:popcorn: :hippie:

[spanone]

23. Oversight, what a concept.

[Tuesday_Morning]

24. Attaboy, Congressman...

and staff!!

[Bobbie Jo]

26. Finally...the good guys to the rescue! n/t

[Hekate]

27. Want more butter on your popcorn? Mmm. Pass the salt, too.

:popcorn:

Hekate

[lligrd]

36. More Please!

This is the best show ever.

[madrchsod]

30. this will be hottest item in washington dc this next week-----

[CorpGovActivist]

42. Interesting Courthouse Scene, I Bet...

... satellite trucks, curious DC visitors - probably looks a lot like the courthouse during Lewinsky.

- Dave

[Matariki]

31. Apart from findings - will this committee be able to administer penalties?

[CorpGovActivist]

43. Besides Contempt of Congress (Rare)...

... the committee could adduce enough information to:

1. Make additional criminal referrals; and

2. Make referrals to the House Judiciary for articles of impeachment.

- Dave

[G_Leo_Criley]

85. sounds good

Additional criminal referrals and referral to House for Articles of Impeachment...

YESSSSSS! Nothing like going into an impeachment with evidence to win conviction(s) in the Senate.

:toast:

Go Henry! Go Staff!

Go Fitz too! :toast:

glc

[CorpGovActivist]

86. GLC - This Is a Preview of What Waxman's Data Dump Will Look Like...

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/

Patrick Fitzgerald has just shown what a Special Counsel - or investigating committee - can do with the Internet Age tools.

- Dave

[G_Leo_Criley]

96. ay-Yup...

Have had the Fitz site bookmarked since the Libby Indictment. Do I love all the updates that're happening now, or what?

:woohoo:


glc

[lovuian]

32. Love Waxman !!! Woohoo!!! I get to see it on TV now

:woohoo:

[Patrick J Fitzgerald]

35. I will bring Dick Cheney to his knees...

Wax-on/Wax-off is welcome to join the party. BYOB.

http://patrickjfitzgerald.blogspot.com/2006/12/wax-on-wax-off.html

[MGKrebs]

38. "Senate Democratic Leader Daschle" ?

Either this is not current or somebody needs to update their database.

[Irishonly]

40. Good News

Maybe he has to wait until the trial is over?? I believe he will hold hearings but I want sooner than later.

[Laurab]

44. I'm glad Mr. Waxman is on our side - check out the articles on this page:

Particularly the Nation "The Democrats' Eliot Ness", and the newest Time Magazine one "The Scariest Guy in Town". I think he's going to be a busy, busy guy, and I, for one, couldn't be happier!

http://www.house.gov/waxman/news_profiles.htm




edited for spelling.

[CorpGovActivist]

45. Other Waxman Stories...

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=chairman+waxman

Thanks, Laura!

- Dave

[Laurab]

47. Anytime, Dave - it seems he's been fighting the good fight for

a long, long time. Ahead of many of the rest of his colleagues, even.

And now it appears, due to the Clinton fiasco, and the repukes changing the rules, he can issue subpoenas all on his own, which should be quite helpful - I imagine he'll be needing more than a few.

[PhilipShore]

46. Newsweek: Will Rove Testify?

Newsweek
Jan. 26, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16832257/site/newsweek/

The president's political guru—and counselor Dan Bartlett—have been subpoenaed by Scooter Libby's lawyers. What it means for the most-watched trial in Washington—and who's next on the witness stand.

Jan. 26, 2007 - White House anxiety is mounting over the prospect that top officials—including deputy chief of staff Karl Rove and counselor Dan Bartlett-may be forced to provide potentially awkward testimony in the perjury and obstruction trial of Lewis (Scooter) Libby.

Both Rove and Bartlett have already received trial subpoenas from Libby’s defense lawyers, according to lawyers close to the case who asked not to be identified talking about sensitive matters. While that is no guarantee they will be called, the odds increased this week after Libby’s lawyer, Ted Wells, laid out a defense resting on the idea that his client, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, had been made a “scapegoat” to protect Rove. Cheney is expected to provide the most crucial testimony to back up Wells’s assertion, one of the lawyers close to the case said. The vice president personally penned an October 2003 note in which he wrote, “Not going to protect one staffer and sacrifice the other.” The note, read aloud in court by Wells, implied that Libby was the one being sacrificed in an effort to clear Rove of any role in leaking the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame, wife of Iraq war critic Joe Wilson. “Wow, for all the talk about this being a White House that prides itself on loyalty and discipline, you’re not seeing much of it,” the lawyer said.

The possibility that Rove could be called to testify would bring his own role into sharper focus—and could prove important to Libby’s lawyers for several reasons. Rove has said in secret testimony that, during a chat on July 11, 2003, Libby told him he learned about Plame’s employment at the CIA from NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert, a legal source who asked not to be identified talking about grand jury matters told NEWSWEEK. If Rove repeats that story on the witness stand, it could back up Libby’s core assertion that he honestly, if mistakenly, thought he had heard about Wilson’s wife from the “Meet the Press” host—even though Russert denies he knew anything about Plame, and more than a half-dozen officials (including Cheney) have said they passed along the same information to Libby earlier than that.

[Patsy Stone]

49. Thanks for posting that article.

Looks like Luskin's talking again: "according to lawyers close to the case who asked not to be identified talking about sensitive matters."

[grasswire]

48. I don't know if I like this right now.

I don't want a Congressional investigation to get in Fitzgerald's hair. A committee can sequester evidence and tie certain things up. I hope Waxman is wise in this.

[CorpGovActivist]

50. Staff Attorneys...

... will be key in keeping the lines of communication open, to ensure no "stepping on toes" where the prosecution is concerned.

Done right, the committee staff can quietly turn up evidence that could aid the prosecutors - and then find that courtesy reciprocated later on down the road.

It's worked before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Watergate_Committee

- Dave

[rateyes]

53. Don't get too excited...

the date on that article is 2004, and it mentions Democratic leader (not speaker) Pelosi, and Senate Dem leader DASCHLE. All this is is a chronology of events.

I want to see the hearings being scheduled NOW.

[Seabiscuit]

58. Right. These events are old - from 2004 and 2005. Nothing new here.

[CorpGovActivist]

80. The Word from Committee Staff...

... is that the committee is letting the court case unfold, "first".

; )

- Dave

[yardwork]

54. That's a good webpage that Waxman has up there!

I pray every day that the truth about the Plame case will be told and heard by everybody. I'm so proud of Representative Waxman for being persistent about this, and chronicling his persistence.

I wish that my own representative to Congress, David Price, would do as much.

[mzmolly]

55. Wowza!

:toast:

[countmyvote4real]

56. Senate Democratic Leader Daschle?

I thought the Senate Democratic Leader is Harry Reid.

On edit I now see the MGKrebs already caught this earlier. I scanned too quickly. Thankfully, I know I'm going crazy.

[MN ChimpH8R]

57. He is the misadministration's worst nightmare

Waxman is tough, smart and relentless. Doubtless he has already had a couple of bushels of subpoenas printed up. Nobody at the WH is gonna need laxatives for a while.

Edited for redundancy.

[133724]

59. This needs to be on cspan....

[onehandle]

60. Step One: Investigation. nt

[mmonk]

62. As long as it doesn't interfere with Fitz's in any way.

[CorpGovActivist]

81. When I Called the Committee Staff Late Yesterday...

... they said that no hearings are contemplated while Fitzgerald is in court.

That said, I think it's safe to say that a lot of behind-the-scenes investigation has already taken place, and is ongoing.

If I were a betting man, I'd say that Fitzgerald's final report to Congress will be custom-made for Waxman.

- Dave

[mmonk]

89. Thanks

I agree that his report can set the basis for whatever direction they want to take.

[Bjorn Against]

63. They should wait until the trial is over

The linked site has not been updated for a long time so I don't think Waxman is planning for this one immediately. After the trial I think it is very likely we do see Congressional investigations but for right now the Democrats don't need to get involved, when the prosecution has their eyes on Cheney and the defense is going after Rove things are not looking too good for the White House. Democrats can focus on other things at least for now, we can watch Fitzgerald tear them apart on the Plame issue.

[upi402]

64. R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Do millionaire inmates assrape fat old white parasitic traitors?

(information gathering for science/psychology article)

[McCamy Taylor]

66. Agree. Waxman can catch the crumbs as they fall and grill them some more.

[sce56]

67. I sure hope you noticed the dating of this posting "(Last Updated August 30, 2004)"

I'm not saying he is not just wanted to point out that not even all the players freom the second paragraph are still in Congress!


Rep. Waxman has called for Government Reform Committee hearings on whether White House officials breached national security law by disclosing the identity of a CIA agent and has sought information from National Security Advisor Rice on how the White House responds to allegations regarding the release of classified information. Rep. Waxman and other senior members of Congress, including House Democratic Leader Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Daschle, have requested a GAO investigation into whether the White House complied with internal security procedures for protecting Valerie Plame's identity from disclosure and responding to the leak after it occurred.(Last Updated August 30, 2004)

http://web.archive.org/web/20030602211200/

October 17, 2006,Will be remembered as the Enabling day of the 21st Century!
"The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures..."
~Adolf Hitler, March 23, 1933, before the German Parliament (Reichstag) as he urged them to pass his "Enabling Act"

Got Fascism Yet?



Fascism Accomplished!

[sce56]

68. Self, delete dupe

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[upi402]

70. did you donate to their legal fund?

what money of yours is wasted?

[Name removed]

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[upi402]

72. I'll not mourn my 4 cents contribution to the restoration of democracy

it's the REAL purpose of courts of law. Courts are not just for corporations beating us down. They are our real recourse to right wrongs done to us by the elites.

Here's to a just outcome:toast:

[rateyes]

75. The Wilsons didn't bring this case...

the CIA asked for the JUSTICE DEPARTMENT to investigate. Can't wait for the civil case the Wilson's are bringing against all of them. What this administration did to, not the only the Wilsons, but to this country by getting Brewster Jennings (CIA front gaining valuabel info on NUCLEAR weapons around the world) shut down, because of POLITICS is despicable, a violation of the espionage act, and treason.

I hope they all hang. So, no, don't FUCK the Wilsons...FUCK THIS ADMINISTRATION.

Have a nice, short stay!

[mmonk]

97. And to the civil suit

http://www.wilsonsupport.org/

[Laurab]

76. Oh, I think maybe something will come of it all

For example, maybe the people in this administration will finally be held accountable for what was essentially an act of treason. If we have bigger fish to fry than restoring our democracy, I'd like to know what they are?

Welcome to DU - enjoy your stay!

[conscious evolution]

87. IBTTS!!

[Name removed]

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[twylatharp]

73. this is great news!

I had given up hope. Waxman is the best.

[Swamp Rat]

74. Blood in the water!

:D

[halobeam]

78. K & R

[radfringe]

84. OH HENRY! You go!

[omega minimo]

88. .

[Kablooie]

91. NO! This was in 2004! 2004!!! People. NOT NOW!! -- Sheesh!

[CorpGovActivist]

92. Read Further Down the Page...

... and please realize that this webpage was posted on the committee website in January, from which it is reasonable to infer that more will follow.

- Dave

[CorpGovActivist]

93. Please Also See...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=58130&mesg_id=58130

Best,

- Dave

[Kablooie]

95. I have no doubt that this will be part of their agenda soon,

but to post a 2004 article and claim it's current is not productive.

[ooglymoogly]

94. at last we have the power and some intelligent honest people

henry has wasted no time...my bet he will leave no stone unturned....watch out state department, turkish and israeli lobbies and spy rings...right to the top