Sen. Shelby Probe Referred to Ethics Panel

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department (news - web sites) has referred to the Senate Ethics Committee an investigation into whether Sen. Richard Shelby (news, bio, voting record) of Alabama or his staff leaked classified information, indicating that criminal charges are highly unlikely, a federal law enforcement official said Saturday.


The referral Thursday means that it is now up to the ethics panel to decide if any action is warranted against Shelby, a Republican who was vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.


Both the House and Senate intelligence committees were also briefed by prosecutors and the FBI (news - web sites) about the findings of the investigation, said the law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe remains officially open.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040725/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/shelby_leak

no wonder he`s been quiet lately ..dam the bush klan makes the mafia look like a punk street gang..

the Mafia doesn't have the full force of the Federal government behind it. Just another excellent example of what lies ahead for those who oppose the Bush agenda in any way. Just another excellent reason why Bush has to go.

Morcatknits

eom

Shelby is a Republican, ergo he is a patriot

Berger is a Democrat, ergo he is a traitor.

civics 101

that something was going to happen. Shelby didn't leak any state secrets. He blew the cover off the lie that they didn't know something was going to happen.

and, as strong, firm rule, I don't defend Republicans.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001988057_shelby25.html

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has referred to the Senate ethics committee an investigation into whether Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., or his staff leaked classified information, indicating that criminal charges are highly unlikely, a federal law- enforcement official said yesterday.

The referral Thursday means that it now is up to the ethics panel to decide if any action is warranted against Shelby, who was vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Both the House and Senate intelligence committees also were briefed by prosecutors and the FBI about the findings of the investigation, said the law-enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe remains officially open.

The investigation concerned the 2002 disclosure to news reporters of two messages intercepted by the National Security Agency (NSA) one day before the Sept. 11 attacks. Those messages contained the words "the match begins tomorrow" and "tomorrow is zero day," but they were not translated from Arabic until Sept. 12.

The intercepts had been disclosed by the NSA director, Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden, during a private meeting of a joint House-Senate intelligence committee that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks. Shelby was on the panel at the time.

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