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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 12:48 PM
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Hallelujah! Waxman subpoenas Bush/Cheney FBI interviews on Plame.»
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/16/waxman-subpoenas-bushcheney-fbi-interviews-on-plame/

Waxman subpoenas Bush/Cheney FBI interviews on Plame.»

The House Oversight Committee today “issued a subpoena to Attorney General Mukasey compelling the production of FBI interview reports of Vice President Cheney and President Bush and other documents regarding the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.”
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mirrera Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 12:50 PM
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1. k&r
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 12:51 PM
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2. K&R! - nt
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 12:51 PM
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3. ...this subpoena will be ignored as a "request" not an order. Obama will have to be elected
Obama has promised investigations into the crimes of Bush & Co. He will have to be in office before anything is turned over. This is my main reason for voting for him ! Justice will be restored.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 12:52 PM
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4. Henry, now put some damned TEETH into it!
Compel this compliance by adding one of the Sergeant-at-arms officers or Capitol Hill police to go take it by force if necessary. 'Cause you know full well these bastards are gonna hem and haw and come up with excuses and continue trying to kick sand into the umpire's eyes.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 12:57 PM
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5. To be honest, why?
Nothing Waxman does creates or produces any consequences or justice.
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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 12:58 PM
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6. Two words.
Inherent. Contempt.

It should be obvious by now that nothing else will work.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 01:04 PM
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7. This just in...
Bush and Cheney claim executive privilege.


Again.
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 01:25 PM
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9. Perhaps Waxman should switch to plan B and get Sibel Edmonds on the stand!
Edited on Mon Jun-16-08 01:27 PM by calipendence
She won't try to stand behind Bushco's "executive privilege", and probably DOES know more about what eventually boiled up to Plame's exposure with her knowledge of when Brewster Jennings was compromised by Marc Grossman! Then perhaps they might be more volunteering of some of their people to get on the stand if they feel they need to counteract her statements with their own.

Perhaps we should inundate Mr. Waxman's offices with notes on how Ms. Edmonds IS reported to know when Brewster Jennings was compromised so he gets the point!
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The Traveler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 01:06 PM
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8. It is past time to drain the swamp
and expose the vermin under the muck. It is time to get a backbone. While Waxman's actions here are appropriate they seem long overdue. I will not be holding my breath.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 01:32 PM
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10. Mukasey will say no because of loyaty to Bushco, this was already proven...
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 01:42 PM
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11. Which kind of a subpoena is it?
Is it the "we're going to fluff up our feathers, arch our backs, and make a big stink about it, but then do nothing when it's ignored" subpoena, or the one where "if we don't get what we want we will dispatch the House Sergeant of Arms to arrest anyone who doesn't cooperate with the United States Congress" subpoena? :shrug:
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 01:55 PM
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12. There's nothing more at The Gavel, so I don't know. Seems they're
releasing as little info as possible.
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 02:03 PM
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13. fantastic
timing is important.

charges should be laid after bush leaves so no pardoning is possible.
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yodermon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 02:19 PM
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14. skip Mukasey & ask Fitz directly.
Edited on Mon Jun-16-08 02:20 PM by yodermon
Fitz has all powers of the Atty General re: plame. after all:


The Honorable Patrick J. Fitzgerald
United States Attorney
219 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60604
Dear Patrick,
By the authority vested in the Attorney General by law, including 28 U. S .C. §§ 509, 510, and 515, and in my capacity as Acting Attorney General pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 508, I hereby delegate to you all the authority of the Attorney General with respect to the Department's investigation into the alleged unauthorized disclosure of a CIA employee's identity, and I direct you to exercise that authority as Special Counsel independent of the supervision or control of any officer of the Department.
/s/ James B. Comey James B. Comey Acting Attorney General


http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/documents/ag_letter_december_30_2003.pdf

Fuck Mukasey & the horse he rode in on.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 02:23 PM
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15. Okay, but why doesn't he subpoena them to appear in person and
be questioned under oath by the committee. If I remember correctly those FBI interviews were not done under oath.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 02:24 PM
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16. k&r
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bluesmail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 08:06 PM
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17. K&R Henry Waxman is doing the job that most other D's aren't
He's gathering information. He's investigating the information. He's organizing the information. I wish him safety and security and success.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 08:13 PM
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18. K&R!
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