Here Bill. Do what I do on weekends in the fall when someone breaks the rules....(though my action gets more results than yours will.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2003Frist is on FoxNews. He is pissed off that Rule 21 was invoked without notice to the majority party.SCHUMER CALLS FOR SPECIAL COUNSEL TO BE APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE ILLEGAL LEAK OF CIA AGENT'S IDENTITY
CIA is urging Justice Dept to open criminal inquiry into whether Administration officials leaked identity of a CIA agent to discredit a critic of the White House's uranium claims ...
http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/press_releases/PR02064.html
September 30, 2003Dems seek CIA special counsel
By Jonathan E. Kaplan and Geoff EarleA phalanx of Democratic senators yesterday urged Attorney General John Ashcroft to name a special counsel to investigate whether Bush administration officials illegally leaked the identity of a CIA operative in an act of political payback.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Schumer said the situation required the "most independent, most thorough, and most fearless investigation possible."
Sens. Tom Daschle (S.D.), the minority leader, Joe Biden (Del.) the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Carl Levin (Mich.), the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee and Jay Rockefeller (W. Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee all echoed Schumer's call.
Schumer said an internal Justice Department investigation requested by the CIA would lack credibility since all Department of Justice (DOJ) officials ultimately report to Ashcroft, who serves at the pleasure of the White House, creating an inherent conflict-of-interest.
Meanwhile, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has asked Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-Va.) for a "full accounting" into whether White House officials sought to disclose the identity of Valerie Plame as a CIA covert operative to retaliate against Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who had criticized White House claims about Iraq's efforts to acquire nuclear material after having conducted an official investigation in Africa.
In a letter to Davis, Waxman, the ranking Democrat on the government affairs committee, wrote: "Congressional oversight of the Wilson case is imperative."
Waxman added that he would like to hold hearings and obtain a copy of the CIA request that DOJ investigate the matter.
Here Bill. Do what I do on weekends in the fall when someone breaks the rules....(though my action gets more results than yours will.)