Senate Judiciary Committee Votes - Judicial Watch takes active role to highlight Clinton Corruption!

Houston Chronical ^ | 5-22-03 | Associated Press

[Joy Angela]

Judiciary panel OKs appeals court choice

Partisan `hackles' lacking at hearing

WASHINGTON --

The Senate Judiciary Committee, serious and humorous by turns,
approved Michael Chertoff's nomination to an appeals court Thursday
after a late allegation and debate that ranged all
the way to a disgraced New York Times reporter
and McCarthyism.

On the good-natured side, a smiling Sen. Charles
Schumer D-N.Y., said across the committee table at one
point to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, "Lucky for you
there aren't two of me."

Hatch, the committee chairman who is as conservative as
Schumer is liberal, smiled back as he
, "It's a great blessing for the country."

Chertoff, the head of the criminal division at the
Justice Department and a former federal prosecutor
in New Jersey, was nominated to a seat on the 3rd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

And while the Judiciary Committee has been the setting
for several fierce battles over President
Bush's judicial nominees in recent months, his
appointment hasn't been one of them.

The appointment "doesn't raise hackles" among senators
who have helped filibuster two of Bush's appeals
court nominees so far, Schumer said at one point.

But on the eve of a scheduled vote, Judicial Watch, a
conservative group, circulated letters to lawmakers alleging
it had "important evidence concerning the misuse of organized
crime operatives by the FBI" and other agencies.
During the time of the alleged illegal activity, the letter said, Chertoff
was U.S. attorney for New Jersey.

Democrats, in particular, pressed Hatch to hold up
committee approval of the nomination until a review
of the charges could be made. "I don't see holding
him up for an unsubstantiated allegation," said
Hatch

Additionally, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., raised
issue of a former Justice Department lawyer
suspected of leaking internal documents relating to
the propriety of an FBI interrogation of John Walker
Lindh. Lindh is the so-called "American
Taliban" who pleaded guilty last July to supplying
services to the Taliban and carrying an explosive
during commission of a felony.

Kennedy won a one-week delay in Chertoff's confirmation
last week, saying he was dissatisfied
with Chertoff's answers to questions about the
case.

The New York Times published an article during the day
about the attorney, Jesselyn Radack. In a reference to
Chertoff, Hatch said, "It's disgraceful that at this
last minute The New York Times is attempting to impugn anybody."

Moments later, Hatch noted that the author of the
article had "shared bylines with the infamous Mr.
Blair."

That was a reference to Jayson Blair, a reporter who
resigned from the Times on May 1 after the
newspaper found fraud, plagiarism and inaccuracies
in three dozen of his articles.

Hatch's remark sent a buzz through the committee room,
and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. broke in, "Before we
get into McCarthyism here." That was a reference to
the technique of guilt by association that Sen. Joseph
McCarthy used 50 years ago in his communist witch hunts.

[deport]

Today’s Judiciary Committee mark-up hearing became the forum wherein Judicial Watch’s earlier request surfaced. Senators from both parties expressed caution and a keen interest and urgency in examining the evidence. Based on their serious concerns, Committee Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Senator Patrick Leahy urged and then launched a joint investigation into the matter. Importantly, all Democrats on the Committee refused to vote for Chertoff, and instead registered “present.”

Reckon ol' Larry is stretching the truth a might in the above quotes?

From an AP article...

• In the end, Chertoff's nomination was approved, with six Democrats voting present.

and from a NY Times article.....

• By a vote of 13 to 0, the panel agreed to send the judicial nomination of Michael Chertoff, who heads the Justice Department's criminal division, to the full Senate for consideration. But six Democrats refused to cast their votes up or down for Mr. Chertoff, instead simply voting "present," because they said they wanted more time to review two new issues involving him and the Justice Department.

[meema]

Wow. That pic is gorgeous, and so fitting.

Ever since he started going after OUR people, I banned him from from my email addy{s}. Before that, I knew he was $$/publicity scammer, but $65 MILLION???
I had no idea...that's a LOT of $$$!

[meema]

Isn't that the truth. I wonder if he's still doing as well as he used to.

[Scenic Sounds]

Judicial Watch joined forces with Ted Kennedy to try to hold up this confirmation.

I can't really put my finger on it, but there's something that's just not quite "right" about that Klayman fella. JMO

[Howlin]

No, he's not.

[Howlin]

What you have to remember is that if Klayman has to smear Bush and Chertoff to try to get Clinton, which is where all his money use to come from, he's perfectly willing to do it.

[Howlin]

Did we ever get an answer as to why JW is willing to smear a good man?

If we did, I missed it.

[cmsgop]

I keep looking for ..love, Palo.... at the end of your posts.

Very Good! LOL!

[meema]

Good. I'm glad.

[leprechaun9]

Leaky Leahy shut keep his mouth shut! His track record on classified information is poor, hence he previously was forced to resign from the Intelligence Committee!

[ladyinred]

I'd bet they would sell that one the Judicial Watch site. Along with the "official" JW watch and badge you could get the LK Barbie Doll....

LOL! Too funny, but you are probably right! Be sure and check JW website in a few days and see if it is on there!

[isthisnickcool]

Don't you find it interesting that JW has withheld it's 2002 report?

Typical actually. LK calls for open gov't but he seems to be the last one to release his own data for his "nonprofit".

I used to call for Klayman to post all his IRS filings on his web site. I'm not sure if he ever did.

PETA, Rainbow Push, NOW, The Brady Gun Grabbers, ADL, Judicial Watch... All the same as far as I'm concerned. They only seem to be in business to push their own political agenda and/or enrich their handlers.

[deport]

I used to call for Klayman to post all his IRS filings on his web site. I'm not sure if he ever did.

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I'm not sure he ever posted all his 990 forms.... but he does have the 2000 form 990 posted. I've never seen his 2001 filing yet, if it's been filed.

[Iwo Jima]

Right now we are interested in getting Chertoff confirmed.Judicial watch isn't helping.

I respectfully beg to differ. The mere fact that Judicial Watch opposed a candidate is helpful to getting the candiate confirmed. As we all know, Judicial Watch couldn't prevail on any matter if it died trying (happy thought).

[MEG33]

Now,you may be on to something there..I just couldn't believe the joy expressed by the poster about exposing the Clintons when JW was fighting a good nominee.A strange viewpoint indeed!

[MEG33]

He has yet to be confirmed. He has to go to full Senate vote and we know how the dims have been cooperating on voting.

[ontos-on]

For strange reasons I do not know, Hatch is psychologically obligated to Kennedy of Mass. He is totally inreliable and apparent conservativism is just an image. It benefits the left to have the effette Hatch just where he is. He is like a cartoon figure: "I can't believe you did that to me again!"

[meema]

Now that I've finally figured that out, me too! It's no fair everyone using different screen names...and I'm still using the same old one. But this thread sure does feel like old times! Love to palo.

[Joy Angela]

...LARRY KLAYMAN stated that the members of the Judiciary Committee had agreed on a BiPartisan Investigation of CHEROFF's handling of the PETER PAUL Case =

...Another Look into HILLARY RODHAM & BILL CLINTON's own worst Campaign Misbehaviors.

STAY TUNED...

Saturday's Judicial Watch Report was fantastic!

I can't wait until the Peter Paul case topples Hillary Rodham Clinton from her throne!

[Mo1]

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