Landmark Calls on Leahy to Step Aside on September 11 Probe

Landmark Legal Foundation ^ | 6/4/02

[wcdukenfield]

Senator Patrick Leahy
Chairman
Senate Judiciary Committee
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

June 4, 2002

Re: Status of Senate Judiciary
Chairman Patrick Leahy

Dear Senator Leahy:

On July 28, 1987, you were forced to resign from the Senate Intelligence Committee (“Committee”). Specifically, you disclosed to one or more reporters information from a confidential draft report that the Committee had voted against releasing.

Landmark Legal Foundation (“Landmark”) contacted the Senate Ethics Committee in search of any investigative information relating to your unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. Landmark was informed that any such information no longer exists. To this day, the public does not know the full extent of your misconduct. However, what is known is that you leaked confidential information in contravention of a Committee decision.

If you cannot be trusted to serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee, then you cannot be trusted to serve as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at a time when that Committee is overseeing an investigation into the government’s intelligence operations – specifically, the FBI’s counter-terrorism activities. This is the most important investigation of national security matters since the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. You will have access to thousands of pages of classified information and closed door testimony.

Moreover, potential witnesses are likely to be less forthcoming because of your track record of compromising confidential information.

Therefore, Landmark asks that you step aside as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee until the Committee has completed its highly sensitive investigation. If you refuse to do so voluntarily, Landmark asks that the other Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee direct you to step aside.

In addition, by this letter, Landmark is requesting that the Attorney General direct the FBI to withhold classified information from the Committee until you step aside.

Sincerely,

Mark R. Levin

CC: Attorney General John Ashcroft

Sen. Orrin Hatch, Ranking Member
Sen. Edward Kennedy
Sen. Joseph Biden
Sen. Herbert Kohl
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Sen. Russell Feingold
Sen. Charles Schumer
Sen. Richard Durbin
Sen. Maria Cantwell
Sen. John Edwards
Sen. Strom Thurmond
Sen. Charles Grassley
Sen. Arlen Specter
Sen. Jon Kyl
Sen. Mike DeWine
Sen. Jeff Sessions
Sen. Sam Brownback
Sen. Mitch McConnell

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Are there any loyal Americans in the Demopcratic party?

No. They are loyal to one thing: POWER

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P O W E R !!!

[demkicker]

"Mark Levin does good work, but is an arrogant jacka$$ when he posts here."

You wanna splain yerself? Examples pleeeze.

[Republic]

Ya know-everysingle senator on this committee deserves the benefit of having Mark's letter resent to um by us....we really need to hop on this, not only to make Mark's letter resound with the fact that many of us know of Leahy's terrible record but if we force this issue, perhaps we can get this knowledge into the heads of Americans who otherwise, would never know of Leahy's arrogant abuse of sensitive information.

Once again he will have access to deep intelligence since he sits as the judiciary chairman who will be directing this investigation. Sickening.

Thank you SO MUCH benedict Jeffords!

PLEASE EMAIL AND CALL SOME OF THESE SENATORS!!! I am going to lay it on Mike DeWine, Kennedy and a few others via phone calls today.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A TOLL FREE LINE TO CONGRESS HANDY???

Thanks!

[Republic]

BIG OL MAJOR BUMP! There is a toll free number to call congress running on the current thread reviewing the ongoing committee mtg on CSPAN. PLEASE CALL some of these senators who REFUSE to CLEAN out their own house and DEMAND THAT LEAHY BE TEMPORARILY REMOVED FROM THIS SENSITIVE INVESTIGATION.

I believe Leahy is corrupt. No man would do what he has done if he were a solid, honorable man. HE MUST NOT LEAD THIS INVESTIGATION! Please get off all of your DUFFS and make a few calls to demand Leahy step aside!

[Republic]

FYI-bump!! GO MARK GO!!!

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[davidosborne]

*** 330 Signatures so far....*** We can do much better than this.. this is a matter of National Security.. Please sign this petition and ask Sen Leahy to do the right thing and step down...

Click here to sign petition..

...also please e-mail this petition to EVERYONE on your list...

David C. Osborne

[Pagey]

Patrick Leahy blames this on a internal memo that was released w/ out his knowledge.That's Barbra Streisand.He's a shady (Although Very Pale) human.How he can be re-elected year after year is incomprehensible.Can you imagine if it was a Republican that had done this?My God,it would've been the 'end of the world'.Once again, another example of Republicans not playing by the RATS' Rules.Will they ever learn that in politics,playing fair doesn't work?

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[MistrX]

Landmark Calls on Leahy to Step Aside on September 11 Probe They might as well call on Satan to install air conditioning.

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[not-alone]

Thanks for ping. check post 50, of course I just got the standard reply from my Senator,Bob Graham,and of course no reply from Leaky.

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