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

[freeperfromnj]

Excellent. Levin sure is true to his word. On his radio show Sunday he said he was going to write a letter to Leahy asking him to recuse himself.

[lawyamike]

It's nice to see that Landmark has taken a break from hassling the Bush Administration to hassle Senator Leahy. This is Klayman's organization, keep in mind. Every time I get one of their fundraising pamphlets lauding their efforts to tear documents out of the hands of the NEA, I wonder whether I can send a segregated donation, on the condition that none of the money I provide may be used to treat the Bush Administration as if it were its predecessor.

[Dog]

My money is we will see a leak in tomorrow's issue of the Washington Post....

Any takers???

[Ann Archy]

Leaky Leahy.....PERFECT Name for the bast@rd. What a horrible human being.

[Love of Country]

You go Mark! Nice to see you out and about.

[Miss Marple]

No and no and no!!! Klayman's organization is Judicial Watch! Mark Levin is Landmark Legal Foundation, and they actually DO things!!

Wash your mouth out with soap!!

[CaptRon]

Whoa! Holdonnow!!!

[lawyamike]

I stand corrected, and I apologize for the slander.

[Ann Archy]

One of the 100 Smartest Lawyers in the country is NOT on the Judiciary Committee.....Wonder Why Not?? Of course I am speaking of Hillary Clinton....why didn't she pick a committee of which she is an "expert"???

[WIMom]

It will be the NY Times, and the teaser headline on drudge will be, "GOP Leaked Top Secret Military Information", or something simiilar.

[CPT Clay]

Landmark is not Klayman's org. Judicial Watch is!!!

[mombonn]

Thank the Lord for Landmark Legal and The Great One! Though I don't expect sinator depends to heed the call, or the lieberal media to report this, at least this is probably enough to cause the sinator to need a new depends.

[Mo1]

Landmark was informed that any such information no longer exists.

It no longer exists?????

HELLO .. what the heck do they mean it doesn't exist

BTW .. thanks for the Ping .. Great letter

[OldFriend]

POINT MADE........POINT WILL BE IGNORED BY THE SENATE!

Further, Congress still allows Gary Condit to sit on the Intelligence Committee in that body.

[ohioWfan]

I love Mark Levin!

Thanks for the ping! This is great!!!

[sakic]

Politicians leak when it suits them. That's where Mr. Drudge came from and why he continues to exist.

[OldFriend]

Leahy made a deal with a reporter.....he would leave classified documents on his desk. When the reporter arrived, Leahy would leave the room and allow the reporter to peruse the documents.

This classified information was printed in the media, resulting in great harm to our intellience gathering people. I believe, but am not sure that an agent was murdered as a result of the released information.

[nutmeg]

For once, somebody is going after the group that need to be gone after in ref to prior knowledge of 9-11. And that person is NOT President Bush. Thank GOD for Mark Levin!

WOO-HOO! I couldn't agree more. WTG Mark Levin!

[TomGuy]

Leaky Leahy??? We're ready.

[Mo1]

My money is we will see a leak in tomorrow's issue of the Washington Post....
Any takers???

NOPE ... but I will bet you are correct