[Vision2020] ...but they will not testify under oath in thematter

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Gary,

I join you in your condemnation of the NYT, (for different reasons), though 
not in your analysis preceding it.  After all, it was the Times' shoddy and 
irresponsible reporting that supported the false claims of WMD both before 
the war and when the Administration continued to spew lies in the first 
months of the war.  Perhaps if they had checked the sources provided them by 
their government friends, we could have avoided this mess.

Hey, if Rove has nothing to fear, why doesn't he testify under oath?  Why 
didn't Bush and Cheney testify under oath before the 9/11 Commission?

Sunil


>From: "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net>
>To: "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com>, "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] ...but they will not testify under oath in 
>thematter
>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:44:37 -0700
>
>My understanding was that when Ms. Plame was on the stand before congress 
>the other day she was asked if she thought that she met the criterion for 
>being a covert agent under the Intelligence identities Act of 1982, she 
>ruefully admitted that she did not know if she met that standard or not. If 
>she wasn't sure of her status under the act, how, exactly would Libby, 
>Rove, and Armitage? The fact that nobody has been charged with her 'outing' 
>belies the notion that a treasonous crime was committed in this regard.
>
>I think that it's quite clear that there was zero substance to the 
>'plamegate' incident and that it was just another instance of the 
>democratic's doing their best to make the current administration look bad. 
>And with the help of a liberal media, their mission was accomplished. And 
>what a monumental accomplishment it was. A minor player has been convicted 
>of having a poor memory and will doubtless be pardoned by the Commander in 
>Chief before he does so much as 10 minutes in jail. Ya'll should ought to 
>be proud.
>
>If you really feel that a good hanging would be just the ticket to brighten 
>up your dreary day, why don't you look to the NYT. More secrets harmful to 
>the USA have been leaked from that cesspool in the last six months then 
>from all the current administration members over the entirety of their 
>careers.
>
>g
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Art Deco
>   To: Vision 2020
>   Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:28 PM
>   Subject: [Vision2020] ...but they will not testify under oath in the 
>matter
>
>
>   And we will believe them?  Yeah, right.
>
>   What a bunch of irresponsible, lying chickenshits!
>
>   W.
>
>   And while we are at it, why weren't Libby, Armitage, and Rove tried and 
>hung for treason in the Valerie Plame matter?
>
>   White House to allow Rove, Miers to be interviewed in firings of U.S. 
>attorneys
>   WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House will allow the president's top 
>political adviser, Karl Rove, and former White House counsel Harriet Miers 
>to be interviewed by congressional committees investigating how the firing 
>of several U.S. attorneys was handled, but they will not testify under oath 
>in the matter, Rep. Chris Cannon said Tuesday.
>
>   The announcement came after current White House counsel Fred Fielding 
>met with members of the heads of the House and Senate Judiciary committees, 
>who had considered using subpoenas to force Rove, Miers and their two 
>deputies to reveal what they knew about the reasons behind the firings of 
>at least seven U.S. attorneys.
>
>   But Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters after the meeting with 
>Fielding that the offer from the White House is incomplete: "We would be 
>able to interview the four people we requested ... but only in private, not 
>under oath and with no transcript."
>
>   Schumer said lawmakers would try to get tougher requirements for the 
>interviews. And he and House Judiciary Committee head Rep. John Conyers 
>both said their committees will move forward to approve the use of 
>subpoenas to get White House officials to testify under oath.
>
>   That would not mean that subpoenas would be issued immediately, only 
>that the committees would be able to use them. (Posted 3:16 p.m.)
>
>
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