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Old 12-18-2007, 09:58 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Meet the "new" "BOSS" at the DOJ, ....same as the "ole boss".....

Quote:
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...cid=1125117105
Dear Mr. Attorney General:

On December 3, 2007, I wrote you to request documents from the Department of Justice from Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald’s investigation into the leak of the covert identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson. <h3>I have not received a response from you to my inquiry.</h3>

Since I wrote you on December 3, Lewis I. “Scooter” Libby has dropped the appeal of his criminal conviction arising from the Fitzgerald investigation. With that action, there remains no further pending litigation associated with the Fitzgerald investigation.

I do not regard the existence of an on-going investigation or pending litigation as a sufficient reason to withhold information from Congress. Now that Mr. Fitzgerald’s investigation and Mr. Libby’s appeal have both ended, however, there should be no basis for further delay in responding to the Committee’s request. Thus, I request that you provide the Committee by January 3, 2008, with the documents requested in the Committee’s July 16 letter to Mr. Fitzgerald,<h3> including the reports of interviews with President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and other White House officials.</h3>

Last week, you wrote several congressional committees about the investigation into the destruction of the CIA interrogation tapes. You resisted providing information to the committees because of your concern that providing information could undermine the Justice Department’s on-going investigation. In the Plame matter, there is no pending Justice Department investigation and no pending Justice Department litigation. Whatever the merits of the position you are taking in the CIA tapes inquiry, those considerations do not apply here.

There remain important questions about the leak of Ms. Wilson’s identity and the White House response that have not been answered by the prosecution and conviction of Mr. Libby and the commutation of his sentence. I urge you to cooperate with Congress’ investigation into these unanswered questions

If you have any questions regarding my request, please contact me personally or ask your staff to contact David Rapallo or Theodore Chuang of the Committee staff at (202) 225-5420.

Sincerely,

Henry A. Waxman
Chairman
It would seem, if the "new boss" affords Rep. Waxman the courtesy of an actual reply to his second request letter, and if Mukasey falls on the same "dodge" that the white house did about Plame's civil trial, that all Plame would have to do is drop her civil suit appeal, and we can "exercise" our "right to know"....right?....right?....right.....
Quote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...1201438_4.html
The Stonewall Continues

.....When it comes to the leak of Valerie Plame's identity and the ensuing cover up, Perino is still telling reporters that she can't talk -- even though I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has dropped his appeal.

I wrote in Monday's column that, now that Libby has decided not to appeal his multiple convictions in the leak case, there is no longer any excuse for the White House to stay silent. I chronicled some of the many instances in which Bush, Cheney and various press aides had made clear that once Libby's legal process was over they would answer questions.

But here's what happened in yesterday's early-morning gaggle:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...1201438_5.html

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