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FR NETWORK FILES ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OVER LEAKED MEMO
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| 12/15/03
| FRNetwork
Posted on 12/15/2003 5:21:15 AM PST by diotima
NEWS RELEASE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 15, 2003
CONTACT: Joe Giganti,Veritas Media 540-735-8050
FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK FILES SENATE ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST SENATOR JAY ROCKEFELLER AND INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OVER LEAKED MEMO
(Washington, D.C.) The Free Republic Network announced today that it has filed a complaint with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics alleging improper and unethical conduct by Senator Jay Rockefeller and Democrat members of the staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
The complaint alleges that a memo drafted by committee staff and provided to Democrat members of the Committee, and subsequently leaked to Fox News, documents efforts by Democrat committee members to abuse their positions on the historically non-partisan Intelligence Committee to obtain privileged intelligence information and misuse it to help elect the 2004 Democrat Presidential nominee.
The Senate Ethics complaint states:
The contents of this memo are frightening and disturbing. The actions contemplated by it, besides the obvious legal and ethical considerations, have created mistrust among SSCI members, within the Intelligence agencies responsible for our nation's security, and among the American people to whom they are responsible.
The Chairman of the SSCI has threatened to shut the committee down or to significantly limit its activities. As the ability of Executive branch intelligence agencies to confidently share information and adequately advise the SSCI on matters of critical national importance has been compromised, our country has been put in a clear and present danger of grievous harm. Ultimately, the war on terror is at risk.
The complaint specifically requests the Ethics Committee to address three specific questions:
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Whether Senator Rockefeller, Democrat staffers, or Democrat Senate members of the SSCI used, or conspired to use, the resources of the SSCI to engage in political activities in violation of the Senate Rules of Ethics;
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Whether Senator Rockefeller, Democrat staffers, or Democrat Senate members of the SSCI impermissibly used official resources to engage in what is effectively campaign work;
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Whether Senator Rockefeller, Democrat staffers, or Democrat Senate members of the SSCI violated Rule 9.6 of the SSCI by impermissibly disclosing, or conspiring to disclose, the contents of any papers or materials or other information received by the Committee, mandating referral to the Select Committee on Ethics pursuant to Section 8 of S. Res. 400.
The Free Republic Network (www.freerepublic.net) has created a website at www.intelmemo.com to document the progress of the scandal referred to as "Memogate". --30--
TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Breaking News
KEYWORDS: 2004memo; ethics; frn; intelmemo; memogate; rockefeller
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:21:16 AM PST
by
diotima
To: abner; Nick Danger; Interesting Times; Bob J; DoughtyOne; MinuteGal; Libertina; The Shrew; ...
Ping!
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:22:41 AM PST
by
diotima
To: diotima
It did seem the Pubbies dropped this hot potato and fled WashingtonDC for the holiday break.
The issue is too important to be dropped. It should be investigated fully and completely. Why aren't the Pubbies leading the fight? If this had been a Pubbie memo, the battle would still be raging.
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:25:49 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: diotima
Don't you actually have to be a member of the Senate to file an official complain? I mean, one that could be acted upon?
To: diotima
Bump! Kudos for this effort.
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:28:50 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
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To: diotima
bttt
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:29:10 AM PST
by
bert
(Have you offended a liberal today?)
To: diotima
Outstanding! I am so proud of FReepers!
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:29:50 AM PST
by
Judith Anne
(Send a message to the Democrat traitors--ROCKEFELLER MUST RESIGN!)
To: diotima
Kudos to FRN for taking the lead and spotlighting a travesty which slices like a dagger into our national security.
Leni
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:32:41 AM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Florida Freepers! Go to Fla. chapter forum for important announcements on chapter re-organization!)
To: diotima
BUMP!
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:33:02 AM PST
by
spodefly
(This is my tagline. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: jmstein7; Chad Fairbanks
Ping!
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:33:38 AM PST
by
diotima
To: diotima
When did FR turn into JW?
This is a pathetic loser from day one. The only thing that will come from this is that the person who took the memo will pay.
To: diotima
What's the difference between FR and FRN? Are they the same?
To: diotima
Thanks to FreeRepublic Network for taking up the battle. This outrage has been largely ignored by the media, as expected, and the only publicity generated has been on the issue of who leaked the memo.
Clearly laws were broken, ethics were violated and a serious breach of national security occurred at the hands of democrats on this committee. This would have caused a firestorm in the media had the Republican's done this.
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:44:28 AM PST
by
ladyinred
(If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door!)
To: TheOtherOne
This is a pathetic loser from day one. The only thing that will come from this is that the person who took the memo will pay.Your solution is to sit back and bitch about people "doing nothing"???
What are you doing about it?
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:45:42 AM PST
by
zip
To: CindyDawg
FR, LLC is Jim's forum and a private corporation.
FRN is a non-profit, 501c4 corporation. FRN helps organize the "off forum" activism. Visit the FRN website at: www.freerepublic.net
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:49:48 AM PST
by
diotima
To: diotima
Thanks
To: diotima
Way to go!!
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:52:03 AM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: TomGuy
It did seem the Pubbies dropped this hot potato and fled WashingtonDC for the holiday break.
Do they ever show any gonads in taking on the democrats When you have wimps like Hatch and Specter etc what do you expect
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:53:24 AM PST
by
uncbob
To: diotima
Bump!!!
Don't let this go away.
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:53:45 AM PST
by
OXENinFLA
(LISTEN, DID YOU SMELL SOMETHING?)
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