Posted on 03/08/2007 12:34:16 PM PST by areafiftyone
ABC News' Tom Shine Reports: Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has announced that Valerie Plame Wilson will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Friday, March 16th.
Other witnesses are also expected to appear but their names have not yet been released.
I thought everything about her work at CIA was "classified." Only to Scooter's defense team, eh?
Waxman want nothing more than to impeach Cheney and Bush. That is what this is all about. Nothing more nothing less.
Waxman just wants to feel Valerie's Plame.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjY0Y2IzMDMxNzczNGQ3NjAxNjg3MTY4ZTA5YTY0YjQ=
WASHINGTON, DC - Today Chairman Henry A. Waxman announced a hearing on whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. At the hearing, the Committee will receive testimony from Ms. Wilson and other experts regarding the disclosure and internal White House security procedures for protecting her identity from disclosure and responding to the leak after it occurred. The hearing is scheduled for Friday, March 16.
In addition, the Committee today sent a letter to Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald commending him for his investigation and requesting a meeting to discuss testimony by Mr. Fitzgerald before the Committee. The letter - and multiple previous letters Rep. Waxman has written on the Valerie Plame Wilson matter - are available at www.oversight.house.gov. The text of today's letter follows:
March 8, 2007
The Honorable Patrick J. Fitzgerald
Special Counsel
Office of Special Counsel
Bond Federal Building
1400 New York Avenue NW
Ninth Floor
Washington, DC 20530
Dear Mr. Fitzgerald:
I commend you on your professional and thorough investigation into the disclosure of Valerie Plame Wilson's identity as a covert CIA agent. It is apparent that you followed the facts where they led and served the interests of justice and the American people.
By necessity, your investigation had a narrow legal focus: Were any federal criminal statutes violated by White House officials? Your investigation, however, has raised broader questions of national significance. I am writing to invite you to meet to discuss how the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is the principal oversight committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, can become informed of your views about these broader issues.
The identity of undercover CIA operatives is supposed to be one of the most closely guarded national security secrets. There are a host of administrative requirements designed to safeguard this type of information from disclosure. Yet the trial proceedings raise questions about whether senior White House officials, including the Vice President and Senior Advisor to the President Karl Rove, complied with the requirements governing the handling of classified information. They also raise questions about whether the White House took appropriate remedial action following the leak and whether the existing requirements are sufficient to protect against future leaks. Your perspective on these matters is important.
After the verdict was announced yesterday, one juror expressed the view that former Chief of Staff to the Vice President Lewis "Scooter" Libby was only a "fall guy." This juror's views encapsulated questions that many in Congress and the public have about whether the ultimate responsibility for the outing of Ms. Wilson rests with more senior officials in the White House. This is another area where you have a unique perspective.
I recognize that as a federal prosecutor, you are constrained by the rules of grand jury secrecy. But you undoubtedly recognize that Congress has a responsibility to examine the policy and accountability questions that your investigation has raised. As a result of your investigation, you have a singular understanding of the facts and their implications that bear directly on the issues before Congress.
I respectfully request that you meet with me and the Committee's Ranking Member, Tom Davis, to discuss the possibility of testifying before the Committee and other means by which you can inform the Committee about your views and the insights you obtained during the course of your investigation.
I look forward to the opportunity to speak with you.
Sincerely,
Henry A. Waxman
Chairman
cc: Tom Davis
Ranking Minority Member
If the Dems think they were voted in to conduct endless re-investigations of old matters, they will be turned out of office in a hurry. The public is sick of this crap. Anyone who thought the return of the Dems to power would lead to greater bipartisanship is utterly insane.
Davis is going to be looking very carefully as the Sharon Stone-like leg crossings.
JANUARY 1, 2005 : (LEFTWING PUBLICATION 'PEACE AND RESISTANCE' ARTICLE STATES THAT DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVE HENRY WAXMAN GAVE A LETTER TO ANTIWAR ACTIVIST GROUPS CODEPINK & GLOBALEXCHANGE TO TAKE TO THE THE US AMBASSADOR IN JORDAN TO FACILITATE THEIR GIVING OF AID TO THE ANTIAMERICAN INSURGENCY IN FALLUJAH, IRAQ : ) Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman (California) is reported to have given a letter to antiwar activists to facilitate their delivery of aid to the 'other side' in Fallujah, Iraq. The leftist online publication Peace and Resistance, in an article published January 1, said that Rep. Waxman had written a letter addressed to the American ambassador in Amman, Jordan to help ease transit through Customs of $600,000 worth of medical supplies and cash collected by the anti-American groups Code Pink and Global Exchange. According to the groups' leader, Medea Benjamin, the aid is destined for the "other side" in Fallujah. The letter was being carried by Fernando Suarez Del Solar, an antiwar activist whose Marine son, 20-year-old Jesus A Suarez del Solar Novaro, was killed in Iraq on March 27, 2003 when he reportedly stepped on an American cluster bomb fragment.
[* my note: couldn't possibly have stepped on a Iraqi improvised explosive, eh?]
Mr. Suarez is being accompanied on the trip by fellow parents of soldiers killed in Iraq, as well as several family members of those killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
One Iraqi, when informed that parents of American soldiers killed while liberating his country were giving aid to the "other side" in Fallujah, asked, "what kind of people would help those killing their own sons and daughters?" That's a question the House Ethics Committee should be asking Rep. Waxman.
---------- "REP. HENRY WAXMAN INVOLVED IN CODE PINK'S AID TO THE 'OTHER SIDE' IN FALLUJAH," Kristinn, Sunday, January 2, 2005
Oh God! Enough of this "I'm a victim" witch. Sheesh!
Waxman, worlds goofiest looking Congressman.
And it isnt all in his looks either .He is goofy.
I heard they have a movie deal in the works too.
But of course. Plame & Wilson, like albore, get to play themselves. And Paul Giametti will play Scooter.
Sure, but to get Val on record and under oath, can/will make her stick to one story.
Uh... this might just backfire on them. We can hope.
I hope Plame will be questioned regarding the use of the CIA for domestic covert operations--specifically, operations against the Commander-in-Chief's Iraq policy during 2002-2004 intended to influence the 2004 election--in violation of the Agency's charter as well as the Constitution of the United States.
That would be nice- he looks like he's been sucking the left side of a Columbia River steelhead.
I think this could get quite interesting. Go ahead, let's throw this in the briar patch, Waxman.
the trial proceedings raise questions about whether senior White House officials, including the Vice President and Senior Advisor to the President Karl Rove, complied with the requirements governing the handling of classified information. They also raise questions about whether the White House took appropriate remedial action following the leak and whether the existing requirements are sufficient to protect against future leaks. Your perspective on these matters is important......
It could also get very interesting for Waxman himself, since he was one of the earliest Congressional contacts collaborating with VIPS in the Wilson affair.
maybe they can get Armitage to testify, or at least maybe his tooth will tell what happened.
Our enemies are evil but by God, they are patheticly embarassing. Why can't we have some impressive enemies? Instead we're getting nibbled to death by ducks as one great American would say. Democrat aFLAKS.
Wrong orifice. Waxman is actually the biggest nostril in DC.
the result of people sitting out the last election...
Kinda depends on who gets to ask questions. So far, it's based on the assumption that she was covered as 'covert' - if no one gets the opportunity to challenge that, it's just more witch-hunting.
How tasty would be the irony if Valerie perjured herself before congress?
Darn tasty.
If "they" wouldnt of stood home waxman wouldnt be chairman. good job teaching us a lesson
Yes.
This is the ugliest man I have ever seen inside and out ugly..It must be awful to wake up in the morning to face the mirror when you act and look like this pig..
Will Armitage be revealing any contacts for the hearings?
The Bush admin? Never.
Rush made a very good point today: he said that all that conservatives and GOPers (except for the RINO types) want is somebody who will stand up, fight for his principles, and be a leader. Every time Bush has done this, he has triumphed. But he hasn't done it anyway near often enough, and now he seems to have become the Incredible Invisible President, so I'm not getting my hopes up.
There are some folks on the Dem side (per DU) that are starting the drumbeat on an investigation into what Cheney knew, with speculation that he was responsible for the forged documents. We here at FR know that accusation is not true, but just for grins, I say bring it on...maybe we can get to the real story about how rogue CIA agents and ex-agents are attempting a coup on a sitting President.
Really though, who gives a rat's hindquarters whether or not Val thinks she was covert? That's a determination that should come from the CIA, not an employee who misused her position in an attempt to smear the Administration. Her "opinions" are completely worthless.
Get the Kool-Aid ready, this will be a full tilt liberal love fest. Dems will all but kiss their butts and republicans will hide under their desks or play nicey nice as usual!
Lon Chaney in his prime couldn't conjure up a more hideous image than Waxman.
Of course he said he "misspoke"...otherwise his butt would be in a crack for having foreknowledge of the documents, which would prove he was involved. The man lies about everything else, what makes you think he wouldn't lie to cover his own rear? We need an investigation on those documents to determine exactly who forged them and why.
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