FR NETWORK FILES ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OVER LEAKED MEMO

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[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:

• 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;
• Whether Senator Rockefeller, Democrat staffers, or Democrat Senate members of the SSCI impermissibly used official resources to engage in what is effectively campaign work;
• 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--

[visualops]

took the memo off of secure Senate computers

They were not secure, otherwise the documents would have been inaccessible.

[arasina]

Ping! :o)

[visualops]

Thanks for the ping, dixie



BTTT for FRN

[Calpernia]

Cool! Cool! Cool! thanks for the ping!

Any of you all on the FR Network need ANY TYPE of help, server space, admin, anything! I'm ready and willing to assist!

[Humidston]

I can't repeat the exclamation I yelled upon reading this tremendous news, but suffice it to say I AM DELIGHTED!!

JimRob, my hat's off, I'm jumping in the air and yelling HOORAY!!

[Humidston]

Thanks for the ping, Bob! Such great news.... This makes me so proud to be a FReeper.... Almost like an early Christmas present!

[ChefKeith]

hydrant mark!!!!!!

[Humidston]

I know you're not asking, but as I sit here and muse... "Ohhh if I only had all that money we gave Klayman back in the olden days - we could use it more efficiently here!"

[CPT Clay]

Good going ! Thanks

[MACVSOG68]

Thanks for the ping, Dixie. Repubs need to keep this alive, but feel its value will be next year's election rather than an ethics committee action.

[FairOpinion]

Excellent!

Gary Aldrich didn't want to let it die either. Maybe there can be some additional cooperative effort...???

Aldrich Needs to Find Senate Judiciary Whistleblower for Defense
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1035765/posts


Aldrich Defends the Senate Judiciary Whistleblower Placed on Administrative Leave
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1034085/posts

[Syncro]

Sue happy Ambulance Chasers...

LOL

[Salvation]

Carry on!

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

God Bless America

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[nicmarlo]

BTTT

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[dixie sass]

Morning AG, bumping to the top. Reminds me of when I first came on FR and all of the work you did!

[Alamo-Girl]

How sweet of you to remember my efforts! Here's another bump!

[Libertina]

I hope this hits its target. Thank for all the work JM, you make lawyers look good!

[dixie sass]

Another bump