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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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To: diotima
More Good News! Thanks.
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:55:11 AM PST
by
PGalt
To: diotima
Looks like another revolving $10 a month is in order:)
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:56:16 AM PST
by
Jumper
To: dittomom; LinnieBeth; conniew; Entropy Squared; bert; calypgin; Peacerose; Bryan; MooCollins; ...
ping!
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:56:35 AM PST
by
diotima
To: zip
I think the claimed ethics charges are weak. I think this type of effort is reminicent of JW's efforts. A lot of sound and fury, with no results. To be honest, as I said, I think when an investagation is done, the only one to pay is the person who took the memo off of secure Senate computers.
Go ahead and pursue this, it doesn't bother me in the least. I feel free to let you know that I think it is a waste of time, and will lead not to the result you seek.
To: diotima
Jeez Dio, don't you ever freaking sleep?
You go from coffee mugs straight to suing scumbag politicians.... busy beaver that you are.
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:58:57 AM PST
by
AAABEST
To: Jumper
Wow, more like JW that I thought.
To: AAABEST
I sleep sometimes. ;^)
Lotta work to be done out there....
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posted on
12/15/2003 6:07:01 AM PST
by
diotima
To: Judith Anne
ping
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posted on
12/15/2003 6:09:45 AM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Your joy is your sorrow unmasked." --- GIBRAN)
To: diotima
Yahoo. Let's go get 'em
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; MeeknMing
Ping list, por favor?
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posted on
12/15/2003 6:14:06 AM PST
by
diotima
To: diotima
Bravo!
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posted on
12/15/2003 6:14:19 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(With the capture of Saddam Hussein, Howard Dean needs a new shadow VP candidate.)
To: diotima
Bravo!
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posted on
12/15/2003 6:14:56 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(With the capture of Saddam Hussein, Howard Dean needs a new shadow VP candidate.)
To: diotima
Way to go!!! Take no prisoners!
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posted on
12/15/2003 6:16:01 AM PST
by
Elkiejg
(Clintons have ruined America)
To: diotima
Both the FRN and IntelMemo sites appear to be down.
To: diotima
Here we go again, way too many vanities.Just kidding - great work and good luck.
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posted on
12/15/2003 6:20:14 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
To: Interesting Times
Hmmmmm...
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posted on
12/15/2003 6:20:21 AM PST
by
jmstein7
To: TheOtherOne
What do you mean it doesn't accomplish anything? It is a victory every time we speak out. For decades we have remained silent and left the field to the enemies of the USofA to work their harm.
It's time to get noisy and put them on notice that there is a growing opposition to their misdeeds and anti-
Americanism.
To: diotima
Outstanding.
To: Pan_Yans Wife
Yes, I saw this...no one can know in advance what the outcome of our efforts will be, but we did not stand idly by and let this matter drop.
In my opinion, efforts by Rockefeller to blame a low-level staffer are despicable. I guess he isn't man enough to stand by his position--probably because he knows that it is treasonous. That's behavior typical of democrats, who have no idea what patriotism and honor are about. They count on conservatives to make the world safe for them, knowing full well they are trying to destroy that safety.
Low-life scum.
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posted on
12/15/2003 6:22:43 AM PST
by
Judith Anne
(Send a message to the Democrat traitors--ROCKEFELLER MUST RESIGN!)
To: MissAmericanPie
Thanks! If you think about how serious this is, it really deserves public attention and outcry. The leaked memo details a plan to use Intelligence resouces to try and harm the Republican president.
We all know if this were a memo by Republicans doing the same to a Democrat president, we would never be hearing an end to it.
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posted on
12/15/2003 6:24:43 AM PST
by
diotima
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