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

Free Republic Network and Intelmemo.com ^ | 12/15/03 | FRNetwork

[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--

[Chad Fairbanks]

When did FR turn into JW?

I don't know, has anyone in FRN sued their own mom yet?

[diotima]

LOL!

[MeekOneGOP]

Here is the FR Network post on Memogate ...

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[Auntie Mame]

Very good. Thank you for doing this. Kudos to the Free Republic Network.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks ! I hope this grows feet ! ...

[Chad Fairbanks]

Check this out!

[WVNan]

You are right about this diotima. For too many years the liberal groups, ACLU, NOW, NAACP etc. have shaped decisions in Washington by being the squeaky wheels. It's important for us to start squealing back and making a lot of noise against the anti-American crowd. They have had free reign for too long.

[FourtySeven]

bump for FR making an impact

[duckln]

On the mark. Consider what they did to Gingrich and might I add Nixon. In this case we even have the truth in our corner. Lets follow this with updates.

Judicial Watch IMO is an ambulance chaser, they'll sue anyone and follow up with a 'donation' request. I got more than one , but was never suckered in.

[Chad Fairbanks]

This would have caused a firestorm in the media had the Republican's done this.

What's even more interesting is that Sen. Rockefeller was, for some time, using the DNC Talking Points about Bush's State of the Union address, saying "Bush was alarming the nation because he said that the threat from Iraq was imminent", even though Bush never said that. Then, it turns out that in a speech he gave to constituents in WVa, he himself had said that the threat from Iraq was imminent.

Pretty funny, no? ;0)

[CyberCowboy777]

Picking up where our elected officials leave off (or drop the ball).

Where is Judicial Watch on this one?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Where is Judicial Watch on this one?

Probably working on wording for the ummm "Mother of all Lawsuits", (or is that "Lawsuit of all Mothers"?) and appealing for cash...???

;0)

[JustPiper]

Bump!!!

[Bob J]

ping

[knak]

This is great. I love it that FR is here.

[Entropy Squared]

Way to go, FRN!!!!

[onyx]

Thanks for the ping, Meek.

[JustAmy]

Thanks for pinging me here.

Thank you, FRN, for staying on top of this.

Great Job! Kudos, Diotima.

[firebrand]

Probably just too many hits at one time?

Good work, you guys! I am so glad FRN is keeping this issue alive and DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Hurray. I am proud.