Kurt Nicklas
2008-06-02 23:35:59 UTC
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Conyers mulls hearings over McClellan revelations
Nick Juliano
Published: Friday May 30, 2008
(Updates at bottom: McClellan tells CNN he'd 'be happy' to testify;
Perino suggests White House could block)
Lawyers working for the House Judiciary Committee are meeting with
former White House spokesman Scott McClellan regarding the explosive
revelations contained in his new tell-all memoir, and the committee's
chairman says he may renew hearings on the administration's leak of a
CIA officer's identity now that new details have been published.
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) said he was bothered by the accounts in What
Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of
Deception, McClellan's just-published memoir.
"I find Mr. McClellan's revelations about attempts to cover-up the
Valerie Plame leak extremely troubling," the Judiciary chairman said
in a statement released Friday. "Particularly disturbing is
McClellan's assertion that he was specifically directed by Andy Card
to 'vouch' for Scooter Libby after the investigation had begun, which,
if true, could amount to obstruction of justice beyond that for which
Mr. Libby has already been convicted.
"I believe this issue may require closer examination so I have
instructed my counsels to begin discussions with Mr. McClellan to
determine whether a hearing is necessary and to secure his possible
cooperation."
Judiciary Committee member Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) already has
called for McClellan to testify under oath about his book.
In the book, McClellan suggests that vice presidential aide I. Lewis
"Scooter" Libby and former Bush confidant Karl Rove may have privately
discussed their involvement in the Plame scandal as the Justice
Department was beginning its investigation. Both men released
information about the former covert agent to reporters in attempt to
discredit her husband, former Ambassador Joe Wilson, who was
criticizing the White House's faulty intelligence about Iraq's weapons
programs.
Libby was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice before
President Bush commuted his sentence. Rove avoided any official
sanctions for his involvement in the leak. After resigning his White
House post, he's gone on to be a commentator for Fox News, columnist
for Newsweek and freelance political operative.
McClellan says he'd 'be happy' to testify
"Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Friday he
would be willing to comply with a possible congressional subpoena to
discuss the administration’s handling of pre-war intelligence, telling
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer he’d be 'happy to talk if I am asked to testify,'"
CNN's Political Ticker blog reports.
Earlier today at the afternoon press briefing, Press Secretary Dana
Perino was asked, "Could the White House block him from testifying, if
he wanted to testify?"
"Conceivably?" Perino asked.
"Yes," the reporter said.
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Conyers mulls hearings over McClellan revelations
Nick Juliano
Published: Friday May 30, 2008
(Updates at bottom: McClellan tells CNN he'd 'be happy' to testify;
Perino suggests White House could block)
Lawyers working for the House Judiciary Committee are meeting with
former White House spokesman Scott McClellan regarding the explosive
revelations contained in his new tell-all memoir, and the committee's
chairman says he may renew hearings on the administration's leak of a
CIA officer's identity now that new details have been published.
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) said he was bothered by the accounts in What
Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of
Deception, McClellan's just-published memoir.
"I find Mr. McClellan's revelations about attempts to cover-up the
Valerie Plame leak extremely troubling," the Judiciary chairman said
in a statement released Friday. "Particularly disturbing is
McClellan's assertion that he was specifically directed by Andy Card
to 'vouch' for Scooter Libby after the investigation had begun, which,
if true, could amount to obstruction of justice beyond that for which
Mr. Libby has already been convicted.
"I believe this issue may require closer examination so I have
instructed my counsels to begin discussions with Mr. McClellan to
determine whether a hearing is necessary and to secure his possible
cooperation."
Judiciary Committee member Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) already has
called for McClellan to testify under oath about his book.
In the book, McClellan suggests that vice presidential aide I. Lewis
"Scooter" Libby and former Bush confidant Karl Rove may have privately
discussed their involvement in the Plame scandal as the Justice
Department was beginning its investigation. Both men released
information about the former covert agent to reporters in attempt to
discredit her husband, former Ambassador Joe Wilson, who was
criticizing the White House's faulty intelligence about Iraq's weapons
programs.
Libby was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice before
President Bush commuted his sentence. Rove avoided any official
sanctions for his involvement in the leak. After resigning his White
House post, he's gone on to be a commentator for Fox News, columnist
for Newsweek and freelance political operative.
McClellan says he'd 'be happy' to testify
"Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Friday he
would be willing to comply with a possible congressional subpoena to
discuss the administration’s handling of pre-war intelligence, telling
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer he’d be 'happy to talk if I am asked to testify,'"
CNN's Political Ticker blog reports.
Earlier today at the afternoon press briefing, Press Secretary Dana
Perino was asked, "Could the White House block him from testifying, if
he wanted to testify?"
"Conceivably?" Perino asked.
"Yes," the reporter said.
congressional committees
if we want to?
You're an idiot, do you know that, Hollowman?