ROVEGATE ENTERING CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE PHASE
Tue Jul 26, 2005 02:37
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July 25, 2005 -- ROVEGATE ENTERING CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE PHASE.
Appearing on Face the Nation on July 24, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
said he told White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, Jr. about the criminal
investigation of the Valerie Plame/CIA leak 12 hours prior before he notified
the rest of the White House staff to preserve all documents, including email,
relating to the leak. Card was the chair of the White House Iraq Group (WHIG),
tasked with developing propaganda to support the Iraq War and engage in
political smear tactics against war opponents, including Ambassador Joseph
Wilson. Two targets of the special prosecutor's leak investigation -- Karl
Rove and Scooter Libby -- were members of the WHIG. Gonzales was White House
Counsel when he tipped off Card on the night of September 29, 2003, about the
investigation. Gonzales was also called before the Grand Jury to testify about
the case. That gave White House staff, including Rove and Libby, a full 12
hours during the evening of September 29 and the early morning of September 30
to destroy any incriminating documents before the official Justice Department
order arrived. Now the investigation will focus on Card, his testimony before
the Grand Jury, and whether he engaged in possible obstruction of justice by
informing other White House staff of the investigation.
In another sign that Capitol Hill Republicans want to change the subject and obfuscate on the national security leak, Kansas Republican Senator Pat Roberts announced his Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will investigate the CIA's use of non-official cover (NOC) agents like Valerie Plame. Roberts showed his ignorance of the agency for which he is supposed to provide oversight by telling CNN's Late Edition on July 24, "I must say from a common-sense standpoint, driving back and forth to work to the CIA headquarters, I don't know if that really qualifies as being, you know, covert." Roberts is not aware that CIA NOCs, as well as official cover field agents and case officers, routinely enter CIA headquarters. Plame's NOC company, Brewster Jennings & Associates, was rolled up as a result of the White House leak. The leak infuriated then-CIA Director George Tenet so much he requested a Justice Department criminal probe of the disclosures. A highly-classified internal CIA Damage Assessment Report on the leak, which Roberts has reportedly seen, referred to the effect on the CIA's covert counter-WMD proliferation operations as "devastating."
July 25, 2005 -- Watergate Redux -- Nixon had CREEP, Liddy, and the Plumbers; John Mitchell; and the 18-minute gap. Bush has WHIG and Libby; Alberto Gonzales and John Ashcorft; and a 12-hour gap. Nixon's political trickster, Donald Segretti, was young Karl Rove's mentor. It is interesting to go back and look at the indictment of Segretti and compare his criminal acts to his apprentice Rove's today (will we be seeing a similar indictment titled, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. KARL C. ROVE?). Right now, chances appear very, very good.
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
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What Did Bush and Cheney Know?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505Q.shtml
Now that special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald is said to have expanded his investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's identity to encompass a possible White House cover-up, what the President and the Vice President knew would appear to be much more relevant.
Teamsters, SEIU Bolt AFL-CIO Federation
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505R.shtml
The Teamsters and a major service employees union on Monday bolted from the AFL-CIO, a stunning exodus for an embattled movement already struggling to build its ranks and cope with a rapidly changing work environment.
White House May Sidestep Democrats on Bolton
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505S.shtml
Frustrated by Senate Democrats, the White House hinted Monday that President Bush may act soon to sidestep Congress and install embattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations on a temporary basis.
Lawmakers Abandon MTBE Liability Shield to Help Passage of Energy Bill
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505EA.shtml
House and Senate conferees abandoned giving makers of the gasoline additive MTBE liability protection against environmental lawsuits on Sunday, removing the major roadblock to enactment of broad energy legislation.
Emily Gertz | Toadus Operandi
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505EB.shtml
John G. Roberts' enviro record not so green, but also not provoking a lot of protest. Not only are the far-right Family Research Council and the biz-friendly U.S. Chamber of Commerce raving about President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court, but plenty of liberals have glowing words for John G. Roberts Jr. too. There's no joy to be found in environmental-activist circles, however, where the nomination has been greeted with cautious but real anxiety.
Peasants Pay with Blood to Save Mexico Forest
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505EC.shtml
Reyna Mojica saw her two boys shot to death just weeks ago, an attack she traces to a vendetta she says began in 1998 when her family helped block hundreds of logging trucks in Mexico's Sierra Madre. They call themselves the Peasant Ecologists of the Petatlan Sierra and their fight to save a swath of forest near the Pacific coast is among the world's most important struggles against deforestation.
Clinton Launches HIV/AIDS Initiative
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505HA.shtml
Former President Bill Clinton on Saturday kicked off a program that will almost double the number of children in Kenya receiving HIV treatment by the end of 2005.
The Saint Petersburg Times | The Wrong Rx
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505HB.shtml
Despite all the time and effort lawmakers have spent trying to fix our health care system, it is still the costliest in the world.
The AFL-CIO's Role in Venezuela: Assessment and Debate
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505LA.shtml
We've learned since that the US government had prior knowledge of the coup. I don't claim that the AFL-CIO and Solidarity Center staff shared this knowledge. There's no denying, however, that they lent crucial political credibility to the CTV and Ortega, and, in turn, the CTV-FEDECAMARAS alliance.
UK Muslim Leaders Urge Women to Take Off Veil
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505WA.shtml
Islamic leaders in London have called on British Muslim women to remove their veils to blend in with the general public and avoid being targeted by extremists looking for vengeance.
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In the tradition of Drew Pearson's and Jack Anderson's famous "Washington Merry-Go-Round" syndicated column and I.F. Stone, this on-line publication tackles the "politically incorrect" and "politically embarrassing" stories and holds government officials accountable for their actions. This web site extends a warm open invitation to whistleblowers and leakers. Business as usual for the crooks and liars in Washington, DC is over.
- Wayne Madsen, Editor
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
In another sign that Capitol Hill Republicans want to change the subject and obfuscate on the national security leak, Kansas Republican Senator Pat Roberts announced his Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will investigate the CIA's use of non-official cover (NOC) agents like Valerie Plame. Roberts showed his ignorance of the agency for which he is supposed to provide oversight by telling CNN's Late Edition on July 24, "I must say from a common-sense standpoint, driving back and forth to work to the CIA headquarters, I don't know if that really qualifies as being, you know, covert." Roberts is not aware that CIA NOCs, as well as official cover field agents and case officers, routinely enter CIA headquarters. Plame's NOC company, Brewster Jennings & Associates, was rolled up as a result of the White House leak. The leak infuriated then-CIA Director George Tenet so much he requested a Justice Department criminal probe of the disclosures. A highly-classified internal CIA Damage Assessment Report on the leak, which Roberts has reportedly seen, referred to the effect on the CIA's covert counter-WMD proliferation operations as "devastating."
July 25, 2005 -- Watergate Redux -- Nixon had CREEP, Liddy, and the Plumbers; John Mitchell; and the 18-minute gap. Bush has WHIG and Libby; Alberto Gonzales and John Ashcorft; and a 12-hour gap. Nixon's political trickster, Donald Segretti, was young Karl Rove's mentor. It is interesting to go back and look at the indictment of Segretti and compare his criminal acts to his apprentice Rove's today (will we be seeing a similar indictment titled, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. KARL C. ROVE?). Right now, chances appear very, very good.
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
---------------------------
What Did Bush and Cheney Know?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505Q.shtml
Now that special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald is said to have expanded his investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's identity to encompass a possible White House cover-up, what the President and the Vice President knew would appear to be much more relevant.
Teamsters, SEIU Bolt AFL-CIO Federation
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505R.shtml
The Teamsters and a major service employees union on Monday bolted from the AFL-CIO, a stunning exodus for an embattled movement already struggling to build its ranks and cope with a rapidly changing work environment.
White House May Sidestep Democrats on Bolton
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072505S.shtml
Frustrated by Senate Democrats, the White House hinted Monday that President Bush may act soon to sidestep Congress and install embattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations on a temporary basis.
Lawmakers Abandon MTBE Liability Shield to Help Passage of Energy Bill
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505EA.shtml
House and Senate conferees abandoned giving makers of the gasoline additive MTBE liability protection against environmental lawsuits on Sunday, removing the major roadblock to enactment of broad energy legislation.
Emily Gertz | Toadus Operandi
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505EB.shtml
John G. Roberts' enviro record not so green, but also not provoking a lot of protest. Not only are the far-right Family Research Council and the biz-friendly U.S. Chamber of Commerce raving about President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court, but plenty of liberals have glowing words for John G. Roberts Jr. too. There's no joy to be found in environmental-activist circles, however, where the nomination has been greeted with cautious but real anxiety.
Peasants Pay with Blood to Save Mexico Forest
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505EC.shtml
Reyna Mojica saw her two boys shot to death just weeks ago, an attack she traces to a vendetta she says began in 1998 when her family helped block hundreds of logging trucks in Mexico's Sierra Madre. They call themselves the Peasant Ecologists of the Petatlan Sierra and their fight to save a swath of forest near the Pacific coast is among the world's most important struggles against deforestation.
Clinton Launches HIV/AIDS Initiative
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505HA.shtml
Former President Bill Clinton on Saturday kicked off a program that will almost double the number of children in Kenya receiving HIV treatment by the end of 2005.
The Saint Petersburg Times | The Wrong Rx
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505HB.shtml
Despite all the time and effort lawmakers have spent trying to fix our health care system, it is still the costliest in the world.
The AFL-CIO's Role in Venezuela: Assessment and Debate
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505LA.shtml
We've learned since that the US government had prior knowledge of the coup. I don't claim that the AFL-CIO and Solidarity Center staff shared this knowledge. There's no denying, however, that they lent crucial political credibility to the CTV and Ortega, and, in turn, the CTV-FEDECAMARAS alliance.
UK Muslim Leaders Urge Women to Take Off Veil
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505WA.shtml
Islamic leaders in London have called on British Muslim women to remove their veils to blend in with the general public and avoid being targeted by extremists looking for vengeance.
-----------------
In the tradition of Drew Pearson's and Jack Anderson's famous "Washington Merry-Go-Round" syndicated column and I.F. Stone, this on-line publication tackles the "politically incorrect" and "politically embarrassing" stories and holds government officials accountable for their actions. This web site extends a warm open invitation to whistleblowers and leakers. Business as usual for the crooks and liars in Washington, DC is over.
- Wayne Madsen, Editor
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
