Nancy Allen
IN THE CASE OF THE LEAKED CIA EMPLOYEE'S NAME
Fri Oct 3 15:08:52 2003
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IN THE CASE OF THE LEAKED CIA EMPLOYEE'S NAME

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Subject: RELEASE: Greens call for independent prosecutor in leaked CIA name
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 12:53:44 -0400
From: "Nancy Allen" nallen@acadia.net
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GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

For Immediate Release
Friday, October 3, 2003

Contacts:
Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576,
nallen@acadia.net
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
mclarty@greens.org


GREENS BACK CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR IN THE CASE OF THE LEAKED CIA EMPLOYEE'S NAME

Investigation should prompt a deeper inquiry into
White House deceptions used to justify the war,
say Greens, who have called for impeachment of
Bush.


WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of the Green Party of
the United States are joining the call for the
appointment of an independent prosecutor to
investigate which senior Bush Administration
officials illegally disclosed the identify of a
CIA employee to newspaper columnist Robert Novak.
The illegal disclosure came a week after the
employee's husband, former Iraq Ambassador Joseph
Wilson, publicly challenged the claim by
President Bush that Iraq had tried to obtain
uranium from Niger, a claim now known to have
been false.

"Only an independent prosecutor can investigate
this case, because of the conflict of interest
involving Attorney General John Ashcroft," said
Mark Dunlea, chair of the Green Party of New York
State. "Ambassador Wilson says that he believes
that Bush advisor Karl Rove was involved in the
leak. Mr. Rove has previously been employed by
Ashcroft in his political campaigns for Governor
and for U.S. Senator."

Greens have also called for an independent
prosecutor to investigate the White House's role
in ordering the EPA to issue false statements
about air quality near World Trade Center site in
New York City shortly after the 9/11 attacks, and
whether President Bush, Vice-President Cheney and
other administration officials lied to Congress,
the American people, and the United Nations about
the reasons for invading Iraq.

Greens noted that the two major parties have been
inconsistent in their support for the appointment
of independent special prosecutors in times of
scandal.

"We have a crisis of democracy in America," said
Jake Schneider, treasurer of the Green Party of
the United States. "The allegations of deceit
and illegal behavior by leading members of the
Bush administration are so numerous, from 9/11 to
insider trading by Bush and Cheney to false
information about weapons of mass destruction,
that we need an independent prosecutor to hold
these officials accountable and help restore
trust in our government. Americans deserve to
see wider probe of Iraq deceit, not just the name
leak."


MORE INFORMATION

The Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org 
1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193

Greens Call for Impeachment of Bush
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_07_21_03.html


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