Clinton Acquitted

Interesting piece at Firedoglake about the failure to show that Clinton committed perjury.

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Clinton Acquitted

Interesting piece at Firedoglake about the failure to show that Clinton committed perjury.

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Outing of Plame – Who’s Going to Work for Us Now?

Think about it — if you were an al qaeda insider, and you knew that Bush had outed Plame, would YOU agree to cooperate with the CIA now?

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Outing of Plame – Who’s Going to Work for Us Now?

Think about it — if you were an al qaeda insider, and you knew that Bush had outed Plame, would YOU agree to cooperate with the CIA now?

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Waxman’s on the Case

Check out this from Henry Waxman’s House Oversight Committee.

“Committee Will Hold Hearing on Disclosure of CIA Agent Valerie Plame Wilson’s Identity

Chairman Henry A. Waxman announced a hearing on whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. At the hearing, the Committee will receive testimony from Ms. Wilson and other experts regarding the disclosure and internal White House security procedures for protecting her identity from disclosure and responding to the leak after it occurred. The hearing is scheduled for Friday, March 16.

In addition, the Committee today sent a letter to Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald commending him for his investigation and requesting a meeting to discuss testimony by Mr. Fitzgerald before the Committee.

The Oversight Committee will webcast the hearing live at www.oversight.house.gov.”

The fun is just beginning, folks.

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Waxman’s on the Case

Check out this from Henry Waxman’s House Oversight Committee.

“Committee Will Hold Hearing on Disclosure of CIA Agent Valerie Plame Wilson’s Identity

Chairman Henry A. Waxman announced a hearing on whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. At the hearing, the Committee will receive testimony from Ms. Wilson and other experts regarding the disclosure and internal White House security procedures for protecting her identity from disclosure and responding to the leak after it occurred. The hearing is scheduled for Friday, March 16.

In addition, the Committee today sent a letter to Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald commending him for his investigation and requesting a meeting to discuss testimony by Mr. Fitzgerald before the Committee.

The Oversight Committee will webcast the hearing live at www.oversight.house.gov.”

The fun is just beginning, folks.

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Libby & Al Capone

“Convicting him of perjury was like convicting Al Capone of tax evasion or Alger Hiss of perjury. It doesn’t mean they were not guilty of other crimes.” – Joe Wilson

Libby & Al Capone

“Convicting him of perjury was like convicting Al Capone of tax evasion or Alger Hiss of perjury. It doesn’t mean they were not guilty of other crimes.” – Joe Wilson

Rule of Law

I found some powerful statements by indignant republicans about how werewolf-like it is to lie under oath.

”How can educators teach our children? How can the rule of law for every American be applied equally if we have two standards of justice in America–one for the powerful and the other for the rest of us?” – Chuck Hagel (R-NB)

“This nation sits at a crossroads. One direction points to the higher road of the rule of law. Sometimes hard, sometimes unpleasant, this path relies on truth, justice and the rigorous application of the principle that no man is above the law. Now, the other road is the path of least resistance. This is where we start making exceptions to our laws based on poll numbers and spin control. This is when we pitch the law completely overboard when the mood fits us, when we ignore the facts in order to cover up the truth. No man is above the law, and no man is below the law. That’s the principle that we all hold very dear in this country.” – Tom DeLay

“What is on trial here is the truth and the rule of law. . . ” Our failure to hold people accountable for “lying under oath and preventing the courts from administering equal justice under law, will cause a cancer to be present in our society for generations.” – James Sensenbrenner

“I will have no part in the creation of a constitutional double-standard to benefit” those in positions of power. “He is not above the law. If an ordinary citizen committed these crimes, he would go to jail.” – Bill Frist

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Speaking about Scooter Libby?

Heavens no. That was when they wanted to nail Clinton on the same charges Libby was convicted on this week.

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Rule of Law

I found some powerful statements by indignant republicans about how werewolf-like it is to lie under oath.

”How can educators teach our children? How can the rule of law for every American be applied equally if we have two standards of justice in America–one for the powerful and the other for the rest of us?” – Chuck Hagel (R-NB)

“This nation sits at a crossroads. One direction points to the higher road of the rule of law. Sometimes hard, sometimes unpleasant, this path relies on truth, justice and the rigorous application of the principle that no man is above the law. Now, the other road is the path of least resistance. This is where we start making exceptions to our laws based on poll numbers and spin control. This is when we pitch the law completely overboard when the mood fits us, when we ignore the facts in order to cover up the truth. No man is above the law, and no man is below the law. That’s the principle that we all hold very dear in this country.” – Tom DeLay

“What is on trial here is the truth and the rule of law. . . ” Our failure to hold people accountable for “lying under oath and preventing the courts from administering equal justice under law, will cause a cancer to be present in our society for generations.” – James Sensenbrenner

“I will have no part in the creation of a constitutional double-standard to benefit” those in positions of power. “He is not above the law. If an ordinary citizen committed these crimes, he would go to jail.” – Bill Frist

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Speaking about Scooter Libby?

Heavens no. That was when they wanted to nail Clinton on the same charges Libby was convicted on this week.

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