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Waxman to CondiLiar:
Yesterday, however, a member of your legislative office informed Committee staff that you were prohibiting Mr. Dodge from meeting with Committee investigators. This official claimed that allowing Mr. Dodge to speak with Committee staff would be "inappropriate" because the Committee voted to issue a subpoena to compel your attendance at a hearing on your knowledge of the fabricated evidence.
I assume that your legislative staff was acting without your authorization in this matter. It would be a matter of great concern - as well as an obvious conflict of interest - if vou had directed your staff to impede a congressional investigation into matter that may implicate your conduct as National Security Advisor.
No wonder Ellen Tauscher was trying to launch a preemptive strike and nullify Waxman and other liberal Committee chairs from within the party before the November election. People she thinks quite highly of could no doubt see this kind of thing coming.
That one's gonna leave a mark.
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What! No Lolo??
Oops, i type too slow
Dang!
Jane, small problem in the quote, here is the language from TPM Muckraker:
I assume that your legislative staff was acting without your authorization in this matter. It would be a matter of great concern - as well as an obvious conflict of interest - if vou had directed your staff to impede a congressional investigation into matter that may implicate your conduct as National Security Advisor.
Maybe this was mistranslated from the French: “if vou had directed your staff…”
Jane, you are really in fine form this week. There are a couple of typos but you’ll probably have them fixed before I get this posted.
lolo @ 5
: )
I hope they really do get Condi on this one.
Saved by the bomb
Senator McCain has hit upon a solution to all the Republican party’s woes: a nuclear war with Iran
But the biggest advantage of nuclear weapons is that the repercussions would be so enormous, the upsurge in terrorism so overwhelming, that the world would be totally changed. A year before 9/11, Paul Wolfowitz and Lewis “Scooter” Libby signed a statement for the Project for the New American Century, a neoconservative thinktank. They rather hoped for “some catastrophic and catalysing event like a new Pearl Harbor” to kickstart their dream of a world run by US military might. A nuclear war would do the trick in spades. The Republican party could expect to stay in power for the next 50 or even 100 years.
above from the guardian.
And Condi has been right in the thick of things.
Texas Betsy @ 10
I would love to see her go down.
And I’m savoring the image of the House Sergeant-At-Arms frog-marching her to the House floor.
marcy was all over this at the next hurrah earlier today. Juicy story.
Cozumel @ 9
Congratulation my love.
Henry : I assume that your legislative staff was acting without your authorization in this matter.”
Killin’ em softly.
No-one does the stinkeye like Condi. I’m *sure* she’s killed people with it.
masaccio @ 6
Thanks, don’t know how that one got so garbeled.
Just thinking about how Condi ran out the clock time and time again with long,
contentless answers when she was questioned by the 9/11 Commission makes my blood boil.
She’s obviously trying to do the same now - until Jan. 20, 2009.
Hey Jane -
First Gonzo, then Condi, then Darthcheney, then the Boy-King himself.
Waxman has all his ducks in a row. I’m torn, it’s so much fun watching them go down, but I wish it would happen faster.
Fern @ 3
What can I say, the night is still young. I was busy giving loves to my buds in the last thread.
lolo
Sangemon @ 19
That sounds like the right order. As I once heard somewhere ….. bring ‘em on!
I love Waxman. He writes so eloquently, and with just the right measure of power.
lolo @ 20
Oh sure - blame it on me!!
Sangemon @ 19
We must have patience. It seems to be rather like making a good pot of chili or stew, we don’t want to rush it, no indeedy.
And in the letter Waxman points out that Stephen Dodge gave a definite warning that the Niger claim was a forgery, that Rice knew it, and cited it in her NY Times Op-Ed. Wowie-zowie.
Loo Hoo @ 22
And snark. He has been thought a fool (by them, not us)for 6 years. All of a sudden…not so much
And thank you, thank you, thank you, Simon Dodge. Keep hanging tough till you get your day in the sun. The truth will out.
Speaking of truth, Greg Sargent’s anti-propaganda efforts at TPM have paid off a little. Posted at 5:47 p.m. today by Newsjock at DU:
Congratulations, Greg.
Remind me to never piss that man off, even in a casual visit. The command of language he has is incredible. Polite and makes every point dead center.
Condi’s toast.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 11
As my daughter said when she was a toddler, “No talka me.”
Texas Betsy @ 21
Yes. As the layers of smoke an deception are peeled away, the mess inside will stink so bad that even the Republicans in Congress will be forced to react. It will be for the good of the nation, they will cast themselves as the saviors, but the Republican Party is done.
As Jane said last night, stick a fork in ‘em.
dakine01 @ 24
I personally would not mind if it took until, say, the middle of next year for all of this stuff to come to a head.
By the way…Hi Jane. You are rockin’. And from a coupla previous threads - how can we contribute to Marcy’s DC trip?
Eli @ 12
She can share a cell with Paris Hilton
Eli @ 12
How can she live with herself? Imagine being a prostitute. Now imagine being in the Bush White House. Which would keep you awake at night more often?
Texas Betsy @ 21
Who in the world would say that? /snark
I’m trying to arrange meeting with a few people up here over the weekend to try and come up with a timeline on personnel changes in the Anchorage US Atty office over the past two years, the shifting of DOJ resources from Anchorage to DC, and other stuff showing up in today’s indictments of present and former Alaska legislators. As to who is running the case so far, this is at the bottom of the DOJ press release regarding today’s events:
This case is being prosecuted by trial attorneys Nicholas A. Marsh and Edward P. Sullivan of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section, headed by Chief William M. Welch, II, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph W. Bottini and James A. Goeke from the District of Alaska. The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigative Division.
Texas Betsy @ 10
Her staff is falling like flies….bzzzzzzzzz
Eli @ 31
Yeah. That’s about right, maybe like Gonzo and Condi are gone by the end of the year, then The Walkin’ Dude is done by Easter and we could have President Pelosi by the 4th of July.
My dislike of Rice is palable. This cockroach has been hiding beneath the garbage for far too long. I am pleased to see her underbelly beginning to be exposed.
Helen @ 23
No blame Helen just an excuse. ♣
Jane!
I have been preoccupied with day job stuff. Students who cheat, and all that.
OT re: an earlier post- I always read the NARAL info with great interest.
I hope you will have the chance to highlight the poor rating of NARAL in a future post. one of four stars and all that…
xxoo
Eli @ 31 says:
Yeppers. It should be just about right along then. It will all be fresh in the minds of the voters and the election can be the final flourish.
lolo@40 oh yes I know that. Snark on my part.
Condo-liza Lies-a-lot! Go Henry go!
ET @ 35
Of course this is all going down on a friday during debate cleanup. thanks for posting so we can stay tuned.
dakine01 @ 42
Yeppers. It should be just about right along then. It will all be fresh in the minds of the voters and the election can be the final flourish.
Then we have the pleasure of watching the War Crimes Tribunals.
As an aside, anyone catch ABC at 10.00 pm EST, with its smarmy list of top ten myths? I could only stand the one, the myth that gun regulation reduces violent crime with handguns. “In reality,” more guns would reduce violent crimes.
The longing camera work at the gun ranges, and the display of places in which you might conceal your carry, were like a Jeff Gannon home video. The adoring coverage of the little town in Georgia (?) that required everyone to own a gun, was soo special, as was the home interview of the elderly couple that “scared off” the burglar with their black powder double barrelled shotgun. I think it was bigger than the woman, who could barely hold it.
Does the NRA now own Disney, or is ABC just hoping they soon will?
Comey referred in his testimony to two USAs that had to be fired because they did something so bad, that if one knew what he knew, the would have to go. Elston used the same language when he described why the 7 USA’s were fired. What is this, and who were the two fired during Comey’s watch and why were they fired for???????
Can’t you just see it now:
Live! From The Hague!
MSNBC Special Report: The Trial Of George W. Bush.
Gawd! I can’t wait!
The Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section is where Peter Zeidenberg is at, ET. If Marsh and Sullivan are of Zeidenberg’s caliber, the AK prosecutions are in good hands.
do-si-do @ 44
OT kinda. Ya know, I have read the newspaper every single day of my reading life. Two or three actually. And a while ago it occurred to me that those newspapers that I used to rely on so much are just piling up inside my door. Because the real news is right here.
I have two more videos up at the winger site:
http://www.qubetv.tv/videos/detail/211
http://www.qubetv.tv/videos/detail/212
earlofhuntingdon @ 46
ABC is frighteningly in the tank for the Republicans, I think far more than CBS or NBC.
Hell, maybe even more than non-News Fox.
Valley Girl @ 41
Yep, I actually thought about that when I was doing the post. Will do, VG.
Eli @ 16
Gets the Preznit all hotnbothered I betcha.
Sangemon @ 48
Just tell me when to buy the popcorn!
OT again, but I am way behind on the threads.
Here is the link to NARAL’s rating: here
VG,
students that cheat….. there went 90 minutes for me yesterday
Sangemon @ 48
Jimmy Carter will soon have to relinquish his title as History’s Greatest Monster.
TeddySanFran @ 54
Nah, that’s the stink finger did that. (Did I just say that? I didn’t just say that did I? Oh Dog I DID just say that.)
Waxman: I want the truth.
Condoleezza Rice: You can’t handle the truth.
E*ward, Please get Senator Toobz. *g*
Keep on keeping us posted. TKS!
Jane Hamsher @ 53
Thanks Jane! It really is telling. I had to go back to find the link, bec. I did not bookmark it. It is just above 7:38.
Hello firepups, and lady Jane herself! I am hailing from Jane’s barrio, Tulsa, OK this evening.
This time that we all dwell in, allto’ sweet with the nectar of impending justice, is also seasoned with the bitter flavor of incredible wrongs done worldwide and in our names. I find no joy in this.
I don’t look to the sunrise, for it is shrouded in mystery. The past has happened, whether we know all the details of the how and why, it does not matter because great harm has been wrought.
As a mere citizen, a representative of the American experiment, it is important to me that those who produced these wrongs are punished to the fullest extent of the law. This and only this will allow us to move forward to that hopeful sunrise as the shining city on the hill.
Ed*ard Teller @ 36
Keep us posted ET. What about Conrad Burns?
LS @ 47
I am not sure that this is relevant. Assuming that your analysis is true. Comey used it yesterday to avoid public dislcosure of the fired. Elston used it as an excuse to shut others up.
Helen @ 50
I tell my wife this once a week. She really likes holding the paper, going through it, reading the comics in the morning, and then doing the puzzles after work.
What was today’s Friday News Dump - or was it postponed for the DC Madam Name Drop?
Suzanne @ 67
I’m thinking it must have been put off. Nothing really news worthy seems to be out there new today.
Hi OFG.
Ed*ard Teller @ 66
I almost never read a paper newspaper anymore.
Club character tonight, eh, lolo?
lolo @ 64
That’s a third big state. What’s happening up here involves the other two - Texas and Alaska.
Oilfieldguy @ 63
The World Court, The Hague, Bush, Cheney, Rice and Rumsfled, all held to account for their crimes against humanity.
Hugh @ 60
Waxman: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an atty…
ccmask @ 69
I left one final story in EPU land last thread for you…
LS @ 47
http://thenexthurrah.typepad.c.....mey_f.html
The Justice Department acknowledged yesterday that Thomas M. DiBiagio, the Maryland U.S. attorney who stepped down early in 2005, was forced from office and did not, as he said at the time, decide on his own to leave for personal reasons.
But the department official who asked for his resignation dismissed DiBiagio’s claim in a New York Times article yesterday that he was ousted because of political pressure over public corruption investigations into the administration of then-Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
[snip]
Margolis said that he asked DiBiagio for his resignation because he had “lost confidence in his abilities” and that he was not aware at the time of any investigations involving the Ehrlich administration. “There were absolutely no political shenanigans,” said Margolis, a 42-year department employee who oversees ethics matters
earlofhuntingdon @ 46
I saw a bit of that and was appalled. It’s unbelievably sloppy. These guys never put it together that DC can have strong gun laws but if all anyone has to do is go to Maryland or Virginia to buy a gun, it is going to be an uphill fight in DC.
I also saw they were doing something on second hand smoke. I didn’t stick around to see how they were going to twist up the science on that.
Texas Betsy @ 70
Does the USA Today NFL Draft Preview count?
scary stuff boys and girls. it’s getting down to show time
condi must refuse waxman, she must, she must take this to the mat, she absolutely must claim executive privilege and refuse to allow dodge from testifying if she has any hope of protecting her master
this is absolutely a fact, she knew she was lying when she made those claims and dodge knew it and dodge will be candid
it will then go to the supreme court and I tell you as another fact, the supreme court will find on behalf of president bush, NOT the government
waxman MIGHT be able to prevent the supreme court from deciding against the government, and he can too…
IF he makes it CLEAR
waxman MUST make absolutely certain it is known withut any iota of doubt, the president WILL be impeached if condi is allowed to invoke executive privilege
waxman ABSOLUTELY must make it CLEAR, the president must not make the claim
even THAT strategy might not do the trick because the president knows if dodge testifies and implicates condi, he will be impeached anyway
so, he either asks condi to “take one for the gipper and take the blame”
or he takes this as far as it goes
this is the big one boys and girls
who said it?;
“may you live in interesting times”?
we surely do don’t we, and you firedogs, me, the keepers of the lake, we are not a small part responsibile for the last hope our constitution has to survive
there is no doubt there are democrats that would not have won had it not been for the keepers of the lake and the firedogs that attend
there might not be a democratic majority in both houses if not for this place
we have earned a place for all time, let’s hope we were not too late
Eli @ 78
I said “ALMOST” never!
Eli says
May 4th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
I personally would not mind if it took until, say, the middle of next year for all of this stuff to come to a head.
In the meantime, maybe Leahy can keep dragging Gonzalez back in front of his Committee every 45 days or so…
“Hiya Abu! Watcha been up to? Got any proof of that”?
“Memory gotten any better?”
Hugh @ 77
I bet they debunked the “myth” of global warming, too…
Eli @ 78
I’ve been saying for years that I thought Gannett was dumbing down all their local papers in order to make USA Today look like a shining light of journalism.
jayt @ 81
I think they should try hypnosis.
Jane and Valley Girl–re NARAL
Is there anything a regular joe can do to depose Nancy, or is she the problem? Is it structural? Sorry to be so thickheaded about this, I am sure you covered this before, but maybe I missed it. I know, without any doubt, how Jane feels about a womans right to control her own body, it seems like such a basic concept to me, but is their anything specifically I can do? I wrote them an email, but they need something more tangible I think. I never got a response.
Suzanne @ 67
Hey did they announce any names yet???
Oilfieldguy @ 85
We’re working on it, OFG. Should have something soon.
perris @ 79
GO HENRY! rightwing blogs like lgf and freerepublic usually post pictures of Henry with an enlarged nose, making him look like a pig. The level of their hatred of this efficient legislator betrays the level of their fear.
lolo @ 76
So why was he forced out then? And why should we believe them now since they have already lied once.
Did 20/20 out any more Republiscums as customers of the DC madam?
Oilfieldguy @ 85
I repackaged NARAL’s big expensive mailing, wrote LIEBERMAN and FIRE NANCY KEENAN all over it, stuffed it into the envelope, slapped a coupla stamps on it and mailed it back to them today. Not much, but it felt good. I’m sure there are more constructive ways to use my time.
Eli @ 82
Yeah, no doubt, just after they showed we’re winning in Iraq.
lolo @ 76
Wow - what is the truth pups? Didn’t Margolis work for Comey? And what the fuck does “lost confidence” mean? I have lost confidence in George W. Bush - “YOU’RE FIRED; BUY BYE”
{{{ fast, sweet mods!~ }}}
If any east coast firepups are watching 20/20 could you give us west coasters some update - if only the two names they promised?
Evening, everyone.
I heard the author of Collusion tonight on Moyers and on FDL the other day. I don’t think that his story rings true. I think that more likely, Cheney etal. were looking for reasons to attack Iraq, the neocons “ordered” that the forged document(s) be created using SISMI as a cover to produce the first forged document(s), sometime in late 2001-early 2002. When Cheney had the forged document(s) in hand, he contacts the CIA and tries to use it to make the case for evidence of nuclear proliferation by Iraq. They (CIA) and (based on his “inquiry”) send Wilson to Niger (because they are skeptical). Wilson returns confirming to CIA that there’s nothing there. Cheney gets the report from CIA (but because he already knows it is bogus blows off the CIA report and pretends he never got it). The Admin. proceeds to use the 16 words anyway (regardless of protests by the CIA analysts). Tenet goes along with it, because Bush/Cheney at this point in his life are his meal ticket. They coordinate with the British to substantiate that they were both given the same info (which Cheney already knew was bull) which birthed the Downing Street minutes. Wilson reacts later, and there we have it.
Helen @ 94
I assume that in this case, it meant that they no longer considered him… reliable.
Sorry that one got through.
Remember, if you feed a troll, and the troll has been moderated, your comment could be snagged too.
20/20 transcript, just posted
RonD @ 98
Evening RonD
Hugh @ 89
This is a snip of the post that Marcy wrote. The link is there if you want to read the rest. I didn’t post the whole thing. Go read it.
Helen @ 65
Or, that it had happened before.
dakine01 >
Hmmm, Mod food I think
“Against stupidity, the very gods themselves must contend in vain.” - Friedrich von Shille
TeddySanFran @ 100
Bless you TeddySanFran!
daCascadian @ 105
Of course, I realize that Dog/Gaia/Goddess/your deity of choice MUST love stupid people as she made so very many of them.
OT: Bill Maher guests- Harold Ford Jr. Sean Penn and Tommy Thompson
It was someone from the Charlie Daniels Message Board.
newspaperbrat @ 97
Nothing new. Zippo