Is State Department Cover-up a Criminal Obstruction of Justice?

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October 28, 2007 at 14:31:59

Is State Department Cover-up a Criminal Obstruction of Justice?

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo Page 1 of 3 page(s)

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Is State Department Cover-up a Criminal Obstruction of Justice?

Even as Condoleeza Rice was playing the coy fox with Henry A. Waxman's Oversight Committee, was the news breaking the new Watergate of Blackwater and the State Department? Could this lead to the impeachment, thus putting her and others under criminal investigation for Obstruction of Justice? If so, would it eventually lead to the White House?

Will the information State Department e-mails obtained by ABC News and subsequent investigations by the LA Times lead to Obstruction of Justice and eventually to impeachment proceedings? Did the White House know about all of this?

The above cited Emails discuss how a regional State Department official WAS complaining about a number of incidents where Blackwater guards were reported as opening fire upon innocent civilians.

This particular official said that that Iraqis were frustrated because they were unable to find protection or justice for the reported alleged crimes by Blackwater.

He said, further, "If we are unable or unwilling to address this issue, sooner or later those requesting compensation for their losses will lose patience with us and seek recourse through other means...in the worst-case scenario, some might seek revenge."

Meanwhile Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice deflected, ignored and avoided commenting on a number of Blackwater issues put to her by Henry A. Waxman's House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and particularly, her department's oversight of private security contractors. Now in the wake of her appearance of faux ignorance, new evidence surfaced showing that the US was concealing alleged atrocities attributed to Blackwater, primarily shootings of Iraqi civilians over two years ago.

Condoleezza Rice, The Bushite Secretary of State is now regretful that the State Department did not properly supervise "private security contractors" in Iraq, however, she was defensive concerning the wider sphere of American diplomacy in Iraq during what she labeled, "complex and difficult" circumstances, remiss in not adding, Complex and difficult circumstances that the Bushites created.

Rice testified for more than three hours during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing, in which many responses were rather testy and hostile.

In May of 2005, a Blackwater convoy was moving a senior U.S. diplomat down a Baghdad roadway when suddenly guards opened fire on an approaching taxi. The driver, Mohammed Nouri Hattab, said to The Times, he was reducing and about to stop when a burst of machine-gun fire slashed into and through his taxi, wounding him and also killing 19-year-old newlywed Yas Ali Mohammed Yassiri, a passenger, according to a chain of Emails obtained by ABC news.

Some of those internal Emails in question displayed the State Department officials were trying to deflect a 2005 Los Angeles Times battery of questions about the alleged killing of an Iraqi civilian by Blackwater guards.

One state department official said in the Email, "Give [the Los Angeles Times] what we can and then dump the rest on Blackwater. ...We can't win this one."

Another official, in this chain of e-mails said that the "findings of the investigation are to remain off-limits to the reporter." Still another suggested that no one should even mention the existence of a criminal investigation because it would "...raise questions and issues."

In August 2005, following a tip, the Times began their inquiries. Peter Mitchell, who, at the time was a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, informed his bosses that he was going to inform a reporter that the State Department, "thoroughly investigated" the incident and there was "no criminal act ...."

The truth appears, to the contrary that however, the only investigation completed was "administrative." Nevertheless, two Blackwater employees were fired and returned to the U.S. because they violated operating procedures. Blackwater has so far, refused to comment on the shooting or the firings any further, according to the Times.

Mitchell Emailed to superiors, "As for the legal jurisdiction under which a [private security contractor] operates, this is where things get hazy," "If the [private security company] is found negligent, the only recourse is dismissal. In cases where there was clear criminal intent, a criminal case could hypothetically be pursued in U.S. federal court, but this has yet to happen out here." Mitchell's suggested responses were reported to have created a fiery debate within the department.

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Condi's testimony on Blackwater.

I watched Condi's testimony, late and night, and was so angered by her lack of knowledge about what happened, and continued protection of any information which was available to her because of 'security', I was awake most of the night. I cannot believe this administration and their complete lack of accountability and the excuses they make for not knowing what they are doing. If I were as ignorant about what I did and how I performed my job, I've not doubt that I would have been fired years ago, and should have been fired. She is a disgrace and I hope everyone in this administration is criminally charged for their lack of adherence to the Constitution and failure to protect the Constitution.

by Crystal Purcell (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 44 comments) on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 5:15:51 PM

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Intentional Ignorance

Intentional ignorance, selective hearing, sadism, hail bushites!

Hilldabeast is good at these too.

by (8 articles, 4 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 143 comments) on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 6:11:58 PM

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They need to know we support them

Looks like Waxman is our last hope to come through for us. Wouldn't hurt to send him and any others who have his sticktuitiveness encouragement through emails and phone calls.

by Sandy Sand (130 articles, 0 quicklinks, 153 diaries, 1174 comments) on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 6:34:05 PM

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Professor Emeritus Peter BagnoloProfessor Bagnolo is a Renaissance man: Cultural Anthropologist, Architectural designer, painter, writer, novelist, theologian. As a child prodigy, abed with polio for almost two years, with an off the charts IQ, reading at the graduate level by 5th grade, offered an opportunity to skip three grades at age 8.Later He was a recipient of an Art Institute scholarship at age 11, a Ford Foundation Fellowship in Anthropology and in Painting and a merit scholarship in art, and was appointed a Graduate ...

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SS AND CREW

I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HIS OFFICE AND THEY HAVE RETURNED PHONE CALLS TO MY OFFICE AND SEEMED GRATEFUL FOR THE APPRECIATION OF WHAT HE IS DOING. .

CRYSTALL I THINK MANY ARE ANGRY AT THEIR CONTINUED HUBRIS AND DUMB ACT, THIS TIME, UNLESS THE DEMOCRATS ARE STILL FOLLOWING THAT NUMBSKULL FROM ILLINOIS, THAT FUND RAISING, BALLET DANCING, DINDONG, THEY SHOULD GO DOWN FOR OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE.

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo (144 articles, 1 quicklinks, 95 diaries, 1216 comments) on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 9:08:36 PM

You can't report a Crime unless you witness or experience it [ I am such person ] or if your killed during the actual commission of a felony [ T42CFR417.1 ]. It is a felony to make false claims or statements regarding Federal Health Care Programs.
My documentation was created through the DHHS OIG [ 1998 illegal agreement with Federal HMO Contractors 'Volentary Disclousure Program' called ] the 'HMO Government Grievance Procedures' - Documention of Consumer Hospital Insurance Fraud T42CFR4...

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KimballYou can't report a Crime unless you witness or experience it [ I am such person ] or if your killed during the actual commission of a felony [ T42CFR417.1 ]. It is a felony to make false claims or statements regarding Federal Health Care Programs.
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Can't count on Waxman

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Mr Waxman has know for YEARS that the DHHS OIG ' Managed Care Governemnt Grievance Procedures T42CFR417 ', is used to allow and conceal Federal HMO Hospital Dumping resulting in death of Federal Beneficiaries who ARE being forced into HCFA State Medicaid Programs ( illegally billed for denied covered claims ) befor they are cut off of Hospital Extended care T42CFR409.33 and killed.

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by Kimball (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 118 comments) on Monday, October 29, 2007 at 11:18:16 AM

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Professor Emeritus Peter BagnoloProfessor Bagnolo is a Renaissance man: Cultural Anthropologist, Architectural designer, painter, writer, novelist, theologian. As a child prodigy, abed with polio for almost two years, with an off the charts IQ, reading at the graduate level by 5th grade, offered an opportunity to skip three grades at age 8.Later He was a recipient of an Art Institute scholarship at age 11, a Ford Foundation Fellowship in Anthropology and in Painting and a merit scholarship in art, and was appointed a Graduate ...

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Kimball

Thanks for writing, however, I have no idea of what the material you have submitted has to do with my article. My immediate concern is the testifying of Ms. Rice, Under Oath and perhaps lying, which would place her in Contempt of Congress and is a Federal Crime. If so the repercussions are enormous, if there is proper follow-up. This could lead to the White House and the Oval office and may be the biggest piece of news since Watergate. I was assured by a return phone call to me at 12:45 CST from the Oversight Committee, that everyone who testified was under oath.

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo (144 articles, 1 quicklinks, 95 diaries, 1216 comments) on Monday, October 29, 2007 at 12:56:56 PM

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