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November 21, 2007 at 14:08:31

Fitzgeral Should Indict Cheney Or Resign

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Yesterday former White House press secretary Scott McClellan took the sand out of Fitzgerald's face.  When Fitz indicted Scooter Libby, he used that famous sports metaphor of "kicking sand in his face" and obstructing the investigation.  Fitz has not released any grand jury testimony because that would show that there was no sand in his face despite Libby's perjury and obstruction.

The only conclusion one can make about McClellan's disclosure is that he had already told that to the grand jury.  And Fitz's failure to release McClellan's grand jury testimony seals the deal.  Furthermore, Fitz did not put either Bush or Cheney under oath.  In 2004, Fitz may have owed them some loyalty.  Given the recent U.S. Attorney firings, he needs to "come up to the plate" to save his reputation.  For his own professional integrity, he should not run out the clock.  He must either resign or indict Cheney.  

The statute of limitaions is 5 years for federal crimes. I believe that a sitting VP does not have the sovereign immunity that Presidents have.  At a minimum, Cheney should be an unindicted coconspirator because there is no doubt that Bush is going to pardon him and many in his administration. 

Ex-Press Secretary Blames Bush in Leak
By MATT APUZZO,
AP
Posted: 2007-11-21 11:18:37
Filed Under: Politics News
WASHINGTON (Nov. 20) - Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative.

In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, McClellan recounts the 2003 news conference in which he told reporters that aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby were "not involved" in the leak involving operative Valerie Plame.

"There was one problem. It was not true," McClellan writes, according to a brief excerpt released Tuesday. "I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest-ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice president, the president's chief of staff and the president himself."

 

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Sheldon Drobny was the co-founder of Nova M radio and Air America Radio. He has supported many philanthropic causes and is currently involved in purchasing radio stations for liberal talk radio with his new company, Nova M Radio, Inc. Mr. Drobny specializes in business and tax matters and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court as a non-attorney. Less than 200 non-attorneys have been admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court since its inception in 1942. Mr. Drobny received a Bachelor of Science Degree in accounting from Roosevelt University in Chicago and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honorary fraternity recognizing acadamic achievement in colleges of business administration.

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In all fairness

 Fitzgerald did the best that someone in his position could given that his superiors have mostly been political operatives for the White House who  gave warnings -like when a move was about to be made to subpoena emails. And the amount of uncooperativeness of the White House.

Remember when Bush promised to fire anyone caught leaking the information about Valerie Plame?

   What was the guy likely to be able to do?

    But you're right. Someone's gotta follow up on this... for his department to retain any credibility.

by chariotdrvr14 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 125 comments) on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 3:30:17 PM
 


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Who did McClellan tell and when did he tell it?

The only conclusion one can make about McClellan's disclosure is that he had already told that to the grand jury.

Why?  Instead of jumping to conclusions why not ask this of McClellan and establish his credibility before he (and his publisher) sells his story to the general public?

Didn't Fitz already declare the Plame case closed barring any further material discoveries?  Why should he resign?

by FOIA Gras (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 15 comments) on Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 1:28:32 PM
 

 

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