Does anyone have a copy of Rockefeller's letter or statement

[babylonsister]

that Schumer referred to on CSPAN within the past hour? Thanks.

[mshasta]

1. I being having a bad luck ..

looking for it

[BurtWorm]

2. Here

http://rockefeller.senate.gov/news/2005/pr102805.html

“It is a terrible day for all Americans when a top White House official is accused of lying and obstructing justice, made all the worse when it’s about a national security matter.



“Revealing the identity of a covert agent is the type of leak that gets people killed. Not only does it end the person’s career, and whatever assignments they may have been working on, it puts that person in grave personal danger as well as their colleagues and all the people they have had contact with over the years.



“These very serious charges go to the heart of whether administration officials misused intelligence by disclosing an undercover CIA agent. They also heighten concerns that the administration engaged in a pattern of misusing intelligence to make the case for going to war with Iraq.



“To date, Congress has completely failed to answer these critical questions. The fact is that at any time the Senate Intelligence Committee pursued a line of questioning that brought us close to the White House, our efforts were thwarted. If my Republican colleagues are not prepared to undertake a full and serious congressional investigation into the potential misuse of intelligence, then I regretfully conclude that we have no choice but to pursue an outside independent investigation. The American people deserve answers and they want the truth.”



“We must send a strong message to all the patriotic Americans in our intelligence agencies who continue to serve their country at great personal risk. Our government and our judicial system will not tolerate those who leak classified information and put the lives of others at risk.”

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[BurtWorm]

4. This is a quote from JR at the Washington Note

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001053.html


At its core, this is about accountability -- Congressional accountability and White House accountability.

Congress has a fundamental, constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight -- that's what checks and balances are all about -- and we have utterly failed.

My colleagues and I have tried for two years to do our oversight work, and for two years we have been undermined, avoided, put off, and vilified by the other side. Any line of questioning that has brought us too close to the White House has been thwarted.

At some point the majority needs to understand that we are willing to bring the Senate to a halt until they will join us in conducting the kind of investigation this situation demands.

The American people still want to know -- now more than ever -- why the United States went to war, whether they were misled, and whether our intelligence was misused.

Whether these actions amount to crimes is not the litmus test for congressional oversight. Mr. Fitzgerald is investigating possible criminal activity by senior White House officials, and we won't and shouldn't get in the way of his work.

But the American people deserve to know not just whether this Administration committed crimes, but whether this Administration told the truth -- the full truth, the straight story.

And if they didn't -- if they misled about the war and if they misused intelligence, then the American people need to know that the Congress will do everything in its power the make sure that it never happens again.

[mshasta]

5. great!!! thank you!!

[liveoaktx]

3. VIDEO

Rockefeller

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6. I'm leary of anything Rockefeller says, he is

New World Order elitist all the way.