John Dean has written a brilliant open letter to Fitz imploring him to take civil action against anyone in the White House who leaked classified information regarding Valerie Plame Wilson. Dean is urging Fitz to use his wide-ranging legal powers to yank security clearances. I am in total agreement with Dean's proposal.
ANYONE CARE TO JOIN ME IN WRITING A LETTER TO FITZ? LET'S DU THIS THING!
Here is a part of the Dean letter:
"Those who leaked the information about Valerie Wilson breached signed contracts they had made with the government. These contracts, moreover, were not to be taken lightly: They enforced profoundly important obligations to national security, on the part of the very people who were supposed to be serving that end.
Why are you not enforcing those contracts? Why have you not urged the president to sanction those who have released national security information? The president has said he would fire those who committed crimes -- but breach of such profoundly important contracts, even if it does not rise to the level of a crime, is surely cause for dismissal, as well.
You should so urge the President. And if he is not willing to take appropriate action with those who have dishonored their offices, and broken their contracts, you ought to go to court and get an injunction to remove their security clearances.
Again, their agreement with the government was the very understanding upon which they were (and continue to be) given classified information. Now that they have breached it, the vital predicate for those clearances is gone."
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU ALL READ THE ENTIRE LETTER!
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20051118.htmlI WILL BE WRITING MY LETTER LATER TODAY! IF YOU WILL JOIN ME, PLEASE POST YOUR INTENTIONS!
The Honorable Patrick J. Fitzgerald
Special Counsel
Bond Federal Building
1400 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530