Impeachment Update: Conyers sent letters, did not call members back from recess

[babsbunny]

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/360

Submitted by meg on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 3:12pm. Analysis

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
by Meg White

BuzzFlash brings you the latest in impeachment news with a sigh. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, sent out six letters Wednesday, each politely asking current and former administration and intelligence officials to give him a call.

Of course, Conyers is hoping for a little more than a chat. He's requesting testimony from six major players implicated in a high-level scam to fool Congress and the American people into going to war. The investigation stems from a book written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind. Suskind wrote that CIA director George Tenet ordered a letter to be forged and backdated to support the Bush Administration's assertions that Iraq had both weapons of mass destruction and ties to the 9/11 attacks.

There were exciting rumors last week that Conyers would call his fellow committee members back from their summer recess to investigate Suskind's claims. The rumors were sparked by an August 14 interview on the radio show Democracy Now!. Conyers seemed to say the Judiciary Committee was on its way back to Washington:

[ben_meyers]

1. I thought I heard that they were given 24 business hours

to get back from recess. Or was that another "breaking exciting rumor" from some other obscure web site? I get these things mixed up sometimes.

[Adsos Letter]

2. !

"Hi...I'm looking into some allegations that our government has been subverted, and that you may have played a role in it. Could you give me a call when you get a moment? If no one answers you can leave a message after the beep. Thanks! Oh...and have a nice day!"