Several days ago, I wrote to tell you about a letter I was circulating to the President demanding answers about revelations contained in a leaked British government memo. DailyKos readers, along with the Progressive Democrats of America, placed hundreds of calls to House of Representatives offices asking Members of Congress to sign on to the letter. The results are remarkable (especially given the short turnaround on the letter): as first reported on the Stephanie Miller show, 88 Members have signed the letter.
There would have been many more had there been more time. Every single Member of Congress I personally asked to sign the letter, signed it. You can find the letter here and the press release about it here.
In the meantime, the mainstream media is slowly waking up about the leaked memo. Knight Ridder, which has led a stampede in the past on other Iraq stories, once again has a thorough story on it today. I am hopeful that a letter on this, signed by 88 Members of Congress will lead other outlets to cover this very important story.
This is simply not the usual day-to-day partisan back and forth. To me, this disclosure raises the most serious constitutional questions.