This may have already been diaried, but considering I've been naughtily re-freshing frequently, I don't recall seeing a mention of it, and didn't see Nadler in the TAGS. If I did miss it, could you point me to the diary, and I'll delete.
Nadler: Fitzgerald Must Broaden Investigation - Press Release
"Did the Bush Administration deliberately mislead Congress about the war?"
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In light of recent developments in the CIA leak investigation and other recent revelations, Congressman Jerrold Nadler today called for Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald to expand his investigation to include a criminal investigation to examine whether the President, the Vice President, and members of the White House Iraq Group conspired to deliberately deceive Congress into authorizing the war in Iraq.
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"The CIA leak issue is only the tip of the iceberg," Congressman Nadler said. "This is looking increasingly like a White House conspiracy aimed at misleading our country into war - in part by manufacturing now-refuted evidence in support of its rationale, in part by smearing and silencing critics, and in part by manipulating media complicity. There is mounting evidence that there may have been a well-orchestrated effort by the President, the Vice President, and other top White House officials to lie to Congress in order to get its support for the Iraq War." ...
A portion of his letter, dated 10/20/05 to Acting Deputy Attorney General Robert D. McCallum, Jr. below:
I urge you to use the powers granted to you, under the regulations promulgated by the Department of Justice in June of 1999, to expand the framework of the investigation currently being conducted by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald.
It is now clear that the key reason cited by the Bush Administration - the imminent acquisition by Saddam Hussein of weapons of mass destruction - to persuade Congress and the American people of the necessity of invading Iraq was not true. There is new and mounting and evidence, stemming in part from the current investigation, that members of the Bush Administration may have deliberately, and, therefore, illegally, misled Congress. Since Special Counsel Fitzgerald is already investigating the CIA leak, it seems appropriate that he be empowered to expand his investigation to examine whether the leak itself was part of a broader conspiracy knowingly to mislead Congress into authorizing a war.
As a member of the Judiciary Committee who opposed the extension of the independent counsel law, I do not take this matter lightly. I believe these types of investigations should be reserved for only the most serious of alleged crimes, but I have to believe that lying to Congress in order to obtain its support for a war meets that test.
[rest of letter]
I'm not sure that Fitzgerald would pick this up at such a late date, assuming he's ready to hand out indictments. Not to mention that I'm ready to do some serious partying - I know, don't count my chickens....
Then again, if Fitzgerald is willing, I'll freakin' wait another however-many-months it would be, if it ultimately lead to impeachment hearings.