BREAKING - Rove and Jennings Subpoenaed (updated with link)

Sorry for the short diary - Senator Leahy has just issued subpoenas on the floor of the Senate.

Please tune into C-Span 2 for live speech, he is laying it all out for the entire country to hear how the Bush Administration has exceeded the boundaries of law and ignored the Constitution.

It is well past time to restore the Constitution.

Update - (from memory...which is poor)  Leahy laid out the reasons for the executive overreach, specifying that he has sought testimony in the USA firings that were unprecedented in scope.  He admitted to not taking this step lightly, however the stonewalling of the White House (especially ordering a private citizen NOT to testify!!) had to end.

If someone out there could post a youtube link, I would appreciate it! Meanwhile, here is some linky goodness from The Hill.

•  Go Leahy!

  Get Karl Rove's fat ass up on the Hill under oath.

  by Captain Nimrod on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 08:59:33 AM PDT

  •  of course, Rove won't show.

    Executive privelege.

    Let's see what else Leahy has in his pocket.

    by corvo on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:00:20 AM PDT

    •  and then

      inherent contempt charges for Rove and Jennings, just like we're going with Miers?

      by CaptUnderpants on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:01:38 AM PDT

      •  Exactly.

        Then the Congress can jail Karl Rove pending his criminal trial.  Sweet justice!

        by Captain Nimrod on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:09:34 AM PDT

        •  can anyone

          find a link to a news outfit reporting this? None of them are yet.

          by taylormattd on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:10:14 AM PDT

          •  Raw as 1 liner

            http://rawstory.com/

            by OneCrankyDom on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:12:52 AM PDT

            •  CNN's Reporting it Too

              by Alegre on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:19:18 AM PDT

              •  This is what oversight looks like

                Ain't it pretty?

                by dansac on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:27:49 AM PDT

                •  Elections have consequences

                  No?

                  by zorp on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:37:32 AM PDT

                  •  For a while there,

                    I wasn't so sure.

                    I'm starting to feel a lot better about November -- last November.

                    by Marc in KS on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:39:19 AM PDT

                    •  Meeee too!!

                      Woot!! I finally have a spark of hope again.

                      by dotdot on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 10:04:23 AM PDT

                      •  Don't get too excited...

                        They will really be put in the corner with this one and you know that both Dick and George are crazy men.  Don't releax until 2010 when things get better.  They will do anything to stop us from revealing the truth and putting them and the entire cabal in jail.  They know Lehay and Specter will do it.  I would like to be a fly on the wall buzzing around the White House.  Wouldn't you?

                        by victoria2dc on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 10:32:30 AM PDT

                        •  Leahy yes

                          Spectre most definitely no. His brand of interference is just ever so slightly more subtle than that of the rest of the Good Ole Boy network but that probably makes it more dangerous.

                          by stevej on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:01:25 AM PDT

                          •  How many divisions does Leahy have?

                            Subpeonas, schmubpeonas.

                            They will be ignored. Executive privelege.  Next?

                            Contempt of Congress?  DOJ won't go there.  What else ya got?

                            The Seargent at Arms?  Fine.  They have the SS.

                            Guess who wins?

                            by leftyboy666 on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:59:30 AM PDT

                            •  So your plan is what exactly?

                              Thanks for bolstering morale!  Luckily, I think you're wrong about inherent contempt.  The Secret Service can accompany Miers to jail if they want to protect her there, but all this will be worked out in advance.

                              by Major Danby on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 12:29:45 PM PDT

                              •  I hope you're right

                                But I don't think it's going to turn out that way.

                                We'll see.  I'm not holding my breath.

                                by leftyboy666 on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 12:42:00 PM PDT

                            •  The public is starting to pay attention

                              and impeachment thoughts are beginning to dance in their heads -- and spilling through fingertips onto keyboards to Congress. Gradually.

                              by wardlow on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 12:48:08 PM PDT

                            •  They pull that and its...

                              ...Game Over for bu$hCo.  Think about it:  A standoff between the Seargent at Arms and the SS played out in front of tens of millions of Americans live on national TV.

                              It will be bu$h's Waterloo, Stalingrad and Dien Bien Phu all wrapped in one.

                              by jds1978 on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 01:07:37 PM PDT

                            •  Escalation

                              The Seargent at Arms?  Fine.  They have the SS.

                              If it escalates to the point where Congress, after due deliberation and solidly within their constitutional rights and responsibilities, sends the Sergeant at Arms to arrest members of the Bush Administration and is rebuffed, or worse attacked by "SS"-like forces, you'd better believe that Congress has a much bigger hammer behind the Sergeant at Arms.

                              The People of the United States of America

                              The President cannot fight us and win, there are too many of us.  Furthermore, if it escalates to that point, Mr. "Commander in Chief" is going to find a lot fewer loyalists available to exercise his will.

                              by figleef on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 01:58:32 PM PDT

                            •  feh, lb666

                              Throw caution to the winds and celebrate our Dems taking action!

                              Sure, there will be resistance and hurdles.

                              However, siting on our thumbs and not taking any action because of the future challenges (real and imagined) is how BushCo wins.

                              Feh to that crap!

                              by JVolvo on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 02:50:36 PM PDT

              •  Yeah...

                I think it's part of the AP story on the Senate letter calling for a special prosecutor.

                by mayan on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 10:04:57 AM PDT

          •  There's a CNN report

            referenced down thread.

            by Captain Nimrod on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:12:53 AM PDT

            •  A one liner across the top of the home page...

              ... I sure would love some details...

              CSPAN 2 is playing senate proceedings about trade... the other CPANs don't have anything either... (I'm looking at online video)

              by highacidity on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:20:18 AM PDT

              •  Confirmed by MSNBC:

                Here.

                by Captain Nimrod on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:23:51 AM PDT

                •  right

                  on

                  by taylormattd on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:27:38 AM PDT

                  •  thanks everyone n/t

                    by highacidity on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:35:18 AM PDT

                  •  Make that Right F*cking On!!!

                    by JVolvo on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 02:52:14 PM PDT

          •  Breaking News at CNN

            No story yet just Breaking News at the top of the page.
            CNN

            by donnamarie on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:15:15 AM PDT

            •  Not a

              peep out of faux.  Ha Ha Ha.

              by mango on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:16:58 AM PDT

              •  Fox Headline:

                Rove Files Harassment Suit Against Democrat Party

                I made that up, but I wouldn't be surprised...

                by kath25 on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:20:34 AM PDT

                •  Tomorrow's Headline Today!

                  Well done, kath!  You've predicted the theme for tomorrow's Fox and Friends.

                  by dunderhead on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:26:11 AM PDT

                  •  I like to

                    call them Fox and fools, or the three stooges.

                    by mango on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:28:54 AM PDT

                    •  Starring Steve Goosey n/t

                      by Overseas on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:38:54 AM PDT

                •  Rove (D) subpeonaed

                  That's what you'll see on Fox.

                  by davidslane on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:30:01 AM PDT

                  •  Teach me to look at the posts before I type!

                    look below....  ;)

                    by political girl on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:05:28 AM PDT

                •  Thanks for the laugh

                  in these hard times.

                  by wagdog on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 10:00:35 AM PDT

                •  LOL... that was really a good one!!! n/t

                  by victoria2dc on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 10:37:12 AM PDT

                •  most likely it will call Rove a Democrat

                  They are already calling Michael Rasmussen a Democrat.

                  (kicked out of tour de France for lying, cheating, and generally acting like a Republican).

                  by seesdifferent on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:45:09 AM PDT

              •  Look for Rove to have a "D" by

                his name soon....

                by political girl on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:03:41 AM PDT

                •  sorry davidslane! didn't see your post!

                  by political girl on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:07:14 AM PDT

            •  And on MSNBC

              It's somewhat buried under Gonzalez news, but here's the link.

              by boofdah on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:23:14 AM PDT

              •  Speaking of Gonzo...

                wann'a have a WHEN WILL HE RESIGN contest?  I bet it's soon.  Did Bush come out yesterday or today and talk about the absolutely great job he did yesterday in front of the Senate? That's meaningful!

                by victoria2dc on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 10:39:41 AM PDT

                •  I get 5:31 PM, the 1st Friday of the Recess!

                  Followed by a recess appointment of some other incompetent crony who's better at creative non-recall.

                  by mataliandy on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:54:44 AM PDT

                  •  Hello Attorney General Miers

                    by TexDem on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 12:38:36 PM PDT

                    •  Nah

                      Craig S. Morford was named #2 at DoJ last week and is Gonzo's likely replacement. He's McNulty's replacement. Morford is possibly even worse than Gonzo. He's the USA who put Traficante away.

                      by kovie on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 04:04:38 PM PDT

                      •  Maybe

                        but putting Harriet in would be a bigger finger in the eye of Congress. And then Morford could do the day to day operations.

                        by TexDem on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 08:23:08 PM PDT

                        •  She's an idiot

                          just like Gonzo. She was appointed because she'd shut up and do as told, which she, like him, did. I suspect that at this point they want smart fascists in these jobs, not dumb ones, because the latter--as Gonzo is proving--just end up being liabilities. And this guy appears to be one of the smarter fascists. Like Fielding or Addington.

                          They're looking to dump Gonzo, pardon him, and replace him with someone who can do damage control on all of these scandals. I think this guy's it.

                          by kovie on Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 02:16:11 AM PDT

                          •  That is the tack you and I would use

                            but remember, we're talking about "The Decider" who values "loyalty" above competency. Unless Darth Cheney is making the call.

                            by TexDem on Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 07:19:09 AM PDT

                    •  No... he wouldn't have the nerve, would he? n/t

                      by victoria2dc on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 05:55:56 PM PDT

                      •  Why not,

                        it's the ultimate snub. And she'll do what she's told.

                        by TexDem on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 08:21:03 PM PDT

                  •  Date please! LOL... anyone else? n/t

                    by victoria2dc on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 05:55:15 PM PDT

        •  maybe they can

          maybe they can waterboard him, after all it aint torture, bush said so himself.

          by pissedpatriot on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:11:54 AM PDT

          •  Better yet, Extraordinary Rendition.

            by exMnLiberal on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:19:07 AM PDT

            •  hell, give 'em the full monty on Diego Garcia

              They shouldn't mind, it's just SOP, right?

              (note to Bill O'Reilly: this thread is advocating imaginary violence toward members of the Bush administration of the type that the Bush administration routinely engages in; it is an ironic excercize.  Irony, by the way, is something people with a sense of humor engage in from time to time.)

              by nailbender on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:28:11 AM PDT

            •  Send them to Gitmo

              to sit there in those orange jumpsuits and make sure they have no fans.

              by betson08 on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:41:31 AM PDT

              •  Ah but I hear the food is good

                just ask Duncan Hunter.

                by stevej on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:03:30 AM PDT

                •  and the health care is top notch - and free

                  just gotta get caught in Afghanistan or Iraq to qualify...

                  by kamarvt on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:39:48 AM PDT

                •  Yummy MREs! n/t

                  by betson08 on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 12:54:14 PM PDT

          •  Hell, for that matter...

            ...send them to live in a FEMA trailer in southeastern Louisiana.

            T.

            by trevzb on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 12:01:39 PM PDT

        •  I hope this is true...............

          and when they refuse to show, I hope they get slapped with inherent contempt, please please, please

          My heroes, Senator Leahy and Congressman Conyers!

          by Lilyvt on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:13:18 AM PDT

          •  My message to Leahy and Conyers: never

            threaten to do something you are not willing to do.
            We need legal follow through here, full and commensurate actions even if it leads to impeachment.
            We expect you to protect the checks-and-balances of our government and the rule of law; if you don't, who will??

            by Jbeaudill on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 12:50:56 PM PDT

        •  too bad

          This will also likely stretch out beyond Bush's presidency. But at least it'll make next year's elections interesting.

          by CaptUnderpants on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:13:28 AM PDT

          •  Too bad?

            A D wins the WH and there is no pardon available!

            by lgrooney on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:16:59 AM PDT

            •  good point!

              by CaptUnderpants on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:17:46 AM PDT

            •  Bush will resign...

              I predict his resignation on this 26th day of July, 2007.   The story goes something like this:

              The 43rd and only President of the United States to have stolen two presidential elections in the years of our lord, 2000 and 2004,  has resigned in shame to avoid the humiliation of being drug out of the White House after his impeachment. It has been reported that he was running around the White House screaming "Stay the Course, Stay the Course" as the Senate voted in favor of his impeachment! Here is his story.  Read it and see how it all turned out!

              His parents, former president George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Bush, along with the remaining Bush family members are in seclusion at the Bush ranch in Crawford, TX, where they await the arrival of their son and brother, his wife Laura and their dogs Barney and Ms. Something or Other.  

              This now solitary and quiet ranch in Crawford is where it all began when this dear lady, Cindy Sheehan, began the fight to end the Iraq war and to impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney!  Thanks to Cindy, Republican and Democratic members of the United States Congress, and thanks to the millions of loyal Americans, Code Pink and the other activists and veterans who put the pressure on congress to do their jobs and took the message to the streets, bars and parks in cities all around the country.  Congratulations!

              Ms. Pelosi, the soon to be 44th President of the United States, will take her oath of office on the lawn of the White House immediately after she and Senator Harry Reid finish their last goodbye to George and Laura.  Right now they are standing on the White House lawn waving goodbye to the George and Laura (and the dogs of course).  Soon to be president, Nancy Pelosi is speaking with and trying to console the thousands of young Christian political appointees and Condi as they weep uncontrollably at the loss of their president.  President Pelosi invites them in to her post inauguration party to help them wipe away their tears.  

              After all, she is a grandmother!  She tells this reporter that she is now ready to work with the leaders of the House and Senate to clear up the mess.  Her Chief of Staff reports that they have received 115 million e-mails, letters and telephone calls from foreign leaders around the world offering their congratulations!  The White House communications system is down for at least 2 weeks so she will be returning home to the San Francisco White House while the Oval Office is being painted pink and they are working to get the communications network back up.

              Bin Laden has been incarcerated and will be tried in September of 2009, the troops are home, Al Gore is back to global warming, the Iraqi people are celebrating our departure and they thank the people of America for stopping the Bush administration from stealing their oil!  They are so happy and the violence has totally stopped.  Their Minister of Oil had a meeting with the (4) major oil companies that Dick tried to give their oil to via those nasty production contracts.  All is well in Iraq and we’re going to help them rebuild their infrastructure.  

              Another good piece of news for the American public is breaking right now:  the DC United States Attorney has won a $2 billion dollar civil lawsuit against Dick and Lynne Cheney for war profiteering after the SCOTUS upheld the decision that Dick’s power days are finished! Dick has been returned to his jail cell in the Hague.  He says he's lonely without his family, but he's waiting for George to join him in a year or two so they can play cards and talk about the good ole' days!  

              by victoria2dc on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:27:46 AM PDT

              •  wow, whatever you're on...

                is worth twice the price ;)

                by kamarvt on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:41:47 AM PDT

              •  And then I woke up...

                by von Dutch on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 12:28:42 PM PDT

          •  You know what?

            That shouldn't matter, if the end result is that the Constitution is restored.

            If it takes a while to get from start to finish, then so be it. The more who have a chance to see and hear the message that it is worth doing whatever it takes to preserve that Constitution, the better off we'll all be.

            by o the umanity on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 02:55:21 PM PDT

        •  Strips away Bush's Controllers

          If Rove, Bolton, Miers, and Jennings are sitting in the DC jail on contempt charges, they aren't telling Bush how to mess things up even worse.  As a side effect, they aren't helping him defend against his impeachment, or shredding documents.

          I like the direction this might be going.

          by S wapiti on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:23:56 AM PDT

          •  There's but one person telling

            bush how to REALLY mess things up and that's Cheney! And he is still free to inflict a lot of damage.

            by madgranny on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:31:43 AM PDT

          •  Take out Gonzo, too

            With Gonzales gone and an independant AG in place, the walls will come tumbling down.

            by ccyd on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:32:07 AM PDT

            •  to the ballgame, that is. Buy him some peanuts

              and Cracker Jack. And, uh, go Rangers.

              by ticket punch on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:58:54 AM PDT

            •  Yes... James Comey for AG... Fitz as the

              Assistant AG... Yes, they are trustworthy and they can fix the friggin' mess!

              by victoria2dc on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 06:03:04 PM PDT

        •  I'd pay good money to see this...

          

          by Clive all hat no horse Rodeo on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:28:05 AM PDT

          •  It's gonna be free.

            And on C-Span.  Woot!

            by Captain Nimrod on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:32:01 AM PDT

          •  Just noticed Karl's pissed his pants! n/t

            by cosette on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:42:06 AM PDT

            •  lol... yep that's my modest contribution ;)

              by Clive all hat no horse Rodeo on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:51:06 AM PDT

              •  Nice additional detail.

                I didn't remember seeing that in Dood Abides original.

                by cosette on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 12:40:18 PM PDT

        •  Jail Rove before the recess, but try him after.

          Give him a month behind bars to think about his next step.

          by Jimdotz on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:58:08 AM PDT

      •  does rove lose his security clearence?

        if he is under indictment for inherent contempt of congress, which by default, is a cfharge of inherent contempt of the constitution itself.

        or will Bush chart yet more unchartered executive territory by simply issuing a blanket pre-pardon for his entire staff (as insurance)?

        by KnotIookin on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:21:50 AM PDT

        •  Oh, good question! Anyone know

          about Rove's security clearance??

          by sherlyle on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:24:35 AM PDT

          •  ask Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins

            and all the other Republican Senators who wrote Karl Rove his free pass on the White House security clearance issue, back in July 2005. Scores of Democrats were calling for Rove's security clearance to be suspended, you'll remember, after Matt Cooper was shown to have received his Plame leak from Karl Rove. (Time had appealed all the way to the Supreme Court to prevent us from knowing that fact.)

            It would have upset the apple cart for the public to know about the secret RNC email system... So go ask Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins all about it. They know how their bread is buttered, they know how the kleptocracy works. Neither has ever had a bad word to say of Karl Rove.

            by QuickSilver on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 10:40:28 AM PDT

            •  What did they have to do with his

              security clearance?  Never heard that one before.

              by victoria2dc on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:29:27 AM PDT

              •  there was a widespread call by Democrats

                to revoke, or at least re-examine, Rove's security clearance in light of demonstrable violations of stated White House security policies. The Plame leak also violated those policies as well.

                It was blocked by GOP Senators and Members of Congress. Not a single one of them would get behind it. Not Collins, not Snowe, despite all their posturing about security. Is the RNC email system the real reason? They all knew about it.

                by QuickSilver on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:37:43 AM PDT

                •  I certainly missed that one!!!!! Thanks... n/t