Rove to plea? Fitz presents Evidence to GJ this week

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Monday November 28, 2005 · 9:17 AM PST

2005/11/28 · 09:17

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Jason Leopold just posted over at truthout.org "Fitzgerald Targets Rove Again",

Get the popcorn. According to Jason the money quote

"[F]itzgerald will present evidence to the grand jury later this week, obtained from other witnesses who were interviewed by the Special Prosecutor or who testified, showing that Rove lied during the three times he testified under oath and that he made misleading statements to the Justice Department and FBI investigators in an attempt to cover up his role in the leak when he was first interviewed about it in 2003, the sources said

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Bush's Turkey: Stick a fork "He's Done"

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Monday November 21, 2005 · 1:16 PM PST

2005/11/21 · 13:16

Over at "The American Prospect online edition", Laura Rozen's essay on why Bush's presidency is over is certainly a must be read.

"He's Done" writes Rozen
Bush once brandished September 11 like a weapon against his critics. But in one dramatic recent week, it all caught up with him. The 9-11 era is now over.
[snip]
The details of the demise--the gruesome milestone, the indictment, the Senate Democrats' action-- are dramatic enough, given the stranglehold the administration has had on Washington since September 11. But the larger narrative is even more striking, and it shows much more emphatically that something profound has happened in Washington in recent weeks.

Yep. We found our cojones and we've given our eviction notice.

John Dean's Open Letter to Special Counsel Fitzgerald

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Friday November 18, 2005 · 12:33 PM PST

2005/11/18 · 12:33

John Dean posted today at Findlaw his open letter to Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald urging him that his focus is too narrow, his investigation should be widened.

Today Fitzgerald filed court papers seeking a New grand jury. Take out the broiler. It's Thanksgiving time.

Dean's letter is very interesting. Here are some 'right on the money' excerpts:

"The Watergate Precedent,
Even more troubling, from a historical point of view, is the fact that the narrowness of your investigation, which apparently is focusing on the Intelligence Protection Act (making it a crime to uncover the covert status of a CIA agent), plays right into the hands of the perpetrators in the Administration."

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Pre-War Memo: Aides Kept from Bush?

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Friday November 11, 2005 · 4:02 PM PST

2005/11/11 · 16:02

Over at War and Piece, Laura Rozen points to a new "bombshell" from Larry Wilkerson. Larry is the former Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell. He has levelled another damaging charge in a week where we have been discussing torture and the fixing of intel - lies that took us to war. Only today, as we remember and honor Veterans of previous wars and as well those in the current Iraq debacle, Bush cannot recall the several rationales he gave us for his BushCheney war.

Wilkerson, in a speech on November 7, is reported to have "told the audience of military officers and international lawyers gathered for a conference on international humanitarian law" that "a White House memo outlining the need for hundreds of thousands of troops for the Iraq invasion was kept from the president."

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Sen. Durbin, Congressman Miller Calls for Chalabi Subpoena

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Wednesday November 09, 2005 · 2:14 PM PST

2005/11/09 · 14:14

via Steve Clemons

"U.S. Senator Dick Durbin(D-IL) and Congressman George Miller (D-CA) today called for The Senate and House Intelligence Committees to subpoena visiting Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi..."

Wow. No citizens arrest required?

"Durbin and Miller also noted that there was no indication that the Senate Intelligence Committee will call Mr. Chalabi as a witness, despite promises made by Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS).." (snip) more after fold Read More

Two Ws: Behind the Lies and failure comes the Deluge

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Saturday November 05, 2005 · 7:14 PM PST

2005/11/05 · 19:14

The questions of the hour:
Can former Ambassador Joseph Wilson IV, husband of Valerie Palme and Col. Larry Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, ex Secretary of State, lead us to the truth and out of the darkness that has become the Iraq debacle and the Cheney hijacking?

Why was Saddam Hussein and his weakened army, boxed in by American and British air power, considered an imminent threat?

What was the role of key players; Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice - why did they persist in lying to the American people?

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REID zeros in on Cheney, "Circle It"

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Thursday November 03, 2005 · 6:19 PM PST

2005/11/03 · 18:19

Behind the scenes and in the Senate via "The Plank" we learn of Reid's combativeness. For those still in doubt Senator Reid is ready for the fight.

Perhaps it was Bush not consulting Senate Democrat Leaders on the Alito pick. One thing for sure, Senator Harry Reid is, umm, angry. Brillant Harry tallied his tally and seized control of Frist's agenda by the little used rule to close the Senate. Who said the minority has no clout under Parliamentary rules of procedure?

The Cheney-Rummy Cabal Players

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Tuesday November 01, 2005 · 10:49 AM PST

2005/11/01 · 10:49

I plead guilty to violating the rules. Maybe. This is a short diary but in my opinion well worth a look. In fact, imho, below you'll find a keepsake.

We have heard about Cheney's cabal, the forged Niger documents-those 16 words, who may be in, who said what to whom, where and when. WHIG, PNAC. Oh so, so many players who took part in the deception, yellow cake, mushroom clouds, all beating the drums to the Iraq war. It's hard work, keeping track. We have lost a lot of national treasure - all innocents laid out 6 x 6, and those destined for a life of ill health. All for Cheney's Halliburton profits.

So, via Steve Clemons and Tompaine, here is a chart to help keep track of all players who became Cheney's cabal helpers. Hope to see them all at a Hague War Crimes Trial soon.

In PDF http://www.tompaine.com/...
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FitzWatch: Kristol says Fitz "doesn't have to Indict"

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Friday October 21, 2005 · 6:36 PM PDT

2005/10/21 · 18:36

Bill Kristol's piece in the Weekly Standard 10.31.2005 is worth a read.

FITZGERALD'S MOMENT He doesn't have to indict anyone

Say What? "HE DOESN'T HAVE TO INDICT ANYONE"
Here is the money quote:
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"..Unless the prejury is clear-cut or the obstruction of justice willful and determined, we hope that the special prosecutor has the courage to end the inquiry without bringing indictments."

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UPDATE Powell's aide: Cheney 'Cabal' Hijacked

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Wednesday October 19, 2005 · 5:33 PM PDT

2005/10/19 · 17:33

Reported in tomorrow's FT, Financial Times, (10.20.05), is the speech given by Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson. Wilkerson is (aide) Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell. It's considered scathing. I'd say.
"Cheney 'cabal' hijacked foreign policy"
"Vice-President Dick Cheney and a handful of others had hijacked the government's foreign policy apparatus, deciding in secret to carry out policies that had left the US weaker and more isolated in the world... emphasis mine
[..]
"It also resulted in bitter battles in the administration among those excluded from the decisions"
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