AP: House Panel Seeks Bush Transcript in CIA Leak Case

[Catherine Vincent]

Source: Associated Press

House panel seeks Bush transcript in CIA leak case
By LAURIE KELLMAN – 2 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel on Friday subpoenaed Attorney General Michael Mukasey for transcripts of a prosecutor's interviews with President Bush and Vice President Cheney during the federal probe into the leak of a CIA agent's identity.

Signed by Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., the subpoena requests all documents from the office of former Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald relating to interviews of Bush, Cheney and their aides that were conducted outside the presence of the grand jury investigating the leak.

The subpoena requests similar accounts of interviews with former presidential adviser Karl Rove; I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's former chief of staff; former White House spokesman Scott McClellan; former presidential counselor Dan Bartlett; and former White House Chief of Staff Andy Card.

Conyers also subpoenaed Justice Department documents on a broad range of other matters, including a phone jamming investigation in New Hampshire, the replacement of a U.S. attorney in Minnesota and the activities of the department's Civil Rights Division. Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd said the agency was reviewing the subpoena.



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It appears they are trying to double check the transcripts to verify what McClellan told them about Bush not knowing that Valerie Plame was outed.

[CubicleGuy]

1. Let me guess:

A claim of Executive Privilege will be arriving shortly.

[Indenturedebtor]

2. Followed by a strongly worded letter, some idle threats, and Pelosi mumbling about a table n/t

[Bandit]

3. Not sure the Just Us Dept falls under the Administration

And what is being subpoenaed is not privileged conversation between the pResident and his Advisor's. It is official records of testimony.. Hard to say those fall under Executive Privilege

[Kingofalldems]

4. I wonder if Mr. Fitz has a copy