CIA Leak Records From White House Sought (Federal grand jury)

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http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-white-house-subpoena,0,2302317.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

NEW YORK -- A federal grand jury that is probing the leak of a CIA officer's identity has subpoenaed the records of telephone calls made from Air Force One the week before the name of the officer was published in a July newspaper column.

Newsday reports in its Friday editions that the three subpoenas to President Bush's Executive Office also seek the July records created by an internal task force called the White House Iraq Group, which was created to publicize the threat of Saddam Hussein.

In addition, the grand jury wants the transcript of a White House spokesman's Nigeria press briefing, a list of birthday reception guest of a former president, and records of White House contacts with more than two dozen journalists and news organizations.

The subpoenas were issued to the White House on Jan. 22. The grand jury is attempting to find out if a federal law was violated that prohibits the intentional disclosure of the identity of an undercover agent by officials with security clearances.

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[West Coast Democrat]

1. I posted this in GD earlier today

and it got locked for some reason, but it's a huge story!

The White House "Iraq Group"???

Air Force One phone records???

This is a big deal!

[Leilani]

2. It is a big deal

& nobody but Newsday is reporting this?

And of course all the talking heads are covering is Martha Stewart.

It makes me furious!

[Thucydides]

3. I thought I saw it somewhere else N/T

:kick:

[lancdem]

7. I think there's an AP story about the subpoenas

[Deb]

6. Depiction of Threat Outgrew Supporting Evidence

"The escalation of nuclear rhetoric a year ago, including the introduction of the term "mushroom cloud" into the debate, coincided with the formation of a White House Iraq Group, or WHIG, a task force assigned to "educate the public" about the threat from Hussein, as a participant put it."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A39500-2003Aug9?language=printer

I seem to remember a post about a double meaning of WHIG.(WHIG party)

[TacticalPeek]

4. Early thread.

Air Force One phone records subpoenaed

[NashVegas]

10. This is a Duplicate

of that story. ie, this is an AP story about the Newsday story.

fun how that works.

[TacticalPeek]

11. There's a couple of variants seeping thru newspapers, etc.

A later one adds Scotty's responses today - "Don't know nuttin bout no 5th amendment (don't ask don't tell, probably never find them)."

[pscot]

5. January 22?

Seems like that's quite a while ago. They can't stiff a grand jury, can they?

[TacticalPeek]

8. 9 to 0.

[David Zephyr]

9. Kick!

:kick:

[Just Me]

12. Nice *smile*,...the story is spreading!!!

Let us hope it gets some gas and travels further!!! :D