Ranking Judiciary Democrat issues statement regarding vote on Gannon

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Ranking Judiciary Democrat issues statement regarding vote on Gannon inquiry
The following statement of Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, was issued early Wednesday. Rep. Conyers has led the push, along with Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), to demand an inquiry into how the a discredited White House reporter and prostitute got access to the President. The Resolution of Inquiry will force a discussion and vote in the Judiciary Committee Wednesday starting at 10 a.m. on whether Congress will demand Bush agencies turn over credentialing information on the correspondent.


Gannon Resolution of Inquiry
March 16, 2005
We are here today because we have an Administration that is all too willing to flaunt the law, and a Congress that refuses to investigate even the most serious ethical transgressions. Whether it is torture at Abu Ghraib, sole source contracts with Haliburton, or the outing of a CIA operative, this Congress has been unwilling and unable to ask the hard questions or issue the difficult subpoenas.
We are here today because it simply defies credibility that a phony reporter, operating under an alias, who couldn’t get privileges in the House or Senate press gallery, could receives scores of consecutive White House “day passes,” without the intervention of someone very high up at the White House. Can anyone believe that while Pulitzer Prize winning journalists are being turned down for White House press passes, a fake journalist working for a Republican-controlled media front operation could receive virtually open-ended access to the White House press room in the absence of preferential treatment?

We are here today because the Administration has either rejected or ignored every bona fide request for information concerning Jeff Gannon. On February 9, Rep. Slaughter asked the White House how Gannon was able to obtain his special access - her request has been ignored. On February 10, Rep. Slaughter and I asked the same question of the Secret Service - we received a non-responsive response. On February 15, Rep. Slaughter and I filed a FOIA request with the Department of Homeland Security - again, no response. In the light of this stonewalling, we have no choice but to ask this Committee and this Congress to do its job and request these materials from the Administration.We are here today because we are simply unwilling to tolerate the continued manufacture of news by our government.


Taxpayers don’t want their money used to pay reporters to recycle Administration propaganda. Citizens can no longer tolerate paying reporters for their opinions while we can’t fund our jobs and poverty programs. Americans don’t want the White House press room to churn out releases that reporters like Jeff Gannon plagiarize and report as their own. What we have today is a government by fiat, not a system of checks and balances. If we wont investigate this scandal, where will we draw the line? If we don’t act now, when will we say enough is enough?

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1. Yes, enough most definately IS enough!

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2. Congress to do its job!

While they are at it they should impeach Rumfailed.


Rumsfailed Admitted to Violating Geneva Convention

Rumsfailed admitted in public on TV that when CIA Director Tenet requested that an Iraqi prisoner be sent to a secret Afghan/US Prison that Rumsfailed did so. After four months a DOD Attorney stated that this was an illegal act. Rumsfailed then ordered that this prisoner be sent back to Abu Graihib but the prisoner was purposefully not listed at that location, also an illegal act. Rumsfeld also admitted to signing orders for tougher interogation methods which violated the Geneva Conventions.

Rumfailed has commited at least three violations of the Geneva Convention thereby also violations of The Constitution of the USA. Recently it has been found out that even more detainees were "ghost detainees". The fact that Rumsfailed and Tenet have not been charged speaks volumes. If Congress wishes to garner any respect they should move forward with Rep. Rangle's Impeachment Declaration of Rumsfailed and also proscecute Ex. CIA Tenet.



Does the US, Govt., Congress, and the Justice Dept no longer abide by the Geneva Convention or the Constitution of the USA?

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3. Amen!

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4. excellent - but will MSM report on this?

Even more pathetic than the coverage it will get in MSM is the fact that Congres will once again DO NOTHING.