McClellan: 'Happy' to testify about White House

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Friday he would be willing to comply with a possible congressional subpoena to discuss the administration's handling of pre-war intelligence, telling CNN's Wolf Blitzer he'd be "happy to talk if I am asked to testify."

...snip...

Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Florida, said Friday McClellan, who left the White House in 2006, would be able to provide valuable insight into a number of issues under investigation by the House Judiciary Committee.

The committee is looking into the use of prewar intelligence, whether politics was behind the firing of eight U.S. attorneys in 2006 and the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson's identity, Wexler, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, said.

In the book, McClellan says President Bush told him he had authorized the leaking of Plame Wilson's identity to the press.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/30/mcclellan.wolf.interview/index.html

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Never kick a dog that still has its teeth...

[havocmom]

1. Hope he has some good muscle to provide for his security

or some really good shit on tape with many copies all over the place to keep cheney at bay.

[TheDebbieDee]

2. I HOPE he doesn't hitch rides on small aircraft..........

I wouldn't want him to get "Wellstoned"........

[maddezmom]

3. Will be interesting to see if the WH tries to block Scott's testimony

~snip~
the White House 'hypothetically" could block such an appearance.

"The law would allow for that," she said. "But by saying that I'm not suggesting that that's what would happen or not happen."

Perino also said White House lawyers routinely had reviewed the book before publication "for any possible classified information or any needs for executive privilege to be asserted."

"None of them were in this case," she said, adding, "So we've known for a little bit of time that this was coming."

Perino also said she "absolutely" has access to meetings and information she needs to do her job. McClellan complains in his book that he often was kept out of the loop, rendering him unable to adequately inform the press and public.

"It's been my experience as press secretary that you can be as in or out of the loop as you choose to be," Perino said.

more:http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/05/30/mcclellan_testimony_democrats.html

[Warpy]

5. You bet they will

Whether or not the corrupted USSC will allow them to get away with it is another matter and will have to be addressed by impeaching corrupt justices if they are.

[Connie_Corleone]

4. Get some bodyguards and stay out of small planes.

[BayjanDem]

6. Get someone to start your car Scott

[Wednesdays]

7. Word will get out among M$M presstitutes that he's getting very depressed

And, well gee...all the pressure got to him. He'll end things just like Debra Jeane Palfrey...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tzvrgQ5hOM4&feature=related

:scared:

[roamer65]

8. Hey Scottie, don't accept any hunting trip invites from Deadeye Dick.

[Haole Girl]

9. Good. I hope impeachment proceedings will soon follow, too.

They are long over due.

And the country - and world - cannot really afford to wait until January for a new Administration.

:grr:

[Akoto]

10. I wonder what caused the sudden shift in his mindset.

All those years, he kept quiet, and now he's suddenly ready and willing expose the administration's actions.

[Orsino]

11. That's great, because McClellan's happiness is imperative.

I don't want him inconvenienced in the slightest, you liberal assholes. A white man is talking!

:eyes:

[Festivito]

12. Let me see if I can talk so long, they'll forget the question...

Add that the press is not looking at its own self in a story about its own self.

Oh, the horror another strongly worded letter might bring! (Arggghhh!)