Dean on Traitorgate

[Capn Sunshine]

At least the Dems are keeping the heat on.Media is asleep at the wheel.

STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR HOWARD DEAN, M.D. ON TODAY'S REPORTS ON WILSON
INVESTIGATION

HOWARD COUNTY, IA --"News today that the head of the Justice
Department's criminal division admitted to the Senate that Attorney General Ashcroft is taking more of a hands-on role in the investigation of the Ambassador Wilson matter is a disturbing revelation.

"The Justice Department and the White House must stop the practice of allowing the fox to guard the henhouse. Attorney General Ashcroft has a conflict of interest in investigating the White House, and he knows it. As the top law enforcer in the land, who took an oath to uphold the law, he must appoint an independent investigator, or the justice he is charged with pursuing will be severely undermined.

"I renew my call for the Bush administration to govern with the honor and integrity that they so frequently promised the American people during their campaign."

[Qutzupalotl]

1. Thank you, Howard!

"the White House must stop the practice of allowing the fox to guard the henhouse."

That SO needs to be said, many times!

[Cha]

9. "the White House must stop the practice of allowing the fox to guard the

hen house."

There I said it again!

[Woodstock]

2. link?

[WilliamPitt]

3. Link?

[Capn Sunshine]

7. You know I work for the campaign, right?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 22, 2003

Contact:
Dean for America Press Office
[e-mail]

Its a press release.

PM me for the phone number if you want it.

[Cha]

4. I like the way Dean rubs it in with..

"I renew my call for the Bush administration to govern with the honor and integrity that they so frequently promised the American people during their campaign."

[9215]

5. He's the only one doing it.

His combative style is a real relief.

[Stephanie]

6. Did you see this in the NY Times today?

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/22/politics/22LEAK.html

Ashcroft Briefed Regularly on Inquiry Into C.I.A. Leak
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Published: October 22, 2003

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 — Attorney General John Ashcroft's top aides have regularly briefed him on key details in the investigation into the disclosure of a C.I.A. officer's identity, including the identities of those interviewed by the F.B.I., a senior Justice Department official told members of Congress on Tuesday.

Mr. Ashcroft's regular, detailed briefings suggest that he has taken a more hands-on role in the politically charged investigation than the department had acknowledged. Senate Democrats said the arrangement threatened to compromise the independence of the investigation, a contention that Justice Department officials rejected.

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But Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, said he was troubled to learn from Mr. Wray at Tuesday's hearing that the attorney general is receiving regular reports on the status of the inquiry and has been told whom the F.B.I. is interviewing. Mr. Schumer said the attorney general's close personal and political ties to the White House pose a potential conflict if Mr. Ashcroft knows the White House officials investigators plan to interview.

"When the line prosecutors know that the attorney general knows what they are doing, it could hamper their independence," Mr. Schumer said in an interview. "It means someone is watching over them, and that's not what we want in a case like this. It has a chilling effect, and it makes the case for Ashcroft recusing himself stronger." <more>

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8. So busting Tommy Chong and equally

non existent threats to our Country doesn't keep ashcroft busy enough these days?