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McClellan to Testify in Congress
Scott McClellan will go to Capitol Hill to testify next week about his allegation that Vice President Cheney "directed" him to lie about who leaked CIA a operative's identity.
From AP:
McClellan's lawyers said he has accepted House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers' invitation to testify June 20. The attorneys said McClellan will appear and be sworn during the proceedings.McClellan said he was misled by others, possibly including Cheney, about the role of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in the leak and has said publicly that Bush and Cheney "directed me to go out there and exonerate Scooter Libby."













Let's hope he's still alive on June 20.
June 9, 2008 4:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
If it happens it should be interesting, but I'll believe it when I see it.
I won't be holding my breath, but even if he does testify big deal. So what?
Even if JimmyJeffs "friend" spills all the beans and accuses Cheny/Bush of ordering the burning of our own spy for political reasons, so what.
There will be no punishment. Pelosi, that shining example of honoring the US Contitution has already taken impeachment off the table. The US Justice Dept sure as hell won't do anything.
All this will generate is a lot of VERY NASTY LETTERS and a bunch of sound and fury on the lefty blogs. Big fuckin deal.
There are many reasons why I have become the most cynical man in America.
Bah!!!
June 9, 2008 5:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Musta got turned down again last weekend...
Getting this stuff out in the sun cannot be bad.
June 9, 2008 5:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ten bucks says McClellan makes the Dems look like fools under Repug questioning. Scratch that, bigger fools.
When are they going to impeach?
June 9, 2008 5:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
It is important when McClellan testifies that he be asked specific questions and be made to give specifics of time, place, form and event of the illegal/improper actions he alleges instead of being allowed to make a vague statement of what he observed or heard.
While the traditional media gets all excited every time McClellan opens his mouth he does not seem to provide any specifics. He makes comments and innuendos which get rehashed and discussed at length by blow-dried talking heads who love shiny objects and are too lazy to dig for the gems under the surface.
He needs a severe cross examination by someone on the Committee who is more interested in getting at the truth of this horrible administration than just getting sound bites out of ScottyBoy.
While Scotty might be coming clean after all these years he still has a lot of atoning to do before we accept him back into civilized society. He can start to make up the damage by giving specifics of how Rove, et al, made specific comments, conspired at specific times to do evil, etc. Specifics, please.
June 9, 2008 5:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh this is going to be nice and juicy.
I'm just wondering what bits of info they're waiting for to make their case airtight for impeachment. That has to be why they dragged their feet for so long on the matter.
June 9, 2008 5:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
June 9, 2008 5:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lily Tomlin had it right years ago, and it still holds: "No matter how cynical you get, you can't keep up."
June 9, 2008 6:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Question for Congressman Wexler...
Sir, is there any precedence for impeaching an elected official AFTER he/she is no longer officiating?
If the president or vice president is not impeached before they leave office, is there any recource for Congress or the Senate... or do all these hearings and investigations just become moot points and historical lessons?
Thanks...
June 9, 2008 8:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Aaarghhh! Cheney ordered the outing of Plame! That is obvious from the Libby trial and it is a much bigger issue than what he said to McClellan.
June 9, 2008 8:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hope Scotty's got bodyguards and a food taster because there's not much I would put past the Cheney junta.
June 9, 2008 8:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
IS anyone watching Kucinich on C-SPAN?
June 9, 2008 9:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
johnny-
not that i know of-just a chance of civil suits brought by individuals...
June 10, 2008 12:22 AM | Reply | Permalink
I have a sneaking suspicion that if it were Dems who got us into Iraq/Plame/etc...the Repugs would have gone after them without much hesitation-esecially if the Dem Pres. had a 28% approval rating. Democrats just seem to lack the killer instinct...
June 10, 2008 12:25 AM | Reply | Permalink
To the best of my knowledge, POTUS and VPOTUS are responsible for crimes committed in office, unless pardoned.
During the term in office, only Congress can address crimes or potential crimes via the impeachment process, but once out of office they are answerable to the normal criminal justice process like any other American.
Is that the case?
June 10, 2008 7:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
Regarding post presidency responsibility unless pardoned.
Maybe Bush can pardon the entire administration for all crimes even before the crimes are known. Retroactive immunity so that future administrations can protect the country without the fear of lawsuits which only benefit greedy trial attorneys.
Laws are such a hindrance when it comes to the never ending struggle to protect the country from terr-ists.
June 10, 2008 2:11 PM | Reply | Permalink