Nadler: Fitzgerald Must Broaden Investigation

[MellowOne]

“Did the Bush Administration deliberately mislead Congress about the war?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In light of recent developments in the CIA leak investigation and other recent revelations, Congressman Jerrold Nadler today called for Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald to expand his investigation to include a criminal investigation to examine whether the President, the Vice President, and members of the White House Iraq Group conspired to deliberately deceive Congress into authorizing the war in Iraq.


“The CIA leak issue is only the tip of the iceberg,” Congressman Nadler said. “This is looking increasingly like a White House conspiracy aimed at misleading our country into war – in part by manufacturing now-refuted evidence in support of its rationale, in part by smearing and silencing critics, and in part by manipulating media complicity. There is mounting evidence that there may have been a well-orchestrated effort by the President, the Vice President, and other top White House officials to lie to Congress in order to get its support for the Iraq War.”
It is a crime to lie to Congress under several federal statutes. Congressman Nadler requested that Special Counsel Fitzgerald follow the leads he has already discovered and broaden his investigation to include charges of lying to Congress. In his letter to Acting Deputy Attorney General McCallum asking for a broadening of Special Counsel Fitzgerald’s investigation, Nadler cited the President’s infamous reference to African Uranium in the 2003 State of the Union Address, reports of the White House Iraq Group’s singular mission to sell the war at all costs, assertions made in the “Downing Street Memo,” and reporters’ own accounts of media manipulation.


“Honest, if mistaken, reliance on faulty intelligence to convince Congress to authorize a war is bad enough,” Congressman Nadler wrote in his letter to McCallum. “But, if, as mounting evidence is tending to show, Administration officials deliberately deceived Congress and the American people, this would constitute a criminal conspiracy against the entire country.”


“We are no longer just talking about a Republican culture of corruption and cronyism,” Nadler added. “We now have reason to believe that high crimes may have been committed at the highest level, wrongdoing that may have led us to war and imperiled our national security.”


Congressman Nadler demanded answers to the following questions in his letter to McCallum:


http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ny08_nadler/FitzgeraldwarMemo102005.html

[babylonsister]

1. Good for him! Keep the pressure on! I want to see

a Congressional investigation!

[Greybnk48]

2. I could not agree more

this is the real issue and thanks to Nadler for clearly articulating it.

[KoKo]

3. I read he had 34 signers to his letter to Fitz asking for a "report" to be

made to Congress. Fitz said he can't do a report to Congress. I applaud Nadler and the others for requesting Fitz to expand investigation.

I wonder how many Dems signed onto this one...and if every Dem in Congress signed on...would it matter? We don't have power...unless we could get the Repugs to sign on.

[MellowOne]

7. Dems don't have power

But what about the American people? If people don't have any power then we aren't the country by the people. Why can't we as a nation request an investigation? One person can make a difference, look at Rosa Parks and what she did with one simple act or Cindy Sheenan. If millions of us could come together, we could make some noise. We can't let this just simply slip away. It has to be kept before the public.

[Supersedeas]

4. This is EXACTLY what the DEMOCRATIC 'leadership' should be saying!!!!

[dennis4868]

5. but but but....

if they did that they would be hurting Bush's feelings....

[LiberalMind]

6. Good for him

It's about time dems started standing up to criminals like Bush.

[newyawker99]

8. Hi LiberalMind!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: