Conyers from 2003 on Rove:

[The Straight Story]

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Hoeffel) for his consideration, and I commend him on the special order that brings him to the floor of the House of Representatives at this hour.

Mr. Speaker, I will finish the letter that I sent to Karl Rove calling for his resignation.

``Recent reports indicate that you told the journalist, Chris Matthews, and perhaps others, that Mr. Wilson's wife and her undercover status were `fair game.' Evan Thomas and Michael Isikoff, Newsweek Magazine, October 13, 2003. Since these initial allegations have arisen, neither the White House nor your office have denied your involvement in furthering the leak. Repeated press inquiries into this matter have been rebuffed with technical jargon and narrow legalisms, instead of referring to the broader ethical issues. Indeed, in the same article, it appears a White House source acknowledged that you contacted Mr. Matthews and other journalists, indicating that `it was reasonable to discuss who sent Mr. Wilson to the African country of Niger.'

``It should be noted that these actions may well have violated 18 U.S.C. section 793, which prohibits the willful or grossly negligent distribution of national defense information that could possibly be used against the United States. The law states that even if you lawfully knew of Mr. Wilson's wife's status, you were obliged to come forward and report the press leak to the proper authorities, not inflame the situation by encouraging further dissemination.''

Another section of the law, 18 U.S.C. section 793(f) is used for the basis of that remark.

``Larger than whether any one statute can be read to find criminal responsibility is the issue of whether officials of your stature will be allowed to use their influence to intimidate whistleblowers.

``Over three decades ago, our great Nation was scarred by an administration that would stop at nothing to smear and intimidate its critics. I do not believe the Nation will countenance a repeat of such activities. For your role in this campaign, I would ask that you resign immediately.''

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his cooperation.

http://www.house.gov/abercrombie/fa.iraqwatch.october.h...

[WhoWantsToBeOccupied]

1. I love John Conyers so, so much

A true hero

[orleans]

2. i love conyers but obviously this letter did little good.

at least he takes a stand.

[paineinthearse]

3. John Conyers is a genius

But I am at a loss trying to understand the level of support to this and other JC-related posts.

Generally a core of people vote and get them onto the "greatest" page, but they do not generate much discussion.

:shrug:

[The Straight Story]

4. Maybe his shock value has wore off :)

In other words, people trust him enough that he will do the right thing they just glance at a thread and go 'ok, he is kicking butt'. It is when people don't do what we expect them to do that we generate a lot of response (like msm in a way as well, they seem to cover things which are not expected on a daily basis).

I dunno, maybe I am wrong, just my 2 cents.