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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 01:59 PM
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Does anyone know if Gannon testified to the Grand Jury?
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http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/fitzgeraldcialeakltr21005.pdf

February 10,2005
Mr. Patrick J. Fitzgerald
United States Attorney
US Attorney’s Office
219 S. Dearborn St.
Suite 5000
Chicago, IL 60656
Dear Mr. Fitzgerald:
We write to ask that you investigate the leak of a classified Central Intelligence Agency
memo containing the identity of undercover agent Valerie Plame to James D. Guckert, a member of the White House press corps. It appears that the White House was so focused on smearing the reputation of Ambassador Joseph Wilson, that it knowingly leaked his wife’s identity to a Republican activist posing as a journalist.
James D. Guckert, who operated under the false name “Jeff Gannon,” and may have
engaged in criminal activity, had been attending press events at the White House for up to three years. Mr. Guckert reportedly received an internal and classified CIA memo that revealed the identity of Ambassador Joseph Wilson’s wife. Because of the extremely sensitive nature of this leak, and its relation to the investigation you are conducting, we believe that you as special counsel are the most appropriate person to conduct the inquiry.
Under Department of Justice regulations, a special counsel should investigate when (1) a
“criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted,” (2) the investigation “by a United States Attorney Office or litigating Division of the Department of Justice would present a conflict of interest for the Department,” and (3) “it would be in the public interest to appoint an outside Special Counsel to assume responsibility for the matter.“’ In the present case all three factors have been met.

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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:04 PM
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1. This help?
The subpoena list:

A federal grand jury has subpoenaed White House records on administration contacts with more than two dozen journalists and news media outlets in a special investigation into the improper leak of a covert CIA official's identity to columnist Robert Novak last July. They include:

Robert Novak, "Crossfire," "Capital Gang" and the Chicago Sun-Times
Knut Royce and Timothy M. Phelps, Newsday
Walter Pincus, Richard Leiby, Mike Allen, Dana Priest and Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post
Matthew Cooper, John Dickerson, Massimo Calabresi, Michael Duffy and James Carney, Time magazine
Evan Thomas, Newsweek
Andrea Mitchell, "Meet the Press," NBC
Chris Matthews, "Hardball," MSNBC
Tim Russert, Campbell Brown, NBC
Nicholas D. Kristof, David E. Sanger and Judith Miller, The New York Times
Greg Hitt and Paul Gigot, The Wall Street Journal
John Solomon, The Associated Press
Jeff Gannon, Talon News
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:10 PM
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2. What's JimmyJeff going to say now?
That he's just a male prostitute? That wouldn't help; he must have some pillow talk.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:34 PM
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4. Can you imagine if this happened with Clinton?
A gay hustler pretending he is a reporter gets into the presidential
press conferences and briefings and helps in the outing of a CIA agent
and SPENDS THE NIGHT IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 03:25 PM
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5. No kidding. Where are the blue boxer shorts? (nt)
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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 05:50 PM
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7. maybe he attended a propaganda meeting that night?
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:33 PM
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3. Gannon has said that the FBI interviewed him at home
I don't know if he's ever appeared before the grand jury itself.
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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 05:49 PM
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6. wow thanks. So he did.
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