HARMAN RELEASES STATEMENT AND TEXT OF UNCLASSIFIED CUNNINGHAM REPORT

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http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ca36_harman/October_17_06.html

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-Venice), Ranking Member on the House Intelligence Committee, today issued the following statement on the release of the Executive Summary of the Committee’s Special Counsel Report on Former Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham. The Executive Summary is attached:

In January 2006, Chairman Peter Hoekstra and I announced an internal investigation to determine whether Duke Cunningham improperly used Committee staff or resources to facilitate the bribery scheme for which he was convicted and sentenced to prison.

The Chairman and I hired an outside non-partisan Special Counsel, Michael Stern, to conduct the inquiry. Stern completed a 59-page report in May and briefed the full Committee shortly thereafter. In July, at the request of the Chairman and me, Stern produced a shorter 23-page, unclassified version of his findings, as well as a 5-page Executive Summary.

For the last several months, completion and release of the Report has been held up over a disagreement between the Chairman and me regarding subpoenaing Duke Cunningham. The Chairman and I agreed that we would subpoena Cunningham; however, the Chairman then decided not to issue the subpoena, a decision with which I strongly disagree.

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1. More Red Flags That Repubs Ignored

I guess they're color blind. "I thought they were GREEN flags, I swear!"

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2. Think the M$M will update the masses?

I seriously doubt it.