Edwards Demands Fitzgerald Investigate Bush on Iraq

[kpete]

Edwards Demands Fitzgerald Investigate Bush on Iraq
by philgoblue
Fri Apr 21, 2006 at 11:22:59 AM PDT
In an email Senator Edwards sent today, he asks each of us to sign his letter to Alberto Gonzalez demanding that Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald be empowered to investigate the President's role in manipulating intelligence on Iraq:

Dear Friend,

Over the past few weeks, the investigation into the leak of CIA secrets on Iraq has produced disturbing new information. Court filings in the Scooter Libby case have connected both President Bush and Vice President Cheney with an effort to selectively disclose classified and highly flawed intelligence to the media in order to discredit people who were asking legitimate questions about the Iraq invasion. The White House even admitted that President Bush himself authorized the disclosure.

Now that he is firmly linked to this deepening scandal, it's time for President Bush to level with the American people about his role in this egregious manipulation of sensitive intelligence. But you and I know he's not going to do it. And we know that the Republican-controlled Congress will not hold him accountable either.

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald may very well be the only person who can shed light on what really happened and ensure accountability. What he needs now is our support to expand the scope of his investigation to specifically include whether the President broke the law. Let's put our online community to work and together demand that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales allow Mr. Fitzgerald to get to the bottom of this. No one should be above the law. It's time we demand real accountability. Please the sign the letter now.

http://oneamericacommittee.com/action/sign-petitions/email/realaccountability/
more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/21/142259/047

[spanone]

1. Done.

[KoKo]

2. Yikes! Is this a good idea?

It might get the Repugs in a frenzy just when Fitz is working carefully on making his case.... :shrug:

The Right Wing is just accepting that their P-Resident is an idiot and this might rally them around him and botch Fitz's work by making the focus on him (Fitz)rather than the Criminal Enterprise.

[debbierlus]

4. Are you kidding?

Approval ratings at 36%!

The VAST majority HATES Bush.

[KoKo]

8. Assistant Attorney General Comey gave Fitz all powers he needed....

to go as far as it took. That's why I think this might be worrysome....

[stillcool]

16. all the powers he needed......

to investigate the outing of a CIA agent. Not to investigate the reasons for going to war.

[KoKo]

19. Outing of the CIA agent has to do with the reasons for going to war...

and he may uncover enough that if we can take back Congress in 06 that we can have a broader investigation with an "Independent Prosecutor."

There's no way Gonzales will give Fitz some declared objective over what he already has at this point just to satisfy what we want.

[stillcool]

21. well....whatever he 'uncovers'...

that is not related to the investigation of the outing of a CIA agent, will not be known by anyone, in 2006 or any other time. As far as Gonzalez, there is a snowballs chance in hell...but, would you prefer doing nothing? Don't you think, that just having the buzz in the public forum is a benefit?

Clearly, there is precedent for a special prosecutor’s mandate to be expanded when he comes across further wrongdoing in the course of an investigation. I can think of no better time for doing this than right now. This case has all the elements of becoming one of the most serious breaches of the public trust in our nation’s history - with consequences that we are all too familiar with.

The facts of President Bush’s involvement, and the extent to which he manipulated intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraq, are not going to come out unless his actions are subject to an independent investigation.

[KoKo]

23. Hey...I'm not saying folks shouldn't sign his petition...just think it's

sort of bad timing. Gonzales was part of the run up to Iraq as Bushies personal attorney. So, he should be recused from any action. And, Edwards would know that as an attorney...so it's kind of a hollow jesture...but if you guys think it will work...more power to him..

Just don't want it to backfire on Fitz and stir up the Repugs to start a Swift Boat on him to save their drowning Emperor Pissy Pants and his fawning criminal Attorney General.

[acmavm]

6. Well letting the pointy-earred buffoon get away with murder

hasn't done us too well so far.

[rodeodance]

9. n

[acmavm]

3. Done (even though I'm supposed to be working).

[blm]

5. He should add that Fitz NEEDS to put Sen Pat Roberts under oath, too.

Especially since Roberts wrote Rove's talking points against Wilson into the official Senate Report on Iraq Intel in an addendum attached to the report.

[stillcool]

7. done....

wish we could bypass Gonazalez...

[wordpix]

10. "wish we could bypass Gonzalez"---you mean *'s personal AG?

[rodeodance]

11. done. One America sounds good to me.

[IndyOp]

12. Yeah Edwards! Yeah Kpete! I was just about to post this... (n/t)

It's a shame Congress can't do it, but hell they can't even censure Bush...

:grr:

[wordpix]

13. done & in answer to q re: whether this is wise, I say YES. We need to

GET THE CRIMINALS OUT OF OFFICE NOW while they're down. If we let them get back on their feet, they could win Congress again in '06 and pRes in '08. We HAVE to be aggressive in dealing with repukes who will stop at nothing to get their warmongering takeover of the nation and world accomplished.

:thumbsup: :kick:

[wtbymark]

14. Done n/t

[man4allcats]

15. Thank you for posting this.

I have signed. To me, this is the seminal issue in the whole Bush administration; i.e., forcing this little bastard into accountability for his actions. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[foreverdem]

17. Done

If Fitz is going to get to the truth, it should be the whole truth. Take it all the way.

[jbnow]

18. Fitz will do

what Fitz will do.

I'd like him to investigate more but don't think that this is the way to go.

He already said this investigation is not on the war when he did Libby indictments. If it all comes up as part of his investigation in what he was given to do he'll do it. But it isn't for Edwards or us to call on him to do.

Just my opinion.

[stillcool]

22. Who should we call on to investigate criminality?...

Clearly, there is precedent for a special prosecutor’s mandate to be expanded when he comes across further wrongdoing in the course of an investigation. I can think of no better time for doing this than right now. This case has all the elements of becoming one of the most serious breaches of the public trust in our nation’s history - with consequences that we are all too familiar with.

The facts of President Bush’s involvement, and the extent to which he manipulated intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraq, are not going to come out unless his actions are subject to an independent investigation

[ProSense]

20. Excellent!

Kerry/Edwards called for a special prosecutor to investigate the CIA leak during the campaign.

[Imagevision]

24. Edwards is smart, keep the attack on Bushco!! question authority!!

[jbfam4]

25. Fitz wants to get to the top.

Fitz starts near the bottom and goes to the top as in Illinois....Bush wanted to get to the bottom of the leak, but Fitz wants to get to the top.

[shadowknows69]

26. Go Edwards

You may win my primary vote again Senator.