CONYERS: Accuses Bush Admin & Gonzales Of Conspiring To Illegally Leak Classified Info

[kpete]

Essentially, he accuses Gonzo of being a conspirator in the illegal leaking of classified information! Priceless.

Conyers hints at Bush leak on spying to save Gonzales Michael Roston
Published: Monday July 30, 2007


In a request for information Monday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers suggested the Bush administration may have leaked classified information on US spying programs in order to rescuse embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales from perjury charges.

"We are concerned that this disclosure, stemming from 'current and former officials briefed on the program,' may simply be an effort to respond via Administration leak of potentially classified information designed to rehabilitate previous controversial testimony by you," Conyers, a Michigan Democrat, wrote to the Attorney General.

He went on, "In this regard, we would inquire whether you or anyone in your front office has any knowledge or involvement in these leaks, and if so, who and the nature thereof."

Rep. Conyers was referring to Sunday stories in the Washington Post and New York Times. The reports suggested that the 'intelligence activities' Gonzales insisted before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week were distinct from the National Security Agency's 'warrantless wiretapping' or Terrorist Surveillance Program were part of a broad data mining effort.

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Conyers_hints_at_Bush_leak_on_0730.html

[kpete]

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And Conyers make the point that the Admin has leaked the very information it says it cannot give to Congress b/c it’s so super super secret.