says Waxman has schedule a meeting on Iraq corruption for tomorrow:

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Posted by seafan on Wed Sep-26-07 10:13 PM






House Panel Says Rice Is Hindering Its Work

Wednesday, September 26, 2007; Page A15


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The dispute began late last month when the Nation magazine published an account of an internal memo by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The 82-page draft document, which was subsequently widely leaked, said the Iraqi government was "not capable of even rudimentary enforcement" of its own anticorruption laws and would not meet "any reasonable timeline" for improvement.

On Sept. 10, Waxman requested copies of all State Department reports on the subject and interviews with "knowledgeable" department officials. Saying it received no response, the committee then issued subpoenas on Sept. 20 for the documents and three officials.

Interviews with the officials were finally scheduled for yesterday, but on Monday night, Waxman's letter said, the State Department sent an e-mail warning the committee of "redlines" that should not be crossed in the unclassified sessions. They included: "broad statements/assessments which judge or characterize the quality of Iraqi governance or the ability/determination of the Iraqi government to deal with corruption, including allegations that investigations were thwarted/stifled for political reasons; statements/allegations concerning actions by specific individuals, such as the Prime Minister or other officials, or regarding investigations of such officials."

"The scope of this prohibition is breathtaking," Waxman wrote to Rice, describing yesterday's staff interview with Vincent Foulk of the State Department's Office of Accountability and Transparency as "virtually worthless." The committee has scheduled a hearing for tomorrow on Iraqi government corruption.

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[Lindsay]

1. According to the committee's web page,

the hearing has been postponed until Oct. 4.

http://oversight.house.gov/