Impeachment clock advances
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by Dave Lindorff
04/10/06
The national impeachment clock moved several minutes closer to midnight this week, with word from special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's Plamegate investigation that I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's leaking of classified information to New York Times reporter Judy Miller and other journalists was approved by President George Bush himself. What makes this latest revelation important is that if Libby's claim is correct, it means the president has lied about his role, both to Fitzgerald's federal investigators, and to the American people. The former act -- lying to a federal agent -- could be a federal crime even though the president was not under oath. The latter -- lying to the American people -- was voted out of the House Judiciary Committee as an impeachable offense in the case of President Richard Nixon (who resigned when supporters told him he was likely to lose in the full house and to be ousted by the Senate). While not a statutory crime, Congress has long held that lying to the public can be a 'high crime' meriting of impeachment under the Constitution...
http://www.fmnn.com/Analysis/154/4435/2006-04-10.asp?nid=4435&wid=154
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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by Dave Lindorff
04/10/06
The national impeachment clock moved several minutes closer to midnight this week, with word from special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's Plamegate investigation that I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's leaking of classified information to New York Times reporter Judy Miller and other journalists was approved by President George Bush himself. What makes this latest revelation important is that if Libby's claim is correct, it means the president has lied about his role, both to Fitzgerald's federal investigators, and to the American people. The former act -- lying to a federal agent -- could be a federal crime even though the president was not under oath. The latter -- lying to the American people -- was voted out of the House Judiciary Committee as an impeachable offense in the case of President Richard Nixon (who resigned when supporters told him he was likely to lose in the full house and to be ousted by the Senate). While not a statutory crime, Congress has long held that lying to the public can be a 'high crime' meriting of impeachment under the Constitution...
http://www.fmnn.com/Analysis/154/4435/2006-04-10.asp?nid=4435&wid=154
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
rudkla - 10. Apr, 17:28
