Congrats DU'ers! House Dem Leader puts our release on DSM!

[Kevin Spidel]

House Leader Pelosi sent out press about the hearing! The Ohio hearings did not get full support from the leadership of the party. This shows that we have become mainstream in this issue in regards to Democrats! Thank you Pelosi for supporting this hearing, AND doing press on it!


Congressman Conyers and Democratic Members of the Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. to discuss the Downing Street Memo, a classified memo describing efforts by the Bush Administration to manipulate intelligence data to justify the war in Iraq.



--Brendan Daly





Congressman John Conyers, Jr.

Michigan, 14th District



Ranking Member, U.S. House Judiciary Committee

Dean, Congressional Black Caucus




For Immediate Release: Contact: Dena Graziano, [phone]

June 15, 2005





DEMOCRATS TO HOLD HEARING TOMORROW ON DOWNING STREET MEMO



WASHINGTON, D.C.: On Thursday, Rep. John Conyers, Jr., and other Democratic Members will hold a forum tomorrow afternoon concerning the Downing Street Memo and the efforts to cook the books on pre-war intelligence. On May 1, a Sunday London Times article disclosed the details of a classified memo, recounting the minutes of a July 2002 meeting of Prime Minister Tony Blair that describes an American President already committed to going to war in the summer of 2002, despite contrary assertions to the public and the Congress. The memo also describes apparent efforts by the Bush Administration to manipulate intelligence data to justify the war. The hearing tomorrow will attempt to answer the serious constitutional questions raised by these revelations and will further investigate the Administration's actions in the lead up to war with new documents that further corroborate the Downing Street Memo.



Directly following the hearing, Rep. Conyers, Members of Congress, and concerned citizens plan to hand deliver to the White House the petition and signatures of over a half million Americans that have joined Rep. Conyers in demanding that President Bush answer questions about his secret plan for the Iraq war.



WHAT: Democratic hearing on Downing Street Memo and Pre-war intelligence



WHEN: Thursday, June 16, 2005, 2:30 p.m.



WHERE: HC-9, The Capitol



WITNESSES: Joe Wilson, Former Ambassador and WMD Expert

Ray McGovern, 27-year CIA analyst who prepared regular Presidential briefings during the Reagan administration

Cindy Sheehan, mother of fallen American soldier

John Bonifaz, constitutional lawyer

[DemReadingDU]

1. Good news!

I'll be watching C-Span!

[Pithy Cherub]

2. Most Excellent!

Conyers :loveya: is really ensuring that everything sees the light of day and culminating when he delivers the letter with signatures!
The witness list is very compelling:popcorn:.

Tomorrow should be a historical day and a very sad one. It did not have to happen at all!

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Thank you indeed!

Hurray! Things must've turned out in record numbers for them to be doing that. Hmmm, what happened to Bushies mandate and political capital?