Condi Refuses To Obey Subpoena; Waxman Says He's Delaying His Request For Her To Appear

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Condi Refuses to Obey Subpoena; Waxman Says He's Delaying His Request for Her to Appear

Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2007-06-13 02:46. Congress
Today, in letters to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former CIA Director George Tenet, Chairman Waxman explains that the previously scheduled hearing on the White House's use of pre-war intelligence regarding Iraq's nuclear program has been postponed while the Committee continues to interview senior government officials and review documents being provided by the CIA and State Department. The text of the letters follows:

June 12, 2007

Dear Madam Secretary:

I am writing to notify you that the Oversight Committee has postponed the hearing for which your testimony was subpoenaed, formerly scheduled for June 19, 2007, in order to allow additional time for the Committee to conduct interviews and review documents relating to the White House's use of the pre-war intelligence surrounding the claim that Iraq sought uranium from Africa, and other aspects of its alleged nuclear capability.

The Committee has been conducting interviews and depositions of senior government officials with knowledge of prewar intelligence about Iraq's nuclear program, including George Tenet, former Director of Central Intelligence; John McLaughlin, former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence; Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell; and Carl Ford, former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research. The Committee plans to conduct additional interviews over the coming weeks. In addition, the CIA and State Department have begun to provide important documents to the Committee.

I hope you will not be inconvenienced by this postponement. The interviews, depositions, and documents are illuminating the Committee's inquiry and will provide the predicate for a more thorough hearing with you.

The Committee will notify you of the new date for the hearing. If you have any questions, please contact me or David Rapallo or Theodore Chuang with the Committee staff at [phone].

Sincerely,

Henry A. Waxman

Chairman

Dear Mr. Tenet:

I am writing to notify you that the Oversight Committee has postponed the hearing in which you agreed to testify, formerly scheduled for June 19, 2007, in order to allow additional time for the Committee to conduct interviews and review documents relating to the White House's use of the pre-war intelligence surrounding the claim that Iraq sought uranium from Africa, and other aspects of its alleged nuclear capability.

The Committee has been conducting interviews and depositions of senior government officials with knowledge of prewar intelligence about Iraq's nuclear program, including John McLaughlin, former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence; Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell; and Carl Ford, former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research. The Committee plans to conduct additional interviews over the coming weeks. In addition, the CIA and State Department have begun to provide important documents to the Committee.

I hope you will not be inconvenienced by this postponement. The interviews, depositions, and documents are illuminating the Committee's inquiry and will provide the predicate for a more thorough hearing with you.

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[opihimoimoi]

1. OUCH.....Ya just know she ain't be sleeping all that well for a couple of MONTHS......YIKESSS

[cqo_000]

2. What will the next excuse be?

Waxman postponed the May 15 hearing to accommodate Condi's travel plans , now the June 19 hearing has been postponed indefinitely?

Condi has brushed off repeated requests for documents relevant to the Committee's inquiry.

She's now refusing to comply with a Subpoena.

Enough is enough , the committee should decide on a new date for her testimony and stick to it , if she fails to appear just haul her ass in!!!

[opihimoimoi]

9. Waxman is gathering AMMO for the big Showdown at the GOP CORRAL

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Whew! That was close!

We were right on the edge of taking a risk.

[Orsino]

4. "Halt! Or I'll yell 'Halt!' again!"

Next time we really mean it.

[SeattleGirl]

5. So, I guess Condi's shit don't stink. Must be nice.

F**king privledged bastids!

And please, Mr. Waxman, ionconvience the freakin' shit out of Condi! She doesn't deserve to NOT be inconvenienced!

[Solly Mack]

6. Whenever my cat would attempt a jump that ended with her landing badly

she would immediately compose herself and begin to lick her paw as if to say "I meant to do that"

[JTFrog]

7. We interupt this subpoena

to allow the Secretary of State to do the job she was supposed to do before leading us to war.

Got it.

*on edit* sorry misread that. I thought it said they were allowing her time to go back to look at information and do interviews, etc. I should have known better. All she needs to do to prepare is read Rove's script.

[WinkyDink]

8. Oh, brother. Way to strike fear into their hearts. NOT.

[blondeatlast]

10. A deft left jab at Ms. Rice here:

I hope you will not be inconvenienced by this postponement. The interviews, depositions, and documents are illuminating the Committee's inquiry and will provide the predicate for a more thorough hearing with you.

Will you need a handler this time, Ms. Rice?

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