Privilege Claim Is Possible in Leak Probe

papau

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:31 AM
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Privilege Claim Is Possible in Leak Probe

Edited on Tue Oct-07-03 01:54 PM by Skinner

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Hawkeye-X

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:33 AM
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1. Privelege claim is suspended

Edited on Tue Oct-07-03 11:34 AM by HawkeyeX

until further notice. Chimpy did not legitimately win the election, and therefore cannot use privelege. He is a lame-duck fraud, and will permanently be in the history books as the WORST president since Hoover to exist. 'Sides, Congress will override his claim. He lost it a long time ago.

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Democrats unite

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:34 AM
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2. Amen to that HawkeyeX .

eom

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ixion

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:37 AM
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4. the history books will be burned, and history will be written

on the walls of caves with a burnt stick, if PNAC has their way.

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CheshireCat

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:42 AM
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6. Disagree, HawkeyeX

Chimpy will be considered as the WORST pResident EVER. He's starting to make Hooever look good.

Peace.

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plcdude

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:36 AM
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3. WTF

whose investigation is this? Come on America and make your government work for you for a change.

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NashVegas

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:40 AM
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5. That Would Be a Very, VERY Huge Mistake

Politically, their only option is to fess up and allow prosecution on the offender. If they don't, it's only going to get nastier.

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diplomats

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:45 AM
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8. Yes

Invoking executive privilege will just evoke memories of Whitewater/Monica and remind people Bush has not restored honor and dignity to the WH - a bad move all the way around.

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Bandit

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Tue Oct-07-03 12:00 PM
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17. Oh yes Whitewater. Wasn't that just horrible what those Clinton's did?

Let's see now how again did that effect America? What did they do wrong again? I just can't remember all the sordid details. How many laws were proven to have been broken and how many lies were uncovered? Whitewater has to go down in history as the worst scandal in American history.

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diplomats

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Tue Oct-07-03 12:41 PM
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20. I know Whitewater was a tempest in a teapot

And I don't mean to saying outing an undercover CIA agent and an obscure Arkansas are anything close to comparable. I was just referring to the fact that Bush's promise to restore honor and dignity to the WH is total garbage.

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w13rd0

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:53 AM
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14. Yes, but with Rove, Abrams and Libby cleared...

...at least according to the WH, makes it look like the big setup. I don't think they want to permit prosecution of Bush and/or Cheney, and THAT is what it would come down to...

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Cocoa

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:45 AM
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7. so when he said he would "cooperate"

he meant stonewall his ass off?

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diplomats

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:46 AM
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10. It depends on what the meaning of the word "cooperate" is

:evilgrin:

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tlcandie

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:48 AM
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12. Invoking 'PRIVILEGE' is actually what all this mess is about!!!

PRIVILEGE means ABOVE the law...ABOVE guilt...ABOVE inquiry...ABOVE questioning..

NOTHING TOUCHES YOU UNLESS YOU AGREE TO IT!!

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Drifter

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:46 AM
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9. Isn't this the exact reason ...

that there should be an Independent Council ?

the shredders must be throwing some serious heat by now.

Cheers
Drifter

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UpInArms

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:47 AM
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11. correct me if I'm wrong, but

doesn't "executive privilege" only extend to the "executive" - yes, I know they are trying to use it to cover the energy documents from Cheney - but that is still in judicial process -

so, if they do claim "executive privilege" are they saying that this leak originated with the "executive"????

Doesn't that put it squarely in *'s mouth???

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jobycom

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:48 AM
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13. Let us hope so

The coverup will hurt him worse than the crime, as they say.

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Wickerman

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:56 AM
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15. That would only prove they can't handle the responsibility

of their own investigation and they need a special prosecutor -as if there was actually any doubt. Just cut the formalities, cut the crap, this Administration is hostile to democracy and can't be trusted to be honest or act with integrity and we need to demand a special prosecuter to investigate this action.

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Media_Lies_Daily

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Tue Oct-07-03 11:58 AM
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16. Not when attempting to cover-up a felony. Didn't work for Nixon.

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rocktivity

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Tue Oct-07-03 12:25 PM
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18. Yes, because unlike them, we have legitimate grounds

Let's see what he does about the lawsuit Bustamante filed to get Cali's $9B back from Enron!

http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=284&row=0
http://newsreview.com/issues/sacto/2003-08-28/essay.asp

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Nottingham

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Tue Oct-07-03 12:31 PM
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19. Me thinks if they Invoke Executive Priveledge! Their Guilty!

Cause why Invoke if ya did not Spoke! :bounce:

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Unknown Known

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Tue Oct-07-03 12:50 PM
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21. The problem is that the opposition needs to treat BushCo like the Mafia

Because that's exactly what they are.

BushCo never plays by the rules. The opposition needs to take the Offensive and clean this mess up in the same way they went after Capone, or Gotti.

No matter what happens BushCo always uses their army of lawyers to stonewall anything. This is turning into a repeat of Iran/Contra. They're doing EXACTLY the same stuff!

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iam

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Tue Oct-07-03 01:44 PM
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22. What!

How can it be possible to refuse to release information to an investigation due to National Security concerns, when the investigation itself is being conducted as a result of a breach of National Security!
Traitors!
Only conservatives could be so insane.

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grasswire

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Tue Oct-07-03 01:50 PM
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23. they want to tie it up in the courts...

.....past election 2004.

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TahitiNut

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Tue Oct-07-03 02:03 PM
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24. duplicate

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=153994&mesg_id=153994

I'm locking this thread. Interested DUers are welcome to continue discussing this in the referenced thread.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation,
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