DUPE SUBJ. MATTER Four Senators Criticize Leak Probe

Letter to Bush Cites Screening of White House Documents

Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) and three other Senate Democrats asserted yesterday that procedures adopted by the Justice Department and White House could compromise an investigation into the leak of an undercover CIA operative's identity.

Their objections include the decision of White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales to screen documents White House employees submitted to his office in response to a Justice Department order. Gonzales set a deadline of last Tuesday for employees to turn in records that might be relevant; then his office is forwarding them to investigators.

The White House has not ruled out the possibility that Gonzales will seek to withhold documents under a claim of executive privilege.

The Justice Department and several outside Republican lawyers said they considered the procedures to be standard and prudent.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6063-2003Oct9.html

riiiight... that's why they appointed special counsel at the drop of a hat during Clinton's term. :eyes:

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=158773

Thanks for the heads-up, kskiska!

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