Sunday, October 23, 2005

Fw: [ImpeachBushNOW] Re: Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax

 
----- Original Message -----
From: Donna C
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 10:46 AM
Subject: [ImpeachBushNOW] Re: Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax

I knew it I knew it I knew it.  I knew that some person(s) verrrrry high up in command had ties to this Tamiflu drug.  This needs to become an article that is blasted to all progressive online magazines and blogs and websites!  Who can step up to the plate on this? 

 

This needs to become FRONT PAGE news!



ChmMom wrote: 
 
Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax

*Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax*
Oct 19 2005
http://mercola.com/blog/2005/oct/19/rumsfeld_to_profit_from_avian_flu_hoax

Finally, the pieces of the puzzle start to add up. Last week, President
Bush sought to instill panic in this country by telling us a minimum of
200,000 people will die from the avian flu pandemic but it could be as
bad as 2 million deaths in this country alone.

This hoax is then used to justify the immediate purchase of 80 million
doses of Tamiflu, a worthless drug that in no way shape or form treats
the avian flu, but only decreases the amount of days one is sick and can
actually contribute to the virus having more lethal mutations.

So the U.S. placed an order for 20 million doses of this worthless drug
at a price of $100 per dose. That comes to a staggering $2 billion.

We are being told that Roche manufactures Tamiflu and, in yesterday's
New York Times, they were battling whether or not they would allow
generic drug companies to help increase their production.

But if you dig further you will find that a drug was actually developed
by a company called Gilead that 10 years ago gave Roche the exclusive
rights to market and sell Tamiflu.

Ahh, The Plot Thickens...

If you read the link below from Gilead, you'll discover Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was made the chairman of Gilead in 1997.

Since Rumsfeld holds major portions of stock in Gilead, he will
handsomely profit from the scare tactics of the government that is being
used to justify the purchase of $2 billion of Tamiflu.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Fun at Pla
To:
Sent: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 1:55:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax

Attached Message
From: BillR40229
Subject: Fw: Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:16:06 -0400
Boy does this need to get out. Please forward. These crooks don't give up easy.
 
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 5:06 PM
Subject: Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax

: Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax

*Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax*
Oct 19 2005
http://mercola.com/blog/2005/oct/19/rumsfeld_to_profit_from_avian_flu_hoax

Finally, the pieces of the puzzle start to add up. Last week, President
Bush sought to instill panic in this country by telling us a minimum of
200,000 people will die from the avian flu pandemic but it could be as
bad as 2 million deaths in this country alone.

This hoax is then used to justify the immediate purchase of 80 million
doses of Tamiflu, a worthless drug that in no way shape or form treats
the avian flu, but only decreases the amount of days one is sick and can
actually contribute to the virus having more lethal mutations.

So the U.S. placed an order for 20 million doses of this worthless drug
at a price of $100 per dose. That comes to a staggering $2 billion.

We are being told that Roche manufactures Tamiflu and, in yesterday's
New York Times, they were battling whether or not they would allow
generic drug companies to help increase their production.

But if you dig further you will find that a drug was actually developed
by a company called Gilead that 10 years ago gave Roche the exclusive
rights to market and sell Tamiflu.

Ahh, The Plot Thickens...

If you read the link below from Gilead, you'll discover Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was made the chairman of Gilead in 1997.

Since Rumsfeld holds major portions of stock in Gilead, he will
handsomely profit from the scare tactics of the government that is being
used to justify the purchase of $2 billion of Tamiflu.


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posted by carol wolman @ 12:35 PM   0 comments

Introduction to The Way of Holiness

      First, the Way of Holiness is not a new religion.

               Dear Friends,
 
Over the past couple of months, my perspective on spirituality has been broadened significantly by the work of Robert Mendelson, whose global overview of holy writings is immense.  He has found a way to link the Bible, Qu'ran, gitas, and many other sacred works so that they all combine smoothly, as the message of the one true God to all the different peoples of planet earth.  He has found the path to peace in each of them.
 
 The following introduction, in Bob's own words, will hopefully whet your curiosity so that you will go to the link at the end of this piece, and check out The Way of Holiness for yourself.
 
In the name of the Prince of Peace,  Carol Wolman
 
From Bob Mendelson:
 
   It's not a religion at all.

  It's a perspective, and the methodology that goes along with it.

    Here we'll discuss both what the Way of Holiness is, and our
goal of using it to restore the Sacred Hoop of sacred hoops in the
course of some correspondence between two friends...

"Blessings to you Robert..Ayowenta,

   I am happy you found the chatroom and hope your chatting is
working well these days! I have been invited in too and hope to
get things in my own life in order enough to make it there soon.
I am praying that your project is woven with goodness and peace as
well...even tho it is large...it can still come together in a good
way and i pray this is so.


Ayowenta writes;
   The project is the peaceful fulfillment of all the prophecies;
Deganawidah, Black Elk, Eyes Like Fire, Isaiah, Daniel, Zechariah,
Malachi, Muhammad, Nostradamus, Buddha, and more thru figurative
destruction through the Hopi way; peacefully, through carefully
chosen words and well drawn pictures.

    There are two books on the website. I have put several much
smaller posting together and am distributing these.

  The restoration of the Sacred Hoop of sacred hoops is the goal.

   It works thus. Wakan Tanka spoke to all groups, and is present
now, and in the past, everywhere. All points of the Sacred Hoop.
Every sacred book and oral tradition is fully honored. Spirit
desires both Unity AND Individuality. Together they balance.
Spirit left a slender, yet clearly visible thread connecting all
spiritualities. Over 90% of the population will see this thread
as fully positive, bringing peace, equality across race, religion,
sex, and gender, along with specific atonements for the past.

    Those who choose not to see the connection are free to do so,
and in fact, their refusal to see connection and be individualistic
actually balances the connection, keeping the Hoop living and
flexible, instead of stiffening into monotonous sameness.

    Bear Butte will be returned. Christians will learn their Bible
says Jesus died for the negative 'karma' produced from Noah until
Jesus. The people of that time must still must face this energy,
but it was removed from Mother Earth so She wouldn't blow apart.
After Jesus, negative energy again built up. Among many chosen
people, Creator chose the Sioux, and the Sun Dance, to distribute
among many what Wakinia/Masaw experienced individually as Jesus.
The Sun Dancers were, to slightly paraphrase a verse from Isaiah;
Isaiah 53:5
    ...[the Sun Dancers were] pierced for our transgressions,
     [they took the pain on themselves] for our iniquities;
      the punishment that brought us peace was upon [them],
              and by [their] wounds we are healed."

Isaiah 53:5, as in the Bible;
              But he was pierced for our transgressions,
                 he was crushed for our iniquities;
         the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
                  and by his wounds we are healed."

    The Dancers may have thought it was only for their tribe, but
Wakan Tanka sees all humanity as a tribe. It was for everyone, even
those who continued to oppress them. That's why it was never enough.
It covered other peoples' too. Knowledge of this will help in the
healing of this land.

    The path of the tread which binds in peace requires paradigm
shift of thought for every group. That confronts ego and fear.
The path is not easy, but if ready, it can be traveled. Some of
the words are written harshly, but there are two reasons for that.
Wakan Tanka was expressing emotion when these words were channeled,
and Christians, Jews, Muslims, all three Abrahamic faiths, required
a culture specific message of a particular tone.

   It isn't gentle, but as those who've passed all the way through,
it heals, for God is then seen everywhere. And hope shines.

******************************************************************

  At this point I'd like to insert David Mortensen's contribution
regarding interpretation techniques...

"...people may interpret Scripture in different ways. If you have
three people translating a Holy Scripture, whether it be the Torah,
Bible or Qur'an, from one language to another, you may end up with
three different versions or interpretations. So, which one is valid?
This is a very subjective question, and it can lead to endless
debate.

    But if I were challenged to answer that question, I would say
that the universal standard is adherence to the greatest commandment,
which is to Love God with all our heart, strength, soul and mind and
to love our neighbors as ourselves. And I say this because the whole
purpose of Holy Scripture is to teach us how to love as God loves.
So, perhaps the question to ask is, which translation does the best
job of connecting us to the Love of God through the words of the
Scripture? Which translation makes us feel closer to God and makes
us want to serve Him/Her and all our brothers and sisters in love,
gratitide and humility? Which translation shows the greatest Divine
Love?"

******************************************************************

Regarding figurative speech and the Hopi prophecies of destruction;

   While Hopi have prophecies of literal destruction, these were
fulfilled thru Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the destructive tests in the
Pacific and American West. The prophecies may be either future or
past. Our choice. Radical change of the system will be a major
upheaval, figuratively fulfilling prophecies that remain. However,
I suggest checking out the following url to see what I mean about
the devastation already being literally fulfilled;

                      Poison Fire USA (Flash)
           Interactive Timeline Of Nuclear Activities
          On Continental US Soil From 1941 To Present
                      by Russell D. Hoffman
        http://www.animatedsoftware.com/poifu/poifu.swf

                from the Thursday, July 22, 2004
                The Most Important News On Earth
         7000+ Progressive News Links Published In 2004
                   http://Lovearth.net/News.php

    After watching this, and realizing the USSR, France, Great
Britain, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and maybe others, have also
been conducting 'peaceful' nuclear strikes against Mother Earth. You
think She cares if it's war or peace? Further literal annihilation
isn't required, but something drastic is. A form of Hopi spiritual
warfare is use of words in this manner;
Hosea 6:5;
          Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
             I killed you with the words of my mouth;
           my judgments flashed like lightning upon you."

    Two thousand years ago Wakinia as Jesus twice pointed Pharisees
(Born Again fundamentalists, today) to this verse, telling them if
they understood Spirit, they would know Creator desires mercy, not
death, and so Creator's words should be read keeping this in mind.
It's specifically written Creator uses figurative speech, and since
God spoke to all, that is one means by which the thread connecting
the points of the Sacred Hoop may be woven.

    It merely shows one of many valid paths, but one which we can
see connects. There may be other ways, too. Probably always are. But
we have the assurance of connection, and full brother and sisterhood
with all Creation.

    The prophecy pieces are meant as collective thunderbolts to
divide the Blue man's power base, and render his regime ineffective
as it collapses. They're also meant to draw all the peoples'
attention to a means for grass-roots unity, along with a specific
path that leads to a return of 35% of the National Forests to the
Nations. That's page 151 and 152 in 'Armageddon, Peaceful Style'.

     Unless you have hi-speed internet, it's best to download the
files directly from the homepage to desktop. The files are large,
and dialup hookups sometimes can't fit the entire thing through the
browser. If you download them, the file named, "PeacefulStylePart2"
has those two pages.

    Spirit put it all together. I wrote what I was told to do. This
part was apparent way back at the beginning.

    Again, it may be unfamiliar, but the way of the Sacred Hoop
cannot possibly invalidate anyone's sacred books or oral traditions,
simply perceive a path by which we see the connectedness. The path
may lead into unknown territory, into belief systems one was
previously convinced are threatening, or against our own particular
Sacred Message, but there is a connection that does not require
Win/Lose spirituality. Once we learn where the thread exists in
other religions, we can show that particular path to others, even
those of the other path, so that we know connection exists if we
truly desire peace.

    Every sacred book and oral tradition is affirmed. Only the way
we interpret these is discussed, and the end result is full equality
for each tradition in the Sacred Hoop.

Website address is;
              http://www.armageddonoftheego.org

                          Safe travels.

                               Ho.





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posted by carol wolman @ 12:34 PM   0 comments

Fw: [Peacemakers_Bible_Study_2] MAYA ELDERS' PRAYER OCT. 26-30, '05


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Leon Mendelson" <elijah18901@yahoo.com>
To: <Peacemakers_Bible_Study_2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 8:07 AM
Subject: [Peacemakers_Bible_Study_2] MAYA ELDERS' PRAYER OCT. 26-30, '05

To: "Agnes Sallet" <RevAgnesSallet@aol.com>, "Agnes Sallet"
<revagnessallet@>,
From: "Marc M. Kolenko" <kolenko1@adelphia.net> Add to Address
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:17:50 -0400
Subject: [fullmoondrum] FW: MAYA ELDERS' PRAYER OCT. 26-30, '05

FYI Friends.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: tzikin [mailto:tzikinabaj@rcn.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 12:25 AM
To: tzikinabaj@rcn.com
Subject: MAYA ELDERS' PRAYER OCT. 26-30, '05

Dear Friends,

Mercedes and Gerardo have asked me to send this announcement about
joining together in a worldwide prayer Oct. 26 ­ 30th, 2005, to bring
light and healing to those suffering as a result of recent natural
disasters. I need your help to reach people in many countries.
Please send this NOW, to everyone YOU know, especially those in
countries other than your own. I would like to hear from people
from Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Greenland and
Iceland as well as the Americas. Please send this especially to
those who are excellent networkers and healers, because it is not
only our dollars that help those in need, it is the unifying and
healing power of our hearts.

And, for those wishing more information on Mercedes and Gerardo¹s
2006 teaching schedule for the U.S., please email me at the above
address. I will return to the office on Nov. 3rd. Thank you, and
many blessings.

Lisa

MAYA ELDERS CALL FOR WORLDWIDE PRAYER OCT. 26-30, 2005

Gerardo Barrios Kanek and Mercedes Barrios Longfellow, Maya Mam
Elders, will gather in prayer and ceremony with other Maya Elders at
the new Nimajai (sacred house of prayer) in Sacala, Guatemala for
the ceremonies of Waxaqib B¹atz¹, the Maya New Year. They are
sending you the following prayer, so that we may all connect with
the Four Directions in the spirit of asking Mother Earth¹s
forgiveness and visualizing good fortune and health for all of the
people suffering in various parts of the world.
This prayer takes place over the course of five days, ending on the
day of the Maya New Year.

Oct. 26, 2005 is 4 Kiej in the Sacred Maya Cholqij Calendar.
Kiej is the animal kingdom, an important part of the balance of our
planet, which must be treated with great care and respect. Prayers
will begin at 10 a.m. EDT today, for however long you wish to
connect.

Oct. 27 (Thursday) is 5 Qaniil. Qaniil isthe energy of new
beginnings, of implementing new ideas and programs. The prayers
begin at 10 a.m. EDT.

Oct. 28 (Friday) is 6 Toj. Toj is the energy of being of
service, in gratitude for the multiple gifts of life. Prayers
begin at 10 a.m. EDT.

Oct. 29 (Saturday) is 7 Tz¹i. Tz¹i is the energy of living
consciously and joyfully in cooperation with the Universe. The
prayers begin in the evening, at 9 p.m. EDT, and go all night,
until sunrise and beyond. ( At 2 a.m. in the morning, which is
now Oct. 30th, Daylight Savings Time ends in the U.S., and 2 a.m.
EDT becomes 1 a.m. EST. )

Oct. 30 (Sunday) is 8 B¹atz¹. B¹atz¹ is the energy of making a
shift in consciousness and striving to see and feel the beauty in
all things. The Waxaqib B¹atz ceremonies will take place from 11
a.m. until 1 p.m. EST.

How to do the prayers:

Each day, ask permission to align with the energies of the Ajau
of that day, and to connect with the prayers of the Maya Elders in
Guatemala. The most important aspect of your prayer is to ask
forgiveness of the four directions, the Heart of the Heavens (east),
the Heart of the Earth (west), the Heart of the Wind (north), and
the Heart of the Water (south).

Pray by visualizing good things for all of the people who are
suffering in Guatemala, Salvador, Mexico, and all of Central
America. Send prayers of well-being, harmony, understanding, and
lots of light.

Then make the same visualizations and prayers for the people of
Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.

And now do the same visualizations and prayers for all the people
of the world. Visualize humanity awakening into a higher
consciousness. Focus on unity, then humility, and then harmony,
each in turn, and pray each time for humanity to manifest these
higher states of being.

The Maya Elders welcome you to be with them as you do these
prayers, and know that you will be present at the Waxaqib B¹atz¹
ceremonies on Oct. 30th, as we all unite in the spirit of One Heart
to bring light and healing to all living beings and to Mother Earth.

Wado

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posted by carol wolman @ 8:59 AM   0 comments

Fw: Million Phone March To Impeach President Bush

 
----- Original Message -----
From: NT
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:12 AM
Subject: [ImpeachBushNOW] The Million Phone March To Impeach President Bush

 
IMPEACH PRESIDENT BUSH NOW.  NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY, WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT WE SAY!sm
  By now it is clear to anyone not locked in the basement of Fox News that president Bush and his entire administration lied us into a disastrous, unnecessary, illegal and immoral war in Iraq. Not only did they lie, as demonstrated by the Downing Street minutes, they knowingly conspired in those lies. And they did so maliciously, cynically, and with the intent of enabling their personal business cronies engage in no-bid war profiteering, in effect to embezzle hundreds of billions of dollars from the federal treasury.

Moreover, when challenged on the biggest of those lies, that Iraq posed a nuclear attack threat to the United States, high level members of the Bush administration committed treason by exposing the identity of an important CIA operative whose dedicated life's mission was preventing the spread of the very weapons of mass destruction the Bush Administration had used against the American public as weapons of fear. And president Bush has protected the perpetrators of these acts, failing to remove them from their positions of trust as he represented he would do at the very minimum based on their manifest involvement.

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Fw: [ImpeachBushNOW] Rep. Nadler: Fitzgerald Must Broaden Investigation!!!

 
----- Original Message -----
From: NT
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 11:38 PM
Subject: [ImpeachBushNOW] Wow!! Representative Nadler(D-NY): Fitzgerald Must Broaden Investigation!!!

  Representative Jerrold Nadler  
  Press Releases for the Eighth Congressional District of New York  
  For Immediate Release   Contact: Reid Cherlin  
October 20, 2005 202-225-5635  

Nadler: Fitzgerald Must Broaden Investigation

“Did the Bush Administration deliberately mislead Congress about the war?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In light of recent developments in the CIA leak investigation and other recent revelations, Congressman Jerrold Nadler today called for Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald to expand his investigation to include a criminal investigation to examine whether the President, the Vice President, and members of the White House Iraq Group conspired to deliberately deceive Congress into authorizing the war in Iraq. 

“The CIA leak issue is only the tip of the iceberg,” Congressman Nadler said.  “This is looking increasingly like a White House conspiracy aimed at misleading our country into war – in part by manufacturing now-refuted evidence in support of its rationale, in part by smearing and silencing critics, and in part by manipulating media complicity.  There is mounting evidence that there may have been a well-orchestrated effort by the President, the Vice President, and other top White House officials to lie to Congress in order to get its support for the Iraq War.” 

It is a crime to lie to Congress under several federal statutes.  Congressman Nadler requested that Special Counsel Fitzgerald follow the leads he has already discovered and broaden his investigation to include charges of lying to Congress.  In his letter to Acting Deputy Attorney General McCallum asking for a broadening of Special Counsel Fitzgerald’s investigation, Nadler cited the President’s infamous reference to African Uranium in the 2003 State of the Union Address, reports of the White House Iraq Group’s singular mission to sell the war at all costs, assertions made in the “Downing Street Memo,” and reporters’ own accounts of media manipulation.

“Honest, if mistaken, reliance on faulty intelligence to convince Congress to authorize a war is bad enough,” Congressman Nadler wrote in his letter to McCallum.  “But, if, as mounting evidence is tending to show, Administration officials deliberately deceived Congress and the American people, this would constitute a criminal conspiracy against the entire country.”

“We are no longer just talking about a Republican culture of corruption and cronyism,” Nadler added.  “We now have reason to believe that high crimes may have been committed at the highest level, wrongdoing that may have led us to war and imperiled our national security.”

Congressman Nadler demanded answers to the following questions in his letter to McCallum:

à     Was the CIA leak incident merely one part of a larger illegal effort by the Administration to deceive Congress about a matter of war and peace? 

à     Who was involved? 

à     Were any of their actions criminal? 

The text of Congressman Nadler’s letter to Deputy Attorney General McCallum follows:

 

October 20, 2005

Acting Deputy Attorney General Robert D. McCallum, Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
Room 4111
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530


Dear Deputy Attorney General McCallum:

I urge you to use the powers granted to you, under the regulations promulgated by the Department of Justice in June of 1999, to expand the framework of the investigation currently being conducted by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald. 

It is now clear that the key reason cited by the Bush Administration – the imminent acquisition by Saddam Hussein of weapons of mass destruction – to persuade Congress and the American people of the necessity of invading Iraq was not true.  There is new and mounting and evidence, stemming in part from the current investigation, that members of the Bush Administration may have deliberately, and, therefore, illegally, misled Congress.  Since Special Counsel Fitzgerald is already investigating the CIA leak, it seems appropriate that he be empowered to expand his investigation to examine whether the leak itself was part of a broader conspiracy knowingly to mislead Congress into authorizing a war.

As a member of the Judiciary Committee who opposed the extension of the independent counsel law, I do not take this matter lightly.  I believe these types of investigations should be reserved for only the most serious of alleged crimes, but I have to believe that lying to Congress in order to obtain its support for a war meets that test. 

Some of the evidence that members of the Bush Administration may have deliberately, and, therefore, illegally, misled Congress is as follows:

1)         We now know that during the summer of 2002, at a time when the White House maintains that no decision had been made about going to war, the Bush Administration created the “White House Iraq Group” whose sole purpose appears to have been to market and sell a decision to go to war to Congress.  It appears that this group specifically sought to deceive Congress about the intelligence regarding weapons of mass destruction.  (New York Daily News, Oct. 19, 2005.)

2)         We now know from the so-called “Downing Street Memo,” that it appeared to senior members of the British Government who had conferred with senior Administration officials, that “Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD.  But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.” (Emphasis added.)

3)         We now know that President Bush included in his State of the Union Address in January of 2003 an already discredited reference to Iraq seeking uranium from Niger.

4)         We now know from Special Counsel Fitzgerald’s investigation itself that there was an orchestrated campaign to smear and discredit Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who attempted to tell the truth about some of the faulty “evidence” used by the White House to make its case for war.  Although Mr. Fitzgerald’s investigation has yet to determine whether a crime was committed by any Administration official(s) in leaking the identity of Wilson's wife as a covert CIA operative, it is abundantly clear that the White House Iraq Group was engaged in an effort to discredit revelations of the falsity of the Administration’s justifications for the war, and to intimidate and punish those who would reveal the truth.  According to sources quoted by the New York Daily News, this group of White House officials was “so determined . . .  to win its argument that it morphed into a virtual hit squad that took aim at critics who questioned its claims.”  (New York Daily News, October 19, 2005.)

5)         We now know that top Administration officials, including Vice President Cheney’s 

Chief of Staff, I. Lewis Libby, misrepresented to the media the scope and nature of what the U.S. intelligence community knew and didn’t know about Saddam Hussein’s weapons programs before the war.  (Newsweek.com, Oct. 19, 2005.)  Manufacturing of media complicity, if achieved through a deliberate plan to provide false information, would have played a key role in misleading Congress.  And indeed, we need to know more about the relationship between Administration officials and certain media outlets in view of details emerging from this investigation regarding the special access to Administration officials and, perhaps, to potentially classified information afforded to Judith Miller of The New York Times, which led to clearly erroneous stories supporting the Administration’s false claims regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

With this growing body of evidence that the White House may have deliberately misled Congress into authorizing war, a broader independent investigation is clearly necessary.  

Special Counsel Fitzgerald has done a great service to the nation thus far by investigating the CIA leak, but real questions remain.  Was the CIA leak incident an effort to enforce discipline as part of a much broader criminal conspiracy by members of the Bush Administration to deceive Congress about a matter of war and peace?  Who was involved?  Were any of their actions criminal? 

These questions go to the core of the functioning of democratic self-government in the United States.  Honest, if mistaken, reliance on faulty intelligence to convince Congress to authorize a war is bad enough.  But, if, as mounting evidence is tending to show, Administration officials deliberately deceived Congress and the American people, this would constitute a criminal conspiracy against the entire country.

It is self-evident that the Administration cannot investigate itself in this matter.  I therefore urge you to expand the Special Counsel’s investigation to include these matters crucial to our national security and national integrity.

I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,

 

Jerrold Nadler
Member of Congress  



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