PLS contact Waxman & Ask Him to Review Evidence on Griffin's Caging Lists [View All]

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A short while ago on the Situation Room, there was a reporter who said he had just gotten off the phone with US Attorney (and Rove Operative) Timothy Griffin. (no transcripts yet) When asked about the caging lists, he said nothing about it was illegal, they were just checking addresses. He said the report floating around came from a NON REPUTABLE source. Well, it's Greg Palast who broke the story of the African American caging lists. My guess is they will try to denounce him and his work. Please contact Chairman Waxman at the Oversight Committee site and ask him to review the evidence that was passed to Greg Palast for himself befor determining how "reputable" it is. Here is contact info:

http://oversight.house.gov/contact.asp

and here is a link to Palast's report:

Bush's New US Attorney a Criminal?



BBC Television had exposed 2004 voter attack scheme
by appointee Griffin, a Rove aide.
Black soldiers and the homeless targeted.
by Greg Palast

March 7, 2007.

There's only one thing worse than sacking an honest prosecutor. That's replacing an honest prosecutor with a criminal.

There was one big hoohah in Washington yesterday as House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers pulled down the pants on George Bush's firing of US Attorneys to expose a scheme to punish prosecutors who wouldn't bend to political pressure.

But the Committee missed a big one: Timothy Griffin, Karl Rove's assistant, the President's pick as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Griffin, according to BBC Television, was the hidden hand behind a scheme to wipe out the voting rights of 70,000 citizens prior to the 2004 election.

Key voters on Griffin's hit list: Black soldiers and homeless men and women. Nice guy, eh? Naughty or nice, however, is not the issue. Targeting voters where race is a factor is a felony crime under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

-snip

http://www.gregpalast.com/

and here is the BBC video on the story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkvWkwv7UVo