the US Senate conducts a rare secret session to discuss a scandal -pix->>>

[Stephanie]

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# A US Capitol police officer stands guard outside the locked doors
leading to the Senate gallery, at the Capitol in Washington, DC, as
the US Senate conducts a rare secret session to discuss a scandal that
led to the resignation of a top White House aide last week and on the
intelligence used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The two-hour
secret session came at the demand of opposition Democrats, who said
the closed-door debate was necessary to allow for a full, open
discussion on alleged manipulation of prewar intelligence.(AFP/Tim
Sloan)
AFP - Nov 01 3:58 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051101/photos_wl_afp/0511012356397osu2u8p_photo0
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# US Capitol police officers stand guard outside the locked doors
leading to the Senate gallery, at the Capitol in Washington, DC as the
US Senate conducts a rare secret session to discuss a scandal that led
to the resignation of a top White House aide last week and on the
intelligence used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The two-hour
secret session came at the demand of opposition Democrats, who said
the closed-door debate was necessary to allow for a full, open
discussion on alleged manipulation of prewar intelligence.(AFP/Tim
Sloan)
AFP - Nov 01 3:57 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051101/photos_ts_afp/0511012356397osu2u8p_photo3
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# US Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, talks with the press
about the closed session which he called for 01 November 2005 at the
Capitol in Washington, DC. The US Senate held a rare secret session to
discuss a scandal that led to the resignation of a top White House
aide last week and on the intelligence used to justify the 2003
invasion of Iraq. The two-hour secret session came at the demand of
opposition Democrats, who said the closed-door debate was necessary to
allow for a full, open discussion on alleged manipulation of prewar
intelligence.(AFP/Tim Sloan)
AFP - Nov 01 3:58 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051101/photos_wl_afp/0511012356397osu2u8p_photo1
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# Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, leaves the Senate
floor accompanied by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, and Sen. Chuck
Schumer, D-N.Y., after his speech on the Senate floor, Tuesday, Nov.
1, 2005, invoking Rule 21. Democrats forced the Republican-controlled
Senate into an unusual closed session Tuesday, questioning
intelligence that President Bush used in the run-up to the war in Iraq
and accusing Republicans of ignoring the issue. (AP Photo/Lauren
Victoria Burke)
AP - Nov 01 4:02 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051102/480/wx22511020000
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# Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, confers with Sen. Carl Levin ,
D-Mich., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, as they come off the Senate floor in
Washington, D.C. Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate
into an unusual closed session Tuesday, questioning intelligence that
President Bush used in the run-up to the war in Iraq and accusing
Republicans of ignoring the issue. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
AP - Nov 01 5:08 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051102/480/wx12611020108
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[Wilms]

1. Great images. Recommended. n/t

[LeftHander]

14. awesome...Reid laid some smackdown on Frist...

The level of outrage right now by the American people towards the conservative republicans in charge has now laid the basis for the minority to make demands.

Frist is no longer worthy of any kind of trust or bi-partisan cooperation.

Reid did the right thing. Screw Frist. He's gonna end up in jail.

These criminal losers no longer deserve any decoroum. I am sure Frist got an earful when they went into closed session.

Public opinion is on our side and it is time to drive these clowns into the dirt and out of power.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. History in the making

Thank you for sharing these pictures. I'm so proud of those guys!!!

[texpatriot2004]

3. Great pictures. Thanks for capturing these historic moments. nt

[gulfcoastliberal]

4. Fukin an A'!!!

Cotton, fukin an A!

[Swamp Rat]

5. Great post Stephanie!

new pic:

[fooj]

6. Patriots...I salute you!

:patriot:

"In our struggles, if we are to bring about the kind of changes that will cause the world to stand up and take notice, we must be committed. There is so much work that needs to be done. -MLK Jr.

Peace.

[Hissyspit]

7. Remember them forcing Conyers' hearing into the basement?

His hearings on the Downing Street Minutes? And right-wingers made fun of them? Who is laughing now?

No one (DUers excluded, of course) knew who Cindy Sheehan was then, either, when she appeared in that basement. They do now.

[Tigress DEM]

8. Yes I do.... and how many floor votes did they schedule then?

I keep dreaming of impeachments... I heard that Patrick Fitzgerald had 22 folders of people he was investigating. I know we have only one deer in the headlights, but concievably we could get down via impeachment to Harry Reid as interm Prez.

If we can get the truth out there and all of America can finally see it, those who have been screwing with America are going to get sent to the Hague or put in prison or have to flee to some country that doesn't already have open prison cells waiting for them.

[Pachamama]

9. I remember...I was there...And I knew when I met Cindy Sheehan then & saw

her speak that this was a woman the Bush Administration should fear....Little did I realize that a month plus later, she'd be camping out in Crawford and causing quite the stir! Guess I was right about Bush fearing her...she's his worst nightmare!

That basement meeting room was awful...right next to cafeteria trays stacked and the water boiler rooms.

And the Repukes and Frist have the nerve to get pissed at Reid for following a "procedure"? That day during the DSM hearings, the GOP decided to hold a bunch of votes on the floor with barely any time in between them. I watched how all the Congress Reps who were trying to attend the DSM would have to scurry out of the room every few minutes to go run to the house floor and vote. The GOP that day did those rushed votes in order to interupt the DSM hearing....Well, I guess they are just going to have to take it themselves for a change.

[RayOfHope]

10. Wonderful! Gives me a little chill n/t

[carolinalady]

11. Schumer looks like the cat that swallowed the canary. n/t

[Stephanie]

13. Schumer is thinking:

Damn, this photo is going to look good when I run for national office!

[Nothing Without Hope]

12. These are wonderful! I've posted Can-o-Fun's great videos here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5235511
thread list (11/1/05): **VIDEO CLIPS on Senate CLOSED SESSION and the PHASE II INVESTIGATION**