An open response to Rep Wexler's email today re Rove & Miers

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Re: Rove and Miers Under Oath; Wexler Supports Commission
To: [e-mail]
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 1:36 pm
Dear Congressman Wexler

As one of your supporters, allow me to express one opinion.

I believe accountability involves three things:

1>The power to investigate, including the issuance of subpoenas

2>The power to accumulate evidence, which you now have by the
the ability to collect testimony under oath and

3>The power to prosecute, which you can access via the Justice
Dept or a Special Prosecutor

I WOULD NOT SUGGEST turning this business into an obvious
politically motivated media circus by requiring public testimony UNLESS
your witnesses stonewall your every effort by using the Fifth Amendment
in private testimony

Thank you

-----Original Message-----
From: Congressman Robert Wexler <[e-mail]>
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:51 pm
Subject: Rove and Miers Under Oath; Wexler Supports Commission

Dear xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,

Great news on our shared campaign for accountability:

ROVE AND MIERS UNDER OATH
In an agreement reached yesterday, Karl Rove and Harriet Miers have finally agreed to testify under oath and under the penalty of perjury regarding the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006. Rove will also be questioned regarding the politically motivated prosecution of former Gov. Donald Siegelman of Alabama.

This is a validation of your efforts and a victory for accountability and the legitimate power of Congress. I am grateful for Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s and Chairman Conyer's efforts and I strongly agree with her statement yesterday that “no one is above the law and Congressional subpoenas must be complied with.”

Please know that under this agreement the Judiciary Committee has reserved the right to have public testimony from both Karl Rove and Harriet Miers. I expect the information we receive from the testimony of these individuals will open a window of truth into the decisions made by Bush Administration on many areas where wrongdoing has been alleged.

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MY SUPPORT FOR THE SPECIAL COMMISSION INVESTIGATION OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
In further news, I have added my name as a cosponsor to Chairman Conyers’ bill, HR104, which establishes a special commission to investigate Bush Administration abuses. If enacted, this legislation would be a major step forward in our search for the truth.

This legislation would investigate the broad range of Bush Administration policies including the secret detaining of prisoners by the intelligence community, the use by US personal of so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques” that are not authorized by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, “ghosting”, extraordinary rendition, domestic warrantless electronic surveillance, and all other policies or issues that the established Commission deems essential and relevant.

This is an important piece of legislation and the issues at stake
are large enough that we can’t merely sweep them under the rug.

Lastly, thank you for the tremendous response to the survey in my last email. The top three issues were (Economy, Accountability, and Healthcare each with about 18% of the vote). When asked to pick your single most important issue, 24% chose the Economy (the highest one).

I will stay in touch.

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Best wishes,

Congressman Robert Wexler

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1. Interesting, on KO last night I heard it was NOT under oath but

WAS under penalty of perjury. Something about lying to a federal investigator was unlawful.......if true, just more BS.

Meir's and Rove should already be in custody for contempt of Congress, that they aren't just shows the weakness of the Dem's and the strength of the Bush Crime Family.

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2. You're probably right

There's something about lying to congress or any government

official, that is tantamount to perjury, though not given

under oath

The text of Wexler's email should give us a clue

Nice catch