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Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, and Oversight and Government Reform Information Policy Subcommittee Chairman Wm. Lacy Clay today called upon Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to explain his role in the Vice President's extraordinary… Continue

From the Oversight and Government Reform Committee: Vice President Exempts His Office from the Requirements for Protecting Classified Information Washington, D.C. — The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from… Continue

“Just as she did when Obama’s health care bill seemed to falter in 2010, Pelosi has been pushing the White House to amp up its public relations campaign. She has urged fellow Democrats to read the classified intelligence, which she considers conclusive. She has also made clear that she is willing to adjust the wording of any authorization to win votes, including possible restrictions on sending troops to the country and timetables for an end to the bombing. However, her flexibility has limits. “There are some, I think, that are saying it should determine the number of strikes,” she says of the legislation. “That goes a little far.”

“The Inspectors General FISA report brings to light the disturbing facts and circumstances surrounding President Bush’s warrantless surveillance program. Particularly disturbing was the observation of former Deputy Attorney General James Comey that the legal analysis under which the program operated for years ‘entailed ignoring an act of Congress, and doing so without full congressional notification.’ No President should be able to operate outside the law.”

Today, the Inspectors General of the Departments of Defense and Justice, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Office of the Director National Intelligence released an unclassified report mandated by Congress on President Bush's warrantless surveillance program. The New… Continue

From the Oversight Committee: Chairman Waxman Warns Attorney General of Scheduled Contempt Vote Chairman Waxman writes Attorney General Mukasey that the Oversight Committee will vote to hold him in contempt unless the Attorney General produces a copy of the report of the… Continue

From the Judiciary Committee: Conyers to Examine New Torture Memo, Executive Power at May Hearing (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) announced plans to hold a May 6 hearing to examine a recently released torture memo and… Continue

Today, Chairman Henry Waxman wrote to Attorney General Mukasey regarding White House objections that are preventing Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald from providing the Oversight Committee with records from interviews of White House officials taken during his investigation into the leak of covert… Continue

How Rove Directed Federal Assets for GOP Gains John Solomon, Alec MacGillis, Sarah Cohen, Washington Post – August 19, 2007 Thirteen months before President Bush was reelected, chief strategist Karl Rove summoned political appointees from around the government to the Old Executive… Continue

The Washington Post prints an update on the question of the Vice President’s handling of classified information: Cheney Aide Explains Stance on Classified Material Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post – June 27, 2007 Vice President Cheney’s office offered its first public written explanation… Continue