Chairmen Write to AG Gonzales on Vice President's Office's Handling of Classified Information
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
Oversight Committee on the Vice President and Classified Information
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
IGs' Report on President Bush's Warrantless Surveillance Program
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
Chairman Waxman Warns Attorney General of Scheduled Contempt Vote
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
Chairman Conyers Announces Hearing on Yoo Torture Memo
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
Chairman Waxman: White House Blocking Fitzgerald Cooperation in Plame Probe
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
Oversight of a Politicized Federal Government
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
"Addington's legal argument yesterday has previously been rejected"
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
Chairman Waxman Writes to White House Counsel Fielding on Security Violations
Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, who produced the initial report on Vice President Cheney’s disregard for rules governing the handling of classified information, has written has a letter to White House Counsel Fred Fielding indicating that contrary… Continue
Chairman Waxman: "He's saying he's above the law"
As noted here yesterday, Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee has written to Vice President Cheney regarding the fact that he exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures for safeguarding classified national security information. The Vice President… Continue
