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| - On August 11th, 2008, the House Judiciary Committee announced it would investigate certain of the allegations made in Suskind's book. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today announced plans to review allegations that senior Bush Administration officials ordered the forgery and dissemination of false intelligence documents as reported by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Ron Suskind, in his new book, "The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism." "Mr. Suskind reports that the Bush Administration, in its pursuit of war, created and promoted forged documents about Iraq," said Conyers. "I am particularly troubled that the decision to disseminate this fabricated intelligence is alleged to have come from the highest reaches of the administra
- Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House of Representatives normally go to the House Judiciary Committee for hearings. Since the 2006 elections, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has said that impeachment is "off the table", so Articles of Impeachment sent to the Committee have languished without hearings. This hearing will be available on video, and there will be an official transcript.
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| - Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House of Representatives normally go to the House Judiciary Committee for hearings. Since the 2006 elections, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has said that impeachment is "off the table", so Articles of Impeachment sent to the Committee have languished without hearings. On Friday, July, 11, 2008 Speaker Pelosi gave permission for the House Judiciary committee to hear testimony on charges raised by Rep. Dennis Kucinich. Committee Chairman John Conyers has said that Kucinich will be able to testify for a full day on his latest Article of Impeachment against President George W. Bush. This hearing occurred on July 25, 2008. It was almost completely partisan, with almost every Republican member and witness claiming that the Administration has done nothing wrong. In addition, Republicans argued that the President can only be impeached for misusing power for personal purposes, not for undermining or violating the Constitution for political purposes or for improper national security purposes. This hearing will be available on video, and there will be an official transcript.
- On August 11th, 2008, the House Judiciary Committee announced it would investigate certain of the allegations made in Suskind's book. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today announced plans to review allegations that senior Bush Administration officials ordered the forgery and dissemination of false intelligence documents as reported by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Ron Suskind, in his new book, "The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism." "Mr. Suskind reports that the Bush Administration, in its pursuit of war, created and promoted forged documents about Iraq," said Conyers. "I am particularly troubled that the decision to disseminate this fabricated intelligence is alleged to have come from the highest reaches of the administration. The administration’s attempt to challenge Mr. Suskind’s reporting appears to have been effectively dismissed by the publication of the author’s interview recordings and transcripts. I have instructed my staff to conduct a careful review of Mr. Suskind’s allegations and the role played by senior administration officials in this matter." A number of issues raised in Mr. Suskind’s book to be reviewed include:
* The origin of the allegedly forged document that formed the basis for Bush’s 2003 State of the Union assertion that Iraq sought yellowcake uranium from Niger;
* The role of this document in creating the false impression that 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta had a working relationship with Iraq;
* The relationship between this document and other reported examples of the Bush Administration considering other deceptive schemes to justify or provoke war with Iraq, such as the reported consideration of painting a U.S. aircraft with UN colors in order to provoke Iraq into military confrontation;
* Allegations that the Bush Administration deliberately ignored information from Iraq’s chief intelligence officer that Iraq possessed no WMDs;
* The payment of $5 million to Iraq’s chief intelligence officer and his secret settlement in Jordan, beyond the reach of investigators;
* The September 2007 detainment and interrogation of Mr. Suskind’s research assistant, Greg Jackson, by federal agents in Manhattan. Jackson’s notes were also confiscated. ##110-JUD-080811##
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