{"id":4142,"date":"2007-12-03T14:10:59","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T20:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:48:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:48:10","slug":"white-house-obstructing-plame-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/white-house-obstructing-plame-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Obstructing Plame Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/valerieplamewilson_testifies_031607.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/valerieplamewilson_testifies_031607.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/>Sam Stein, Huffington Post<\/p>\n<p>The Bush Administration is actively blocking Congress&#8217; investigation into the outing of once-covert CIA agent Valerie Plame, according to House Oversight Committee chairman Henry Waxman.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent today to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Waxman notes that &#8220;White House objections are preventing Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald from disclosing key information to investigating officials.&#8221; Among the documents being withheld are interviews taken from White House officers during Fitzgerald&#8217;s investigation into the leak of Plame&#8217;s identity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the summer, Mr. Fitzgerald agreed to provide relevant documents to the Committee, including records of interviews with senior White House officials. Unfortunately, the White House has been blocking Mr. Fitzgerald from providing key documents to the Committee,&#8221; Waxman writes to newly appointed Mukasey. &#8220;I ask that you personally look into this matter and authorize the production of the documents to the Committee without any further delay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2007\/12\/03\/white-house-obstructing-p_n_75088.html\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Stein, Huffington Post The Bush Administration is actively blocking Congress&#8217; investigation into the outing of once-covert CIA agent Valerie Plame, according to House Oversight Committee chairman Henry Waxman. 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