:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::

:: 10.02.2003 ::

Hello good folks of the blog universe! Here's a letter that I received from MoveOn.org. Hmmm. Sounds a bit too much like moron.org. KIDDING. Quite simply, they do some cool things. If you find this latest Bush administration f-up as appalling as I do, here's your chance to do something about it:

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Dear friend,

According to the Washington Post, "two top White House officials"
committed a high crime in the first weeks of July. They handed
over the identity of an American secret agent to journalists. They
blew her cover, risking the lives of colleagues and contacts and
possibly erasing years of intelligence work. Why? "Purely and
simply for revenge," an administration official told the Post.
The spy's husband was a vocal critic of the Iraq war.

The White House and the Justice Department has known about this
crime for months -- after all, the agent's identity was published
in scores of newspapers in early July. But until a few days ago,
they did nothing about it. And even now, President Bush has said
he has no plans to ask his staff whether they were connected to it.

Republicans contend that an investigation by the Justice Department
will reveal any wrongdoing. But Justice Department chief John
Ashcroft -- who was appointed by President Bush and who employed key
Bush advisor Karl Rove -- is hardly neutral. Already, there are
signs that the investigation will give the White House room to
cover the crime up.

The fact is that only under constant pressure will the truth come out.
If we don't speak up now, the investigation could be left in John
Ashcroft's hands, and the perpetrators and the crime could be swept
under the rug. Please join me and thousands of others in telling
John Ashcroft and Congress that you want a special prosecutor --
someone who isn't tied to the Bush Administration -- to investigate
this illegal and vindictive act. 

You can sign on to MoveOn.org's petition here.

THANKS.

posted by me

:: 7:38:00 PM [+] ::
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