Email missing from Cheney's office on day White House told to preserve documents in CIA leak

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: The Raw Story

Among the sixteen days for which email are missing from Vice President Cheney's office is Sept. 30, 2003, the same day the day the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced they were investigating who outed former CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson.

That morning, then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales ordered the president and the vice president's staff to "preserve all materials that might be relevant" to an inchoate Justice Department probe.

"We were informed last evening by the Department of Justice that it has opened an investigation into possible unauthorized disclosures concerning the identity of an undercover CIA employee," Gonzales wrote in a terse Sep. 30, 2003 email. "The Department advised us that it will be sending a letter today instructing us to preserve all materials that might be relevant to its investigation. Its letter will provide more specific instructions on the materials in which it is interested, and we will communicate those instructions directly to you. In the meantime, you must preserve all materials that might in any way be related to the Department's investigation."

The analysis was released over the weekend by Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW), a D.C.-based ethics watchdog.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Email_missing_on_day_White_House_0121.html

[benld74]

1. Oh that was just a CO-INKI-DINK!

[annabanana]

32. you crazy "coincidence theorist". . . .

[classykaren]

46. Please watch ex CIA in hiding video

Please watch this I think you will have a few answers this is by a ex CIA agent who has left the USA www.brasschecktv.com/page261html

[jayctravis]

2. So did they delete the email...

that told them to preserve the email?

[DavidDvorkin]

3. That would explain why they didn't know they weren't supposed to delete e-mails

Putting them in the clear!

[paparush]

5. Three Stooges Couldn't Have Done it Any Better

Doink!

[DavidDvorkin]

7. But no one will poke these guys in the eye

Everyone's still terrified of them. It's mystifying.

[Gman]

4. Friggin' criminal

They just pretty much know they are above and beyond the law. They play "catch us if you can" constantly. They also feel very safe knowing the courts are stacked with conservatives that will pretty much back up anything they argue without question.

Just more of the fallout and consequences of the right wing coup of 2000.

[newburgh]

45. It's called "diplomacy" and it pretty much guarantees that no one will

be so "impolite" as to dare "insult" such a high-ranking official by investigating or even insinuating blame. The US has finally evolved from being a fledgling democratic state into a perverse diplomatic state. Even if the courts and the press agreed that this was a criminal act, Congress and all our investigative bodies would just give it a pass. It's our goddamn reputation as a world leader nation at stake!



:puke:

[Jackpine Radical]

55. Not to mention the Righrt Wing Coup of 1980,

when all this shit began.

Some days I long for Nixon. (God, I can't believe I said that!)

[Tesla]

61. We wouldn't even believe a movie if it was written like this

Not in America

[DCKit]

67. "Independence Day" has a more credible plot...

but you've got to admit "Star Wars" nails it.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. I know what it said. "Shred, shred, shred!"

[SIMPLYB1980]

8. Odd Why isn't this post flaming up DU?

[salin]

10. too distracted with infighting/candidate wars? Seriously,

if I recall the story from way back - there was a suspicious time lag between the time the WH should have received the order and the time they were given the order, leading to speculation at the time that there was an illegal heads up to the WH. This would sure confirm that point.

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

19. Andy Card

had a part in that, if I'm remembering it correctly.

Another thought.....it's possible there is a non-investigation investigation going on. Adding up everything that's been requested and everything that hasn't been produced. Include in this the testimony from the hearings held and the unanswered subpoenas, allegations of War Crimes etc. All of this together could be going somewhere.
We can hope.

[natrat]

66. because it doesnt mean anything like the rest of the crimes

[bdamomma]

9. kick and rec

[lovuian]

11. These guys are criminals hands down

everybody knows it
these are games being played

[gratuitous]

12. All they found in its place was a folder

Labeled "Chuck U. Farley." Crack investigators with the Department of Justice are now searching for Mr. Farley, so see what information he might have.

[SpiralHawk]

13. "Sneer, smirk, smirk, smirk." - Dickie "Five Military Deferments" Cheney

[H2O Man]

14. In Joe Wilson's book,

he notes that a person from the White House was smug in telling a reporter that, "We've brought in the earthmovers" to cover up on this one. That was in early December of 2003. The un-named WH source was, of course, Karl Rove.

[Cass]

15. K and effing R.

Bookmarking this to read later after work.

[va4wilderness]

16. Well, Shazam, as Gomer Pyle would say...

"I think they's crooks"

[Mithreal]

17. Sending an email to preserve all email, Gonzales is a clown

Really, if it weren't so serious it would be funny. I don't believe anything from Cheney's office or Gonzales. This is just another fantastical EXCUSE.

[formercia]

18. But it wasn't official until the received the official notice

Meanwhile, back at the shredder.....

[Virginia Dare]

20. Mission Accomplished..

[formercia]

24. Obstruction of Justice

No matter how many sabots they throw into the gears of Justice, The truth will prevail.


The truth will make you free.

[JDPriestly]

62. OK Techies, what now?

[paparush]

21. These Guys Make Watergate Look Like a Frigging Parking Ticket

What blatant criminals.

Thumbing their nose at Congress while wiping their asses with the Constitution.

[mwb970]

25. You got that right.

It is disgusting. I don't know which is worse, the things they do or the fact that they get off scot free every time even though we all know what they're up to. It's like they're "The Untouchables" or something.

[Herman74]

22. Well, by now after all that I've seen, I would be surprised if it WASN'T missing. n/t

[Aviation Pro]

23. Hmmm, time of war....

...treason, hmmmmm, what's the penalty if convicted? Shitstain Shoots-Guy-In-Face better be very relieved that there's been no declaration of war.

Draw your own conclusions.

[jtrockville]

26. BOOK 'EM

This is clearly a violation of the Presidential Records Act.

[Meshuga]

27. The sickining part is that this administration gets away with anything n/t

[coalition_unwilling]

28. Well, isn't that conveeeeenient! n/t

[liberal N proud]

29. It was probably deleted to spite the DOJ

[The Wizard]

30. Nothing happens

as long as the Decider has pardon power. Since "Off The Table" Pelosi won't do the people's business, we have to wait for January 20, 2009. That is if the Cheater-in-Thief doesn't declare martial law and cancel elections.

[Ezlivin]

31. Welcome to Amerika

Bold prediction: Nothing will happen, neither now nor when we get a new president.

This is how things are run now. Say goodbye to any semblance of justice for these people.

(Actually, it's not a bold prediction at all. And that's what's so terribly sad about it.)

[phrigndumass]

33. Isn't Sept. 30 National Do-The-Opposite Day?

Oh wait, that's every day at the White House.

[Jack Rabbit]

34. In any other administration in US history, this would be unbelievable

Impeach, indict, imprison!

[louis-t]

35. Equal to Nixon's 18 minutes of blank tape.

Why is this not as important to MSM?

[RufusTFirefly]

41. Here's why this story is going nowhere

[paparush]

42. Ding Ding Ding! General Electric (NBC) Top 20 Defense Contractor

Rupert Murdoch, Time Warner, Disney..

[DutchLiberal]

51. I still feel sad Disney is also a part of this. I mean: come on, it's Disney!

What would Walt think?

[Jackpine Radical]

56. Walt was a Fascist. Whaddya THINK

he'd think?

[DutchLiberal]

57. Bullshit. Absolute and total bullshit.

Have you not seen the countless anti-Nazi cartoons his studio produced during the Second World War? Walt put out products that were actively denouncing Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito. Go see "The Führer's Face" or "The spirit of '43" or any of the other anti-facist cartoons Walt put out.

[Jackpine Radical]

59. I meant that in a metaphoric rather than literal sense, but anyway,

Walt had connections with the pro-Nazi American Bundists in the '30s. Also see the following book:

Eliot, Marc, Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince, 1993

[DutchLiberal]

65. I'm not interested in all those conspiracy theories.

I've heard and read about enough of them in my life, and none has ever been proven to this day.

[proud2BlibKansan]

36. Well holy mother of Goddess

Gonzales says don't delete. Cheney knows that means delete.

Those mother fuckers.

[pleah]

37. Can we impeach the 'dick' now?

[redqueen]

38. I'm sure we're all very, very shocked.

Or not.

[NikolaC]

39. I`m SHOCKED!

Well, surprise, surprise, surprise! Not really :grr: . Just another corrupt day for that administration. They got the heads up, the e-mail went missing, no surprise.

[ursi]

40. when oh when will we ever see Justice when it comes to these crooks?

[Deny and Shred]

43. Can anyone say 'Special Prosecutor?'

This is getting all too easy for them. All too predictable as well. Did anyone really think they would hand over their own indictments?

[Baby Snooks]

44. Reality

Nothing will be done. Nancy Pelosi has made that abundantly clear. She believes that by allowing this to go unaddressed it somehow serves the agenda of the Democratic Party. But that agenda is not the people's agenda. Not when it further erodes the rule of law which is the foundation of our Constitution and the foundation by which our protections and rights under the Constitution are based. This administration should be held accountable under the law. Begining with impeachment proceedings. Who cares if the Senate blocks it? At least something will have been done. Instead, nothing will be done.

And what if her "plan" doesn't work? What if we again have a Republican president who merely tosses the Constitution entirely? What if her "plan" instead energizes the Republicans who may like the idea of a country where they are above the law and turn out in mass numbers to ensure they are.

Does she think a Justice Department under another Republican president will ever investigate a Republican again?

Does she think a Justice Department under another Republican president will defend our protections and rights under the law?

Does she think that once they regain power that the Republicans will "play nice?"

Why, again, is impeachment off the table, Madame Speaker? Who do you represent" The American people or this president?

[Maestro]

47. So what will be done about this?

Nothing, absolutely nothing! :mad: I hope Congress likes being played like a TOOL!

[realFedUp]

48. Yank these fucking computers out of the WH

What does it take for some kind of legal action
to remove these computers? What does it take to
subpoena and actually hold Bush Inc. accountable
for showing up or going straight to jail?

Who does it take to actually do their jobs under
the Constitution instead of running the clock out.

Pull Cheney out of his mole hole and put him
on the stand. We want some justice in this country
before they slither off.

[DutchLiberal]

49. I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

[teleharmonium]

50. lost in translation

"That morning, then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales ordered the president and the vice president's staff to "preserve all materials that might be relevant" to an inchoate Justice Department probe."

What this account does not quite capture, was the winking and elbow nudging Gonzales did as he uttered those words.

[TankLV]

58. "press one for english"...

it was Gonzales, after all!!!

OK, OK, that was bad...

[Tesla]

63. All Nixon did was erase a few minutes of tape.....

[leveymg]

52. Come 01/20/2009, the DC court dockets will be full. The bells are going to toll.

Darth' ticker probably won't make it long enough so he'll face trial, but nearly everyone else who had a desk in the White House or Executive Office buildng since 01/20/2001 is going to be facing serious jail time.

Frogs marching and singing down Pennsylvania Ave. You can count on it.

[east texas lib]

53. Now,now...

This is just "Robust Vice-Presidential Authority" in action, nothing more.
Such authority is needed to bring about George's and Dick's MAGNIFICENT VISION OF
THE FUTURE! Trust them, for they KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIECH AND WRONG!:crazy:

[Jackpine Radical]

54. Does this in any way increase the likelihood of impeachment?

[cap]

60. you don't lose emails...

there are so many backups of everything... you would have to lose the backups.
There is also a master file in outlook that keeps a copy of everything. A good computer forensic specialist could also find the emails deleted because they arent ever truly erased.

Waxman needs a good email trace and then he can join Wexler in the impeachment hearings.

[Tesla]

64. I thought they were always in the computer somewhere

I think someone needs to call GEEK SQUAD!