*Breaking*** McClellan Agrees to Testify before House Judiciary Committee!

[npincus]

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/09/mcclellan-to-testify-befo_n_106128.html

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, whose scathing memoir about his time in the Bush administration sent waves through Washington D.C., has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, a senior committee official told The Huffington Post.

McClellan's book "What Happened" detailed the "propaganda campaign" that led up to the Iraq war. His hearing is expected to focus heavily on the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame, an episode that McClellan has said was driven by political motivations from within the Oval Office. But the committee could press the former press secretary on other matters within its jurisdiction, including the possible authorization of torture by administration officials (though it remains to be seen how much knowledge McClellan has of that topic).

Earlier on Monday, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers sent an letter to McClellan requesting his testimony.

"I have extended an invitation...after discussions between Committee staff and his attorneys," wrote Conyers. "In his book, Mr. McClellan suggests that senior White House officials may have obstructed justice and engaged in a cover-up regarding the Valerie Plame leak. This alleged activity could well extend beyond the scope of the offenses for which Scooter Libby has been convicted and deserves further attention."

The date on the invitation, June 20, was set in advance to accommodate McClellan's schedule, the official said.

[flor de jasmim]

1. hope he starts wearing a bullet-proof vest and has SS protection!

[galledgoblin]

8. same thing I was thinking (n/t)

[johnfunk]

2. Good thing I invested in Jiffy Pop futures recently...

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[PoliticalAmazon]

5. LOL. Now THAT's what I call planning ahead. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

9. I'm in an Orville Redenbacher hedge fund....

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[VP505]

3. I hope this grows some legs

and goes somewhere other than another dog and pony show. I can already hear all the Reptilians during the hearing blasting Scott for his disloyalty and trying to twist it into another Booo$h is great and McClellan is a liar fest.

[PoliticalAmazon]

4. Obviously, the Bush administration will go nuclear on McLellan....

But I also predict that the media will turn ugly on McLellan again like they did when he first came out with his book. He was quite clear about how the media largely gave Bush and his cohorts a free pass, so they had to discredit McLellan. The first guests the media had on their shows were Bush administration staff who launched plenty of personal attacks against McLellan but didn't have much to say about the specific facts in McLellan's book.

Anyway, I bet the WH is going to get Maalox delivered by the case, in prepartion for McLellan's testification.

[spanone]

6. good, now scott can actually DO SOMETHING about the criminal activity he participated in

[Canuckistanian]

7. Wow. And not a subpoena in sight.

It's good to see at least ONE ex-administration member with a willingness to cooperate freely.