From: Rich Gauszka 

http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2007/04/the_rnc_tries_t.html

The RNC Tries to Hide Its Hatch Act Violations

That is, in addition to requesting emails relating to the known instances
of possible Hatch Act Violations (that is, the PowerPoint presentation on
targeted Republican seats), Waxman asked for any other emails pertaining to
"the use of federal agencies or resources to help Republican
candidates." In a letter sent Friday giving Kelner the extension he
asked for (May 9 for the PowerPoint presentation emails and May 30 for the
more general Federal Agencies emails), Waxman noted the following:


Gary Britt wrote:
> The Democrats In Congress are just trying burglarize the RNC.  Just like
> the watergate burglars were trying to do.
>
> Gary
>
> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> Forgot to add this one comment from the muckraker site
>>
>> http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003033.php
>> OK - lemme see if I can get this straight:
>>
>> Congress: we want to see your emails
>>
>> White House: no, executive privelege
>>
>> C: we see that some emails were RNC
>>
>> WH: that was to avoid the Hatch Act, so people could do political,
>> non-govt work
>>
>> C: OK, then let's see the RNC emails
>>
>> WH: no, there "exists a clear and indisputable Executive
Branch interest"
>>
>> Do I have that straight?
>>
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message
>> news:4626732e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> The White House is claming 'executive privilege'  for RNC emails.
>>> They tried to have it both ways with the emails and they got caught -
>>> now they have to go with the 'executive privilege' ploy.
>>>
>>> http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003033.php
>>>
>>> And today, in a letter to the RNC, the White House made their
>>> position clear: you have to give them to us first. There "exists a
>>> clear and indisputable Executive Branch interest" in the emails on
>>> the RNC-issued accounts, wrote Emmet Flood, Special Counsel to the
>>> President.
>>>
>>> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>>> news:odrc23tadnebrfgbpmut2t33tam6lrg8at{at}4ax.com...
>>>> They weren't losing White House emails.  They were losing
RNC emails,
>>>> which they were using  for official business to cirmcumvent the law.
>>>>
>>>> Now they have the nerve to claim that said RNC email protected by
>>>> executive privilege.  The Bushies continue to exhibit
themselves to be
>>>> liars, thieves, and blackguards, to a man.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:31:26 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> They probably were too busy 'losing' White House emails
>>>>>
>>>>> "Mike N." 
wrote in message
>>>>> news:0n0c2357m46tva0ceomnrt1fp02kidvu55{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>> http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=3012688
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "It was a simple letter, just more than 100
words on two pieces of
>>>>>> paper.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But this singular document became one of the key pieces of
>>>>>> evidence, the
>>>>>> smoking gun, touted by the Bush administration to
justify the
>>>>>> invasion of
>>>>>> Iraq. It's also the same piece of
"evidence" that led to a perjury
>>>>>> conviction for Vice President Dick Cheney's former
top aide, I. Lewis
>>>>>> Libby.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The July 2000 letter, which was obtained from
Italian intelligence
>>>>>> services, appeared to be an official
correspondence from the Niger
>>>>>> government to the president of Iraq, confirming a
deal to sell 500
>>>>>> tons of
>>>>>> pure uranium to Iraq annually.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But if the CIA had done a simple Internet search
on some of the
>>>>>> terms used
>>>>>> in the letter, the agency would have quickly
learned that it was a
>>>>>> forgery.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Instead, the letter was later cited by President
Bush in his 2003
>>>>>> State of
>>>>>> the Union address as proof that Saddam Hussein was
determined to
>>>>>> build
>>>>>> nuclear weapons, justifying a preemptive invasion
of the country. "
>>>
>>
>>

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