McClellan to testify before House in CIA leak case
By LAURIE KELLMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's former spokesman, Scott McClellan, will testify before a House committee next week about whether Vice President Dick Cheney ordered him to make misleading public statements about the leaking of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity.
McClellan will testify publicly and under oath before the House Judiciary Committee on June 20 about the White House's role in the leak and its response, his attorneys, Michael and Jane Tigar, said on Monday.
The header here borrows from that delightful phrase from Michelin guides that indicated a particular historical, cultural, or natural site was worth going out of one's way. Way back when, I had such guides in French so I recall the phrase as: "mérite le détour."
This is an interview on Bill Maher's show with Ambassador Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame Wilson. It merits the detour.
My favorite moment comes when the subject of treason comes up. Maher notes that the penalty for treason is death. The whole episode is worth it for the look on Ms. Wilson's face in response to Maher's implied query.
I do not support the death penalty. Nonetheless, my fallen nature would love to see a few individuals fully prosecuted for this crime. I will settle for life imprisonment. Anything less is a travesty.
Article. III. Section. 3. Clause 1: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. Clause 2: The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
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From AP (via SusanG at Daily Kos):
