Looks like some Democrats dusted off those dusty old books on Being an Opposition Party, because they're going to force Republicans to go on record about investigating the Gannonguckert/Plame outing connection:
House Democrats say they will force a vote in the House Judiciary Committee to put the Republican majority on the record with regards to investigating discredited White House correspondent Jeff Gannon who allegedly had access to confidential information, including a memorandum naming CIA operative Valerie Plame, RAW STORY has learned.
The procedure, called a Resolution of Inquiry, will be directed to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and departing Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, senior House aides say. Ridge has jurisdiction over the Secret Service, which is responsible for presidential security; Gonzales oversees the FBI, whose databases are used for criminal background checks.
The resolution requests all documents on how Gannon was personally cleared and repeatedly allowed access to the White House, aides tell RAW STORY. It also calls for any information the departments have on White House policies about how an applicant would go about getting clearance in general.
This lays the ground for some nice attack ads to be run against these morally relative Republicans, who think it's perfectly OK to reveal the names of CIA agents, give press passes to hookers if they pass the wingnut test, and don't give a shit about national security.
THIS is how Republicans play the game, and it's time our side did too.
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