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Date: July 21, 2007 1:34:59 AM PDT
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Subject: Congressional Democrat w/ CLEARANCE Can't Read Bush C.O.G.
Plan: "TOO SECRET"!
"Maybe the people who think it's a conspiracy are right."
DeFazio asks, but he's denied access
Classified info - The congressman wanted to see government plans
for after a terror attack
Friday, July 20, 2007
JEFF KOSSEFF
The Oregonian
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/
118489654058910.xml&coll=7
WASHINGTON -- Oregonians called Peter DeFazio's office, worried
there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White
House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack.
As a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee,
DeFazio, D-Ore., is permitted to enter a secure "bubbleroom" in the
Capitol and examine classified material. So he asked the White
House to see the secret documents.
On Wednesday, DeFazio got his answer: DENIED.
"I just can't believe they're going to deny a member of Congress
the right of reviewing how they plan to conduct the government of
the United States after a significant terrorist attack," DeFazio says.
Homeland Security Committee staffers told his office that the White
House initially approved his request, but it was later quashed.
DeFazio doesn't know who did it or why.
"We're talking about the continuity of the government of the United
States of America," DeFazio says. "I would think that would be
relevant to any member of Congress, let alone a member of the
Homeland Security Committee."
Bush administration spokesman Trey Bohn declined to say why DeFazio
was denied access: "We do not comment through the press on the
process that this access entails. It is important to keep in mind
that much of the information related to the continuity of
government is highly sensitive."
Norm Ornstein, a legal scholar who studies government continuity at
the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said he "cannot
think of one good reason" to deny access to a member of Congress
who serves on the Homeland Security Committee.
"I find it inexplicable and probably reflective of the usual, knee-
jerk overextension of executive power that we see from this White
House," Ornstein said.
This is the first time DeFazio has been denied access to documents.
DeFazio has asked Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie
Thompson, D-Miss., to help him access the documents.
"Maybe the people who think there's a conspiracy out there are
right," DeFazio said.
Jeff Kosseff: 202-383-7814 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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