HEARINGS ON DOWNING STREET MINUTES SET FOR 1 PM THURSDAY
Hearings to be held at DNC because Republicans Denying Democrats Use of Rooms on Hill
On Thursday June 16, 2005, at 1:00 p.m. in the Wasserman Room at 430 S Capitol St. SE, Washington, D.C., Rep. John
Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and other Congress Members will hold a hearing on the
Downing Street Minutes and related evidence of efforts to cook the books on pre-war intelligence.
The hearings are being held at the Democratic National Committee because the Republicans controlling the House Judiciary
Committee refused to permit the ranking Democratic Member to use a room on the Hill. http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/UndertheDome/index.html Nonetheless, Republicans are welcome to attend.
Later on the same day at 5:00 p.m. ET in Lafayette Square Park, in front of the White House, a large rally will support
Congressman Conyers who plans to deliver to the White House a letter addressed to President Bush and signed by over
500,000 Americans and at least 94 Congress Members. The letter asks the President to respond to questions raised by the
Downing Street Minutes.
Among those speaking at the hearings will be: Joe Wilson, Former Ambassador and WMD Expert; Ray McGovern, 27-year CIA
analyst who prepared regular Presidential briefings during the Reagan administration; Cindy Sheehan, mother of fallen
American soldier; John Bonifaz, renowned constitutional lawyer and co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org.
Among those speaking at the rally will be: Congressman Conyers and various other Congress Members, Cindy Sheehan of Gold
Star Families for Peace, John Bonifaz of AfterDowningStreet.org, Ray McGovern former CIA analyst, Medea Benjamin of
Global Exchange, Rev. Lennox Yearwood of Progressive Democrats of America, Stephen Cleghorn of Military Families Speak
Out, Kevin Zeese, Director of Democracy Rising. More information, and flyers promoting the rally, are available at http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/
Flyers to print, copy, and distribute widely:
LOCAL RALLIES PLANNED AROUND COUNTRY
Supporters of this campaign are independently organizing rallies on Thursday at locations around the country.
AfterDowningStreet.org is a rapidly growing coalition of veterans' groups, peace groups, and political activist groups,
which launched on May 26, 2005, a campaign to urge the U.S. Congress to begin a formal investigation into whether
President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war.
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