DOJ will complain that if they comply with Burton's subpoenas, it would compromise the ongoing sensitive investigation.
Wait until David Schippers' book comes out in June. It will be explosive. The release of the LaBella memo (heavily redacted) was a preemptive strike. From Drudge:
IMPEACHMENT COUNSEL'S BOOK SPOOKS JUSTICE; LABELLA LEAK THOUGHT TO BE PREEMPTIVE STRIKE
**Exclusive**
An explosive new book by House impeachment counsel David Schippers has angered and blindsided Justice Department officials, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, months before its planned publication.
Schippers has been quietly polishing a manuscript which includes details kept far from public view of alleged White House and Justice Department corruption -- details Schippers learned while preparing the Lewinsky impeachment case against President Clinton!
"The release of this information will have the direct effect of compromising ongoing sensitive investigations," a Justice Department official warned last week in Washington. "It is irresponsible at best."
And the upcoming book, tentatively set for release in June by REGNERY, may have been the catalyst behind this weekend's leak of a confidential report by the Justice Department's former chief campaign finance investigator Charles LaBella.
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Insiders familiar with the book's content say Schippers is preparing to shed new light on a mysterious warning he delivered during impeachment hearings.
Schippers warned Congress that he had "received and reviewed additional information and evidence from the independent counsel" and had "developed additional information from diverse other sources."
He told the Judiciary Committee: "Unfortunately, because of the extremely strict time limits placed upon us, a number of very promising leads had to be abandoned. We just ran out of time. In addition, other allegations of possible serious wrongdoing cannot be presented publicly at this time by virtue of circumstances totally beyond our control.
Schippers said he "uncovered more incidents involving probable direct and deliberate obstructions of justice, witness tampering, perjury and abuse of power."
In December of 1998, Schippers was given access to memos authored by LaBella and FBI Director Louis Freeh detailing the results of a two-year grand jury investigation probing Clinton fund-raising in the 1996 campaign.
A federal judge prohibited Schippers and Democrat impeachment staff attorney Kevin Simpson from copying or removing over 200 pages of documents from Justice Department offices.
Details of the LaBella memo appeared in the LOS ANGELES TIMES on Friday.
"Schippers is convinced the leaks emanated directly from the Justice Department, with them knowing his material was coming out," says a sources close to the action. |
