400,000 Letters to Congress Seek War Evidence Probe

posted by ewing2001 on Wednesday July 23, @04:40PM

400,000 Letters to Congress Seek War Evidence Probe

Tue July 22, 2003 04:24 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 400,000 letters have been sent to members of the U.S. Congress backing a call for an independent investigation into intelligence used by the Bush administration to justify the Iraq war, organizers of an online campaign said on Tuesday.

The campaign, being run by the advocacy group Moveon.org, is trying to pressure lawmakers to back a bill introduced by Rep. Henry Waxman, a California Democrat, that would create a nonpartisan commission to probe the intelligence.

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"People feel like the president is not giving them straight answers and they want to know why the president said what he did in the State of Union address," Eli Pariser, the campaign organizer said in a telephone interview.

Ben Cohen and TrueMajority run same campaign

Ben Cohen

President, TrueMajority.org

Co-Founder, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream+ :

Here's the letter we'll send to your Representative:

Dear Representative:

As a constituent of yours, I am very concerned about the almost daily revelations about the validity of the justification used to launch America's attack on Iraq. I understand that two pieces of legislation are now introduced in the House, either of which will launch meaningful investigations. Please add your name to a growing list of legislators, including many who voted for the initial war resolution last October, who are interested in learning what the administration knew and when. Please co-sponsor HR-307 and HR-2625.

The responsibility of Congressional oversight sits squarely on your shoulders. I would like to know that my member of Congress is asking these important questions. Thank you for your continued effort on this issue.

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