WASHINGTON (AP) – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner called on Jamie Gorelick to resign from the Sept. 11 commission Wednesday, citing a memo she wrote as a deputy attorney general on separating counterintelligence from criminal investigations.
“Scrutiny of this policy lies at the heart of the commission’s work,” said Sensenbrenner, R-Wis. “Ms. Gorelick has an inherent conflict of interest as the author of this memo and as a government official at the center of the events in questions.”
Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Reader Alec McAusland emails: “What I want to know: Will the press call upon Jamie Gorelick to apologize? Will she take responsibility? Will the 9/11 families call for her resignation?”
ANOTHER UPDATE: The story seems to be getting traction.