ACTION ALERT ON DSM

Contact by email and phone Rep. Conyers and all representatives in the House including Rep. Sensenbrenner. Our taxes foot the bill for Hill facilities. Conyers must not cave as it sets a dangerous precedent when minorities want to have hearings on issues the Majority is intent upon ignoring. Please send to members and to media - thanks! Now we've got the times and places -- it's time to go get the PEOPLE. 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 1:30 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. Read about it in The Hill. 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 afterdowningsteet.org Flyers to print, copy, and distribute widely are available from the this link LOCAL RALLIES PLANNED AROUND COUNTRY Supporters of this campaign are independently organizing rallies on Thursday at locations around the country. You can learn about those HERE 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. CONTACTS: David Swanson david@davidswanson.org 202-329-7847 Jonathan Schwarz jonrschwartz@yahoo.com 301 928 7579