Getting to the bottom of the Downing Street Memo

As I was listening to my community radio station, their morning talk show was talking about a U.S. Representative John Conyers who is working to get to the bottom of the Downing Street Memo. That got me out of bed and to the Internet!

From www.johnconyers.com:

"As many of you are aware, a classified memo was recently disclosed in Great Britain that I believe has serious ramifications for the integrity of the United States Government. Dubbed the "Downing Street Memo," but actually comprising the minutes of a meeting of Prime Minister Tony Blair and other top British government officials, the memo casts serious doubt on many of the contentions of the Bush Administration in the lead up to the Iraq war.æ With over 1,600 U.S. servicemen and servicewomen killed in Iraq, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, and over $200 billion in taxpayer funds going to this war effort, we cannot afford to stand by any longer."

Conyers and 88 of his colleagues have signed a letter asking President Bush to answer questions about the Memo.

You can also sign the petition to President Bush (as of today join 145,000 other citizens!) go to www.johncoyers.com and click the link "Letter to President Bush Concerning the Downing Street Minutes" or on the sidebar click "Downing Street Minutes XXII".

He's also got a blog. Check it out.