On Thursday June 16th, 2005, from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm EST, Rep. John Conyers, Jr., who is the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, along with other Congress Members, held a hearing on the Downing Street Minutes and related evidence of efforts to cook the books on pre-war intelligence. The hearing was broadcast live on KPFA Radio and other media. Conyers planned 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. Later on June 16th, in Washington, DC and other cities around the country, rallies were held in support of Congressman Conyers. A protest was held in Benicia, California, at City Park, from 5 to 6 pm Thursday, June 16, 2005. In Sacramento, about 30 demonstrators unfurled three 12' x3' banners at the Sacramento Bee offices at 21st and Q Streets. A Bee reporter who declined to identify himself said the paper was doing a story now that Conyers was holding a hearing. Photos Additional rallies nationwide

The Downing Street Memo is actually notes from a meeting that included UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, and a number of other high-level officials and intelligence officers in the UK government. Read the Memo The memo reveals that President Bush decided to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the summer of 2002 and, determined to ensure that U.S. intelligence data supported his policies, "fixed" the intelligence and facts relevant to WMD. Anti-war activists have been conducting outreach and protests in their campaign to get the mainstream media to cover the issue of the Downing Street Memo.

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