Here’s a bombshell for you. It seems the high level investigations within the Bush administration aren’t poised to end any time soon. Now the lens focuses on Condoleeza Rice, asking about her involvement with the 2003 uranium in Niger claims.

Since taking over as chairman of the House investigative committee, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California, renewed his call to investigate what Rice knew about the Niger uranium claim.

He has said Rice has failed to adequately answer his questions in a series of letters he has sent the secretary.

In one letter, Waxman called on Rice to outline who at the White House “kept resuscitating” the disputed report after the CIA blocked its inclusion in an October 2002 Bush speech on Iraq.

You’ll recall that Rice some time ago Rice said that someone “deep in the bowels” may have known about the problems concerning the Niger claims. I’d be curious as to how all that worked. Here’s a fun little bit, though:

Deputy State Department spokesman Tom Casey said Wednesday that the department “will be consulting with the White House on this matter.”

Casey also noted Rice has addressed “this four-year-old issue on many occasions, and the subject already has been exhaustively investigated.”

And even though Rice can legitimately be called upon to testify about the State Department, her testimony may be restricted by White House regulations, a State Department official said Wednesday.

The official said the White House will not allow current or former staff to testify about internal White House matters, and has categorized Niger uranium claim as an internal issue.

Of course. Everything that we don’t want to talk about? Well that’s an internal affair so no one can testify about it. Between this and the potential “interview while not under oath off the record behind closed doors with no followup” that they offered, it’s really a wonder if there has been such a vehemently secretive administration in recent memory, or if we’ll see another in our lives. Honestly, at this point it’s not even like a right/left issue.