"It is clear that, at least by sometime in January 2004 -- and probably much earlier -- Fitzgerald knew this law had not been violated. Plame was not a 'covert' agent but a bureaucrat working at CIA headquarters"
See, that's a lie. Plame was a covert agent. And there was a lot of covert activity went up in smoke: they outed everyone who had anything to do with her. "Plame? You know Plame? She's in the CIA, you know. Are you?"
Everyone IS entitled to their own opinion: no one is entitled to their own facts. And if you run a newspaper, you have certain responsibilities. Different, I submit, from if you run a comic book.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
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Fitzgerald stated this just yesterday: "In July 2003, the fact that Valerie Wilson was a CIA officer was classified... Valerie Wilson's cover was blown in July 2003." So, it appears Plame's position was classified and Scrotum Libby blew it. And guess what: Plame was working on WMD issues. Also, Plame's entire front company (Brewster Jennings) has had its cover blown. How many other agents worked there? How many links to those agents have now been severed? Oops. But that's OK I guess. It's now patriotic to blow the cover of a classified CIA agent, her front company, and destroy whatever WMD case she was running down.
The basic premise of the Rivkin/Casey propaganda piece is that there should be no more special prosecutors because during the conduct of their investigations, government officials may lie and get caught lying, which is so wrong. And this sort of logic passes as Washington Post op-ed material? This is the most illogical, poorly reasoned piece I have seen in the Post for a long time.
I dare anyone to call the Post liberal after this.
Lying under oath is a crime. So there was a crime committed.
Of all the people I would just leave alone to do the job is Fitgerald.
And I really do hate that stuff about "no crime was committed"... like "no intent to kill"...
Good hunters and the like carry the weapons broken down, they are always aware of where that gun is pointed, and they have zero "accidents".
Now, if this were a bunch of yahoos out of a beer and hunt weekend, one could spin away intent, could even include Plame and Wilson as part of the weekend blast.
But this was world class stuff, the stuff on which our country was concerned about nuclear attack (hey, that is something to pay attention to) and based on that (and some terribly convenient and well timed anthrax which was never repeated!) the world is at war. And a LOT of money is being made (when you have them by the balls the hearts and minds will follow).
I suggest that a crime was indeed committed. If it turns out to be a virtual crime, well, we'll find a suitable virtual punishment.
Hands off of Fitzgerald, or we'll be looking for another crime: interfering with the work of a special prosecutor.
There is a strategy at play here: if you have shit on you, you will never get it off and you will be caught. The solution is always to get everyone covered in shit: game, set, match.
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