AP: Charges Don't Directly Address CIA Leak

BREITBART.COM ^ | Oct 28 3:37 PM US/Eastern | GINA HOLLAND Associated Press Writer

[Berlin_Freeper]

We can thank the useless coward Ashcroft for unleashing this democrat power hungry career and media whore fritzgerald on the Bush Administration.

The only good thing about Ashcroft is that he quit, that was the only good thing he ever did as AG. All he had to do was announce that obviously no crime was committed in outing a covert CIA agent because she was not such, and the whole BS thing would have been over in 5 minutes.

I hope that dickweed is happy with himself today.

[CharlesWayneCT]

2 counts of contradicting reporters, 2 counts of doing so in a grand jury testimony, and 1 count of doing the 4 counts with the purpose of misleading the investigation.

All regarding his statements to first the FBI investigators, and later the grand jury, regarding 3 contacts with reporters.

[popdonnelly]

"David Gergen said, just a short time ago, (on CNN or MSNBC) that the White House can't blame it's troubles on an overzealous prosecutor or on being "kn*cked-up" by the press."

That's right, they could blame a lot of their troubles on a news media that's incompetent, biased, or both.

[RogerWilko]

Uh Ohh... It's been picked up by The Washington Post and ABC News too so far!

They better watch out or they may cause a controversy!

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Someone, please answer me this: If a crime had never been committed, how can one lie about it?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That's right, they could blame a lot of their troubles on a news media that's incompetent, biased, or both.

Exactly....good one!

[conserv13]

DC juries are bad? why?

I believe that people can come to an unbiased conclusion whether they are black, white, male, female, Dem or Rep.

[conserv13]

If you intentionally lie to a grand jury, that is perjury and obstruction of justice. They could have asked, "What does 2+2 equal?" If he says "5" when he knows the answer is "4", then that is a crime.

[vrwc1]

You need to check out the indictment to see what it really says. Fitzgerald's case does not hinge on a difference between what the reporters said and what Libby said. It hinges on what Libby told the FBI and the Grand Jury, and how that is different than what the truth actually was.

Libby told the FBI and the Grand Jury that when he talked to the reporters he didn't know that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA. That is not true - he did know that she worked for the CIA as he had been told by a State Department official, by Cheney and had confirmed it with the CIA as well.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Answered myself! Never mind!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And I'll add this.....why did Judith Miller willingly go to jail for all that time????

[eeriegeno]

Scooter was indicted on five counts of contradicting a reporter...

And everyone knows that reporters never lie!!!! Being the saints that they are!!!! sarc/off

[Arm_Bears]

Really? You might be interested in this bridge I have . . .

[telebob]

"2 counts of contradicting reporters, 2 counts of doing so in a grand jury testimony, and 1 count of doing the 4 counts with the purpose of misleading the investigation."

He he he he he....

[dead]

Steven Reich, a New York attorney and former senior associate counsel to President Bill Clinton, said Fitzgerald has his reasons for not charging anyone with the leak. "Either he thought there was not a crime, or he thought he couldn't prove it. No one will know which but him," he said

What the hell kind of idiotic statement is that?

We are paying Fitzgerald to do this job. That would imply a certain obligation that he let us know whether or not a crime was committed prior to the time he started gathering evidence in the case.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Working on finding an answer for my question:

Special Report: Judith Miller Exonerates Bush Officials

[syriacus]

That's right, they could blame a lot of their troubles on a news media that's incompetent, biased, or both.

Exactly. Gergen accidentally told the truth.

[Alter Kaker]

I've been in the Court system for 27 years, and I know a nut when I see one.

When are you up for parole?

[conserv13]

You don't believe in the American judicial system?