[MichiganMan]

Fred Barnes knocks this out of the park.

[MNJohnnie]

And all Chissy Matthews and the rest of the DNC hacks pretending to be Journalists can do is stammer "oh the story is too complicated to cover now"

Way to go Mr Barnes. Nicely done.

[jwalsh07]

"Colin Powell, Bush's friend and secretary of state in the first Bush term, knew what Armitage had done and never let on. He met with Bush countless times as the White House was being pummelled in the media and by Democrats for outing a CIA agent to take revenge on her husband.

Bush called publicly for the leaker to be identified. Powell knew the identity, but remained silent. Some friend.

Disgraceful.

[jwalsh07]

"Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the "leak" case, was aware of the source of Novak's story when he began his continuing investigation in December 2003. Yet finding that source was supposedly the object of his probe. Now working with a second grand jury, Fitzgerald surely knows the supposed conspiracy to defame Wilson is, and always was, a fantasy. Still he won't let go. Fitzgerald has proved once more why naming a special prosecutor is a colossal mistake.

Contemptible.

[jwalsh07]

The Ashcroft Justice Department. Armitage brought his story to investigators after the CIA requested an investigation when the name of Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, appeared in Novak's column. So when the department decided weeks later to appoint a special prosecutor, it already knew who had "leaked" Plame's name. Then attorney-general John Ashcroft excused himself, leaving the decision to his deputy, James Comey.

Rather than face a torrent of partisan recriminations for dropping the case, Comey passed the buck to Fitzgerald. There were no profiles in courage at Justice.

Incredible.

[killermosquito]

We have to go to Australia to read the truth!?!?!

[ASA Vet]

Fred Barnes knocks this out of the park.

Almost.
It would have been out of the park home run if the headline hadn't referred to a middle level analyst as an "agent."

[operation clinton cleanup]

If Republicans play this right, we may have to thank Joe Wilson for saving the Republican majority in Congress.

[digger48]

Posted on 09/14/2006 8:28:05 AM EDT by digger48


Your Sept. 12 editorial "Jack Bauer Insurance" was a disservice not to me or to fictional characters like Jack Bauer, but to the very real CIA agents whose commitment to the truth didn't fit the administration's neoconservative agenda on Iraq, and to agents endangered by reckless administration policies.

(snip)

Former CIA case officer Jim Marcinkowski argued the Valerie Plame leak hurt "the credibility of our case officers when they try to convince an overseas contact that their safety is of primary importance." Former CIA agent Larry Johnson, a registered Republican, said it "speaks volumes" that President Bush held no one accountable for the leak of an agent's identity. Forgotten is President George H.W. Bush's admonition that those who expose our agents are "the most insidious of traitors." CIA officers don't need Jack Bauer insurance--they need insurance against the recklessness of this administration


(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...

[digger48]

Sorry....That was John Kerry's remarks in the WSJ today

[Anti-Bubba182]

"..Bush called publicly for the leaker to be identified. Powell knew the identity, but remained silent. Some friend. .."

Powell does not not look good in this. As a matter of fact he looks like a duplicitous weasel. His halo has a tarnish.

"..What's left to do? Fitzgerald, in decency, should terminate his probe immediately. And he should abandon the perjury prosecution of Libby, the former Cheney aide. Libby's foggy memory was no worse than Armitage's.

Last but not least, a few apologies are called for, notably by Powell, but also by the press. A correction - perhaps the longest and most overdue in the history of journalism - is in order. .."

Neither thing will ever happen. Powell took revenge on Bush by letting the leak burn him and Fitzgerald operated the entire investigation to create a purjury trap, since the disclosure of Plame was no violation of law in the first place.

[Wuli]

When this is a headline news report, told just as Barnes reports it, in prime time on national TV, then there will be hope in the world.

Oh yea, I won't hold my breath.

[SuzyQue]

Exactly where is Patrick Fitzgerald? Why has no one in the media asked him to explain any of this?

[ARE SOLE]

Richard Armitage, the deputy secretary of state under Colin Powell, was the first to reveal that Wilson's wife was a CIA employee. He blabbed carelessly to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post, then to columnist Robert Novak, who mentioned it in a July 2003 column.

Great summary. One thing, Armitage according to Novak did not blab carelessly to Novak, it was deliberate, he expected the "revelation" to be published. It was a deliberate betrayal by Armitage and Powell of the President. They then kept quite for years and watched the President twist in the wind while he dealt with two wars.

Regards

[i_dont_chat]

What's left to do? Fitzgerald, in decency, should terminate his probe immediately. And he should abandon the perjury prosecution of Libby, the former Cheney aide. Libby's foggy memory was no worse than Armitage's.

Last but not least, a few apologies are called for, notably by Powell, but also by the press. A correction - perhaps the longest and most overdue in the history of journalism - is in order.

Great summation!

[Paladin2]

"journalistic jihad"

Sounds about right as a description of this LSM action.

[whtabtbill]

I think all this goes to show is that you can be labeled republican, democrat, conservative, or liberal but it doesn't define a person's character. Armitage and Powell sold the very people that they were suppose to serve up the river, knowing full well the so-called outing of Plame was all a lie. Rarely will you ever hear a politician or the press apologize for all the pain and suffering they bring upon people when they're in the wrong from step 1. I'm sure I'll be dead before we have politicians that truly serve the public's interests instead of whomever throws the most money at them.

[dfwgator]

The Seinfeld of Scandals. A Scandal about Nothing.

[knews_hound]

bttt

[Stallone]

The War on Terror begins with Democrats and the Liberal Media.

Terror is ineffective without the domestic sycophants and complicit political and media traitors.

Do your part: destroy Liberal Media and Democrats with extreme prejudice.

[KJC1]

Ping in case you haven't seen this.