Supreme Court Ends Plame Case Against Cheney, Libby, Bush Officials

FoxNews ^ | 6/22/09 | Lee Ross

[anniegetyourgun]

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will not give further consideration to a lawsuit brought by a fired CIA agent and her husband against high ranking Bush administration officials, including former Vice President Dick Cheney.

The decision is a victory for Cheney and his former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove, and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. They and nine unnamed co-defendants were sued by Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband Joseph after her CIA cover was leaked to reporters.

[anniegetyourgun]

SNORT

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Couldn’t find any evidence that she was a covert agent?

[muawiyah]

Or, if she was, that she ever existed. Poor old what’shername, no longer famous or meaningful!

[KC_Conspirator]

Merry Fitzmas.

[DonaldC]

She was a kinda hot secretary...er, I mean agent.

[bcsco]

The DUmmie commune will feel freudenschade over this.

[skeeter]

What was that buttmunch Colin Powell’s response?

[editor-surveyor]

“Plame is to blame” (if anyone)

[rvoitier]

[Buck W.]

They’ll reopen it in 24 business hours.

[newheart]

Monday's ruling by the Supreme Court, made as usual without comment, leaves the lower court rulings in place.

And 'without comment' is likely the way the MSM will cover the decision. I sure hope Libby writes a book.

[null and void]

Good. Now they have time to devote to The 0ne’s lack of Constitutional qualifications...

[Turret Gunner A20]

It’s about time they threw that damned nonsense out.

[pepperdog]

Now they should sue Plame! And Powell! However I doubt they will, the expense and stress of this crap all these years has probably worn them down to the point that they just want to be let alone to enjoy what's left of their lives.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

BWAAAA! This just made my day!

[Phil Southern]

don’t you mean “schadenfreude”

[Eric in the Ozarks]

To illustrate the absurdity of Valerie’s claim; she and her husband were listed in Who’s Who, including their jobs, home address, etc.

[GQuagmire]

business hours ping

[LonePalm]

This should stir up the DU ant hill.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[STARWISE]

Hallelujah ! God bless Scooter Libby and his family.

Sorry, Sean Penn - your movie "Fair Game" won't be getting the publicity you expected from a splashy lawsuit.

[silverleaf]

Joe and Valerie WHO?
Haven’t seen or heard of them much in the new hopie chnage administration.
Useful tools who served their purpose...

[Williams]

Good screw her and her lying husband. The two of them were in it together and obviously violated their duties to the CIA in order to press their left wing agenda.

I notice they haven’t gotten jobs from Obama either. At least not yet. You would never want them working for you they are scum.

[Bahbah]

brought by a fired CIA agent

I don't recall that she was fired. Do I misremember?

[LadyBuzz]

PAGING - Chrissy Matthews & David Schuster please pick up the white courtesy phone...........

[bcsco]

don’t you mean “schadenfreude”

Nope. "Freudenschade" was a term used by a DUmmie at Democratic Underground a couple years ago when William Rivers Pitt wrote that Karl Rove would be indicted within 24 hours. I picked it up on a thread by PJ-Comix about that DU thread, and it's been used ever since. In fact I created this graphic (below) at the time...

[Vigilanteman]

So when is the Government going to sue Plame for return of her government pay earned while running a DNC campaign office from the CIA?

[nina0113]

Couldn’t find any evidence that she was a covert agent?

Actually she had been, long long ago - IIRC she was one of the many outed by Aldrich Ames, who is still stealing oxygen.

[Pistolshot]

Now Plame will write a book, do the talk show circuit, tell a bunch of crap, and Cheney and Libby will still be convicted in the court of public opinion. /shakeshead

[hoosiermama]

Need your WooHoo graffic!

[Turret Gunner A20]

And 'without comment' is likely the way the MSM will cover the decision.

Read the referenced article:

Monday's ruling by the Supreme Court, made as usual without comment, leaves the lower court rulings in place.

[Sunshine Sister]

I’m glad there is finally closure and that all three courts slapped Plame down. I really hope they spent a bunch of money in the process.

[madinmadtown]

Why Andy McCarthy defends Fitzgerald is a mystery to me. Fitz was out to get the Bush administration and this Plame debacle was the bizarre way that he chose to do it. Fitzgerald seems to be doing his best to hide any and all incriminating stuff against Obama from Chicago as well. He is a man with a plan...and it is more Obamana than Panama.

[Turret Gunner A20]

I don't recall that she was fired.

If she wasn't, she should have been.

[Uri’el-2012]

Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband Joseph after her CIA cover was leaked to reporters.

Valerie's cover story was that she was an analyst for the CIA
working at the Langley Virgina CIA Headquarters.

[vox_freedom]

hahahaha
Plame who? No one, evidently.

[frankenMonkey]

"Fired CIA Agent... huuurrrruuugggghhhh????"

[Cicero]

Monday's ruling by the Supreme Court, made as usual without comment, leaves the lower court rulings in place.

Yes, exactly. That was my first thought. By refusing to hear the case, rather than reversing the lower court decisions, SCOTUS has effectively left that crook Fitz's work in place. So, Plame doesn't get her money, but Scooter was still found guilty by a kangaroo court, a crooked judge, and an admittedly biased jury, and only partly relieved by Bush.

So, it's not a further victory for Plame and her fellow liars, but it's not a defeat for the propagandists who are using her. And Cheney is still the goat, even though he was never even brought to trial.

[Oldpuppymax]

Can Cheney, Libby and Rove turn around and sue these fraud artists?

[a fool in paradise]

She leaked her covert status to her future husband on their third date.

Wonder how many other boyfriends she told she was an undercover spy.

[neocon1984]

Fitzgerald had “issues” with Scooter Libby over the Marc Rich pardon. Libby was Rich’s lawyer and Fitzgerald was mightily steamed when Clinton pardoned him.

Although Fitzgerald is a Democrat, he was nominated by Peter Fitzgerald (a conservative/libertarian) US Senator from Illinois because of his generally non-partisan behavior. My best guess is that Fitz suffers from overzealous prosecution complex (i.e., wanting to justify his position) rather than raw partisanship.

For the sake of further irony, guess who took Peter Fitzgerald’s Senate seat after he declined to run again. Yup, it was The Won.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

This was always political manipulation of the courts by the Democrats for the purpose of electing a Demorat as president in 2008. The case should have been dismissed as such years ago.

[OldNavyVet]

Hell hath no insidious side to match that in American libs.

[TYVets]

Can Cheney, Libby and Rove turn around and sue these fraud artists?

Slandered the 3 and possibly the other 9, my thoughts exactly.

Who has had their earnings damaged by Plame and hubby?

Paybacks are hell.

[tiredoflaundry]

heheheheheheheh

[SueRae]

About damn time.

[xtinct]

chortle!!!

[True Republican Patriot]

Some secret agent, bedded on the second date and spilled her cover to who ever she was in bed with! and the it was published in a book! OPPS!

[True Republican Patriot]

The Who’s Who of What?

The Who’s Who of Blabbermouths and Sleeparounds?

[penelopesire]

We should get the popcorn and margarita machine fired up, then head over to DU to watch the meltdown.....ROTFLOL!!

HALLELUJAH is right!!

[South40]