i thought it was the husband what did it on his who's who page
Posted on 06/16/2016 3:11:07 PM PDT by cotton1706
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage acknowledged Thursday that he was the source who first revealed the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame to syndicated columnist Robert Novak back in 2003, touching off a federal investigation.
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Armitage was not indicted by the federal grand jury that investigated the disclosure of Plame's name to Novak and other journalists. He told CBS that the special counsel investigating the leak, Patrick Fitzgerald, "asked me not to discuss this, and I honored his request."
After Novak's column ran, Wilson accused Bush administration officials of leaking his wife's name in retaliation for his criticisms about intelligence used to buttress the case for invading Iraq. (Full story)
Because deliberately revealing the identity of a CIA operative can be a crime, Fitzgerald, the U.S. attorney in Chicago, was appointed in September 2003 as a special counsel to investigate whether any laws were broken.
While no one has been indicted for actually leaking Plame's identity, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, has been charged with perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators for allegedly giving false information about his discussions with journalists about Plame.
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There was nothing illegal about putting her name in the paper, therefore nobody was ever charged with doing it. This “investigation” was the biggest political hit job I have seen in years.
A-holes like armitage and powell were in on scam. Screw them both.
The moral of the story... when the FBI asks you a question, answer “I have nothing to say.”
Thank you for that reminder. Scooter incident was so many years ago, it might not matter now, dude. Armitage appears to be as low on the pole as it gets.
I guess this LOWLIFE let Libby take the fall for this???He fits RIGHT IN with HELLARY who NEEDS this BASTARD!!! He is being reported on as some huge person in GOP I have NEVER heard of him and I am informed on EVERYTHING!!!
This super secret spy kept doing the same job at the same desk for several years after the “outing”. She quit because she was offered a huge book deal. The book deal fell apart once it was discovered that Karl Rove would not be frog marched off to jail. P.S. Piss on W for letting Scooter twist in the wind. Worthless rinos, all of them.
As long as the Thorizine flows to that woman, she’s likely forgotten about the whole thing.
She probably forgot about the whole thing that night.
i thought it was the husband what did it on his who's who page
They are both useless. Powell would never had made LTC without AA. He did nothing in Vietnam. Hell he did zip as an advisor then after being a BN XO for a short time he goes to DIV HQ as assistant to the assistant G-3. The man did ZIP.
“I am informed on EVERYTHING!!!”
or not.
Never forget: Armitage and Powell stood by and watced an innocent man be destroyed. Armitage told Powell he revealed Plame’s name to Novac. Powell was seated by Bush, in a White House staff meeting, when Bush famously said that he would not rest until the person who revealed the identity of Plame’s was convicted. Powell could have told him then! Instead he conspired with the special prosecutor to entrap Libby for a crime he had nothing to do with.
I hope President Trump remedies this injustice.
Bush never defended his friends. Hell, he never even defended himself. That's how we got Obama.
I think I would go with ‘I don’t recall’. It has gotten Hillary! Out of many interrogations about her crimes.
What would you expect? He let Scooter Libby go to prison by not speaking up. He is a coward and a sleaze.
What would you expect? He let Scooter Libby go to prison by not speaking up. He is a coward and a sleaze.
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