Bush Brain Down the Drain?

PEJ News (Canada) ^ | July 1, 2005 | C. L. Cook

[rface]

I have not heard the White House or Rove do any denying ---- is it possible that Bush and Rove are letting this story gain some momentum so that they can pull the legs out from under it later this week????? - or - which direction is this flag blowing?

[wildwood]

But,

a misplaced comma.

ignorance abounds.

[HarryCaul]

I've seen no evidence whatsoever of this, so I'm chalking it up to wishful leftie thinking til I hear otherwise. It doesn't fit with what's been said about the source so far, either.

[Dr.Hilarious]

Stopped reading...HERE:

Prior to the disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq

That this "writer" is so out of it he isn't even aware that the libs have pretty much dropped Wilson because subsequent information shows he was WRONG about everything says a lot about the idiocy of the left.

[Brilliant]

They probably don't have a clue what Cooper's notes say. They did not write them.

When the notes are released, the story will either wither, while we conservatives pound the bejeebers out of these Dems who've fingered Rove with no supporting evidence, or it will take off.

[Tom Bombadil]

Wishful thinking about Rove. He's clean.

[John Jorsett]

I have not heard the White House or Rove do any denying ---- is it possible that Bush and Rove are letting this story gain some momentum so that they can pull the legs out from under it later this week????? - or - which direction is this flag blowing?

They didn't deny the National Guard fake memos either, and that got Danny Boy and CBS to think, "whoopee!" Look how that worked out. I don't know if the White House is run by strategic geniuses or is just lucky, but either way, I wouldn't want to go too far out on the "Rove did it" limb if I were a Democrat or a media person.

[Pikamax]

good lord, this is the canadian version of DU I see.

[the Real fifi]

Bull hockey --and it's been discussed over and over on this Bd for 2 days--Here's the likely source of the non-criminal leak:

---

---

To make a long story short, CIA's counterproliferation division, including Plame, hosted a meeting on 19 Feb 02 to discuss sending Wilson to Africa. A State Department (INR) guy took notes--and he likely had no idea she was a NOC. Somewhere between 7-10 July (after Wilson's NYTimes article, but before Novak's) a memo was sent to Sec Powell via White House trip communications, and it leaked. This doesn't seem to me to fit under the relevant statute.

BTW, Victoria Toensing made a similar case to Lowry's last month. And though I don't have the background to assess the legal arguments, as a practical matter this case looks to be going nowhere . . . which might be a better argument than citing a nonexistent privilege.

---

beldar.blogs.com/beldarblog/2005/02/something_not_t.html#c4006888

[John Valentine]

This should not have been posted without a very prominent vomit alert.

[Dog Gone]

Reportedly, more than 90 of them were assassinated as a result of the leak.

Reported where? DU?

[advance_copy]

The writer of this garbage must be competing for the Guiness Book record on how many lies you can fit in one paragraph!

[rface]

I wanted to make you puke - this is a sneak attack

[Dr.Hilarious]

About the Peace, Earth & Justice News PEJ News: This free email and web service provides news, opinion and analysis of peace, environment (earth) and justice issues. Stay informed with postings often days, weeks and months ahead of the mainstream media, and often never covered in the mass market. PEJ News is produced entirely by volunteers, and is a project of the non-profit Prometheus Institute based in Victoria, Canada.

Yeah, these guys are who I trust with the news.

[satchmodog9]

Wilson, a dedicated professional, took his job seriously and his investigation debunked the charge completely. Sorry pal, not quite what happened.

[balch3]

More trickeration, just like the National Guard memos. Watch and see, the MSM will be made fools of again.

[demlosers]

The stupid press sure tries to do its best trumpeting non-stories.

[Malesherbes]

"Reportedly" by anonymous sources. You need a really deep throat to swallow this bilge.

[Dilbert56]

This guy is piling up lies faster than a Rather wrapup.

• Wilson did not do a thorough job. He wasn't allowed to talk to anyone in power, only former officials. His "investigation", according to his own account, consisted of sitting around drinking sweet mint tea. He never filed a report but instead "debriefed" with his wife in Paris (guess that's what they're calling it these days).
• It did not debunk the allegation. On the contrary, it added credibility. The allegation was that Saddam had "sought" uranium ore, not that he had acquired it. When he reported that Baghdad Bob had visited to increase commerce between the countries, no one though he was hunting sheep's wool.

Laurie O'Donnell's musings aside, does anyone think the NY Times and Time would send reporters to jail to protect Karl Rove?

[defenderSD]

This story has no "momentum". This is merely some liberal musings posted on a website called "Peace, Earth, and Justice News." Rove is too smart to get himself into any kind of serious legal trouble. This "story" is just slighly more reasonable than the insane rantings posted at DU.