Posted on 10/26/2005 2:05:22 PM PDT by Perdogg
As I have stated before, I believe the evidence is to weak to go after Rove or Libby. There is no evidence that they violated IIPA or Section 793; Section 1683 is a tough road to hoe; anything less would be pardoned on Christmas Eve 2008. Stating that I do not believe thye will be indicted.
We know that Ashcroft appointed Fitzgerald in December 2003 to take over the investigation. Why?
I thought at the time, it was done so to avoid a conflict of interest since Bush was running for re-election. But apparently it done because Ashcroft felt the issue was serious enough to do so. The White House could not investigate the CIA.
My feeling on this is that targets of this investigation are the following:
It appears that the CIA under Tenet, attempted to subvert the Government of the United States by manufacturing intelligence and submitting it to the Executive Branch of the United States government. The same people attempted to essentially frame Rove and libby for a crime they did not committ, for petty political reasons.
I don't wear a tinfoil hat, but the facts in the case, as reported, suggest this is the case. This was just recently confirm by Victoria Toensing.
The questions that we need to ask is:
Once this question is answered, I believe the rest of pieces will fit.
That all makes sense to me.
Boy, would I love to see Plame and Wilson hopping around in orange suits and leg irons!
The person who appointed Joe Wilson to the mission to Niger also appointed Craig Livingston to be the WH security chief..
What?
Has anyone seen that simian, David Corn lately?
He's trying to say that we never did find out who hired Craig Livingstone, and maybe we will never find out who hired Slow Joe Wilson to go to Niger.
Has David Corn ever looked GOOD?
Unfortunately, I do not think this investigation has gone beyond the "leak." I think some unexpected people have shown up being tied to the leak, and an unexpected conspiracy to commit the leak may be suggested by some of the evidence gathered so far; but I think Fitz does not see his job as trying to figure out why The Missus Wilson got her hubby sent to Niger in the first place. That is irrelevant to whether anyone committed a crime by revealing the name of The Missus to reporters. We are not going to get "closure" on how this whole caper went down unless the Administration decides to get to the bottom of it, and it looks like they really don't want to go there. Too many hornets in that nest IMO.
I wish I could take a peek at the last page of this mystery.
I thought he was holding all those FBI files that ended up in Hillary's office.
Is there a chance that Valerie had a covert status - that she was in some kind-of operation we know nothing about?
I mean if she was really covert, would we know?
And yes, yes, I understand she was no-longer-covert, but maybe whe was covert-again.
He's not a handsome man so the answer would be . . . nope.
Why is there an investigation to who forged the documents. If this was all about leaks, this case would be over.
Considering Novak's comment on this, the answer would be no. He says that the CIA did NOT urge him or push him to keep the name secret. Now, the guy who supposedly talked to Novak now says he told Novak to keep it secret, but his motive for saying that NOW is his own job security. At the time, Novak said that the CIA did NOT tell him to keep the name secret...which would indicate she was not then, a covert agent.
That would be just and wonderful. But it's hard to believe there would be no "leaks" at all about those people.
I believe the correct term is 'frog marched out of the White House'; that's the liberals' wish for Karl Rove.
They've all been celebrating 'Fitzmas' early.
Would that there were bitter medicine in store for the lot of them.
Thanks!
He would look good in bright orange and stainless steel.
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