Just heard on a talk show.
Suggested name should be "Depends Gate" stopping the leaks...
How about Damgate then? :o)
More from DU... ROFLOL!!!
DubyaSux (45 posts) Mon Jul-19-04 11:18 PM
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66. My theory...
...it's possible the notes and documents had incriminating evidence.
But not against Clinton.
During the transition period, I'm sure Berger kept lots of notes. So, it's possible he can show Bush and Co. were full force on the Iraq bandwagon before he even took office.
Since Berger works for Kerry, he has a motive to do this. Bush could be devastated by documents showing he had every intention of invading Iraq regardless of what the intelligence showed.
Sounds plausible and possibly, legal if they were copies - not the originals.
obelus (7 posts) Mon Jul-19-04 11:38 PM
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69. This is as bad as it looks...
but possibly not for partisan reasons. Things have come to an ugly boil at the CIA with the Wilson/Plame affair, the number one and number two slots open after midnight resignations, and the infamous 16 little words. The CIA is now, I believe, on the offensive and not willing to take the fall for 9/11 or the rush to war in Iraq. From The Wilderness outlines this turnabout cogently as being the staging for criminal indictments to the uppermost reaches. A case can be made, perhaps, that the CIA has decided it will outlive any administration and will not simply roll over. They are willing to spill because they have been compromised and scapegoated and they are in the middle of something important.
It is altogether possible that senior executives--both Republican and Democrat may see jail. Berger's actions, if sustained, are clearly criminal. But there may be plenty of criminality to go around once Tenet starts speaking to a federal prosecutor. The spooks are angry.