John Kerry Outs Undercover Intelligence Agent in Bolton Hearing

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[The Old Hoosier]

I don't know if anyone else is watching this, but the Senate hearing on John Bolton has repeatedly referred to a "Mr. Smith" whom Bolton said had behaved unprofessionally.

Well, Sen. John Kerry just gave "Mr. Smith's" name in the open hearing.

Once a jackass, always a jackass.

[Graymatter]

Before writing or calling anybody we should make sure we have ALL the facts straight.

Why go to all that trouble? Just contact Dan Rather.
Or Matt Drudge.
Or the New York Times.
Or...CNNABCCBSNBC.

[Jackson57]

Treason is a PREREQUISITE for democRats.

[Eastbound]

Excellent!

[justshutupandtakeit]

Good one.

[AmericanInTokyo]

"The Intelligence Identities and Protection Act; Section 421. Protection of identities of certain United States undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources (a) Disclosure of information by persons having or having had access to classified information that identifies covert agent Whoever, having or having had authorized access to classified information that identifies a covert agent, intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent's intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (b) Disclosure of information by persons who learn identity of covert agents as result of having access to classified information Whoever, as a result of having authorized access to classified information, learns the identify of a covert agent and intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent's intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (c) Disclosure of information by persons in course of pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents Whoever, in the course of a pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents and with reason to believe that such activities would impair or impede the foreign intelligence activities of the United States, discloses any information that identifies an individual as a covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such individual and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such individual's classified intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. (d) Imposition of consecutive sentences A term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall be consecutive to any other sentence of imprisonment."

[Eastbound]

[vollmond]

I didn't know we had any gay undercover agents.

Isn't that Dr. Smith?

[YaYa123]

You had me LOL with "We probably should send it to Novak as well."

Soooooooooo funny! Makes me laugh all over again everytime Biden oh so carefully refers to 'Mr. Smith'.

[MeekOneGOP]

A live one?

Nah!

Bye, YoeMamma.

"She's dead, Jim!"

[RippleFire]

bump

[dfwgator]

Isn't that Dr. Smith?

[maica]

Novak was the first name that came to my mind!

[Verginius Rufus]

And of course Kerry is immune to any prosecution under Article I, Sec. 6, of the Constitution:

"...and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they [Senators and Representatives] shall not be questioned in any other Place."

[The Old Hoosier]

I don't think that applies to committee hearings, just floor debate.

[Verginius Rufus]

Sorry about the duplicate post.

[kabar]

What I wrote stands.

Maybe you need more facts to conclude that Kerry mentioned "Mr. Smith's" real name, but I heard it with my own ears. Fulton Armstrong is "Mr Smith."

[FMBass]

I think you guys are taking this all out of context. There is the subtle nuance that Armstrong is a fairly common name, much like Smith is. So, in fact, Kerry knew before he said “Armstrong” that he was actually referring to Smith, before someone could say that he would be against not using the name Smith, instead of being for using the name Armstrong.

Similarly, the use of the name Fulton, having already been used in previous sessions in the context of steamboats, had no direct relevance when preceding the name Armstrong, unless of course, it was related to a fish market where someone named Smith could have conceivably been named before Armstrong was.

Anyway, I would wait Kerry to explain what he meant, but I don’t think that will be too soon. He has been under a heavy workload since Jan 30, 2005 trying to sign Form 180 like he said he would.

[12 Gauge Mossberg]

[MinuteGal]

Wow, the FR Swat Team really goes into action immediately.....notifying Sean and Drudge, etc.

This is why I love Free Republic. Our no-nonsense Rapid Response warriors almost make me swoon.

Good work, y'all!

Leni

[self_evident]

Seems likely that they were using "Mr. Smith" at Bolton or Armstrong's request -- to avoid embarrsment. He obviously isn't an "undercover agent".

It also seems likely that it will take a while before your link will get further notice heh.