Hypocrisy leaks from Plame case [Mulshine w/ comments from Larry Johnson of CIA]

Newark Star Ledger ^ | 7/17/2005 | Paul Mulshine

[Incorrigible]

Hypocrisy leaks from Plame case

"It must be fun to be privy to the secrets of the CIA. But a man who ignores a secrecy oath and instead uses national secrets to make a big splash on the front page might be accused of putting his love for publicity above such tawdry interests as national security." ...

In Torricelli's case, the spin was that the CIA source in question had killed an American. He hadn't, but even if he had that would not have justified naming him.

In Rove's case, the spin is that the release of the agent's identity did no great damage to national security. ... But it's not true, according to Larry Johnson, a former CIA official who served in Central America during the war years and therefore has some insight into both the Torricelli and Rove leaks.

The damage in the Rove case, Johnson told me last week, stems from the fact that in outing Valerie Plame, Rove also outed Brewster- Jennings, the CIA shell company that was her cover.

"Once that company was outed, any hostile power can backtrack by following bread crumbs in reverse," said Johnson. "Anyone who had any dealings with that company could be seen as a CIA operative." ...

While we're on the subject of hypocrisy, how about the New York Times itself? In 1995, it ran that CIA source's name on Page One along with Torricelli's baseless accusation that he'd killed an American. But when it was Republicans that outed a CIA source, the Times editorial page applauded the naming of a special prosecutor because the public needed to know "whether someone at the White House, perhaps acting with institutional sanction, had revealed the name of a C.I.A. operative for political reasons." ...

[savedbygrace]

No matter which way they try to lead this story, it falls apart.

[Cboldt]

Just like I thougt, the Marxist Stream Media has NO ability to do ANY research...it is the FReeper Nation that IS the new 4th Estate!

Hehehehe. Actually, not only did the media KNOW the fact of Plame political donation, it used the fact in argument before the court.

In March this year, the media asserted that no crime had been committed, in part because Plame was permitted (by the CIA) to make political donations.

The below links relate to a brief filed on behalf of 36 news organizations, in the case where Cooper and Miller were seeking an en banc hearing at the Federal Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. The brief itself is a 1.5 Mb PDF file - fair warning.

March 23, 2005 brief filed by 36 News organizations <- Arguing "no crime committed"
http://beldar.blogs.com/beldarblog/2005/03/journalists_ami.html <- Commentary

[Miss Marple]

Valerie is his THIRD wife. His SECOND wife, Jaqueline, was a cultural attach at a FRENCH embassy. I assume she is FRENCH.

Do the alarm bells start going off yet? This guy has so many signs that he is compromised that he should already be under arrest.

[Itzlzha]

Hehehehe. Actually, not only did the media KNOW the fact of Plame political donation, it used the fact in argument before the court.
In March this year, the media asserted that no crime had been committed, in part because Plame was permitted (by the CIA) to make political donations.

OOOOH...now THAT is a juicy bit o' info! Time to "Old Yeller" the ENTIRE "Yellow Jouranlism" establishment!

Thanks!

[syriacus]

Who is Larry Johnson? He's the author of one of the more poorly timed op-eds in history. On July 10, 2001, he wrote in the New York Times under the headline "The Declining Terrorist Threat" that "Americans have little to fear" from terrorism unless they travel or work in a few of the world's hotspots."

Poorly timed? I'll say!!

[Fedora]

Larry Johnson, a former CIA official who served in Central America during the war years

Hmm--was he working for us or the Sandinistas?

Sheriff J.W. Pepper:

A secret agent?!--on whose side?!!!

[Paladin2]

"Now he consults on business projects in Africa as JC Wilson International Ventures.

Their marriage was her second and his third;"

NYTimes 2005

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Mulshine is a tool, but he's also one of the few journalists covering that fetid, endemically corrupt political system over in the Garden State that actually has half a brain.

Interesting column.

Thanks for the ping.

-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)

[devolve]

Yeller-Journalism - Yeller-Cake

 

I smell cake..... Yeller-Cake or Yeller-Kook?

        

[Smartass]

The disgusting hypocrisy of ALL of the MSM, FOX News included, knowingly stringing the American people out with bad news about Plamegate.

The article:
Did the CIA “Out” Valerie Plame?

The Amicus Curiae Brief filed by the MSM admitting No crime being committed:
MSM Amici Curiae Brief

 

[PhilDragoo]

[PhilDragoo]

1998 : (GABON'S PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO TRAVELS TO THE US; GABON HIRED WILSON'S SECOND WIFE, THE FRENCH WOMAN JACQUELINE, AS A LOBBYIST. PIERRE SALINGER AND OTHER LOBBYISTS WERE ALSO EMPLOYED) Here’s a French language article regarding a 1998 trip by Gabon President Omar Bongo to the United States. Apparently, the Gabonese hired Wilson’s second wife Jacqueline as a lobbyist in support of the trip. Another who worked with her was the famous Pierre Salinger, known for many things, eg he was JFK’s press secretary and for his TWA 800 theories. But even more lobbyists were engaged, they apparently had a “too many cooks in the kitchen” kind of conflict, and the trip didn’t come off well Joseph Wilson was “very present” at the events of the visit. -- Source: FreeRepublic's Shermy using this source:

http://www.bdpgabon.org/ancien_site/bdp/revelationspol1.html

Wilson and Jacqueline twelve years until 1998. Separate bedrooms and a lot of golf.

[nopardons]

bttt

[Chgogal]

Here is another interesting short cut from Slate.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:kUqjiKvLe1wJ:slate.msn.com/%3Fid%3D1008336+The+Declining+Terrorist+Threat&hl=en

The title:

(Not Exactly a) Whopper of the Week: Larry C. Johnson
Written September 21, 2001.

It frightens the hell out of me that this country is dependent upon these so called expert CIA analysts. V. Plame's conclusion that it was "crazy" that Saddam was interested in "yellow cake" was dead wrong. And then to send her shallow, frivolous, vain husband over is even more bewildering. And his mission was approved! Then he writes an editorial that is chockfull of lies. Then the super secret agent woman appears on the cover of Vanity Fare. Who the heck is running that outfit? Unbelievable!

[Darkwolf377]

But don't take my word for it, read the biased Senate intelligence committee report. Even thought it was slanted to try to portray Joe in the worst possible light this fact emerges on page 52 of the report: According to the US Ambassador to Niger (who was commenting on Joe's visit in February 2002), "Ambassador Wilson reached the same conclusion that the Embassy has reached that it was highly unlikely that anything between Iraq and Niger was going on." Joe's findings were consistent with those of the Deputy Commander of the European Command, Major General Fulford.

This guy is a BSer--read this section carefully. He says to "read the biased Senate report," but the part he quotes is merely a quote from someone else used IN the report. It's not a finding of the report, it's just a quote from someone.

[Darkwolf377]

a full year before President Bush made the mistaken speech claiming that such evidence did exist.

With idiots like this it's no wonder the CIA is in a shambles--Wilson himself says he wasn't in Niger to disqualify Bush's quote, which was about British findings which the Brits still stand by.

This Johnson guy is a political hack. He should be ashamned of himself.

I just hope the administration realizes it is at war with a subversive CIA or we're in trouble.

[popdonnelly]

Please check out the FR thread below which deals with the efforts of Johnson's group, VIPS, to get CIA agents to break the law.