BLA, BLA, BLA, yada, yada, yadad
Posted on 07/23/2005 8:53:56 AM PDT by YaYa123
WASHINGTON - Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., revealed Friday that two years ago he discussed the blown cover of CIA operative Valerie Plame with then CIA director George Tenet and that Tenet "was furious." Tenet promptly called the Justice Department to demand an investigation into who in the Bush administration leaked Plame's identity to columnist Robert Novak, Schumer said at a hearing held by House and Senate Democrats.
Novak revealed Plame's identity in July 2003 in a column in which he said she played a key role in having her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, sent to Niger to investigate reports that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had tried to buy materials for a nuclear weapon there.
The Democratic panel heard from five former CIA operatives who said the disclosure of Plame's classified identity was a breach of the law that forbids government officials from revealing the identity of an undercover intelligence officer and a violation of trust that has harmed America's intelligence-gathering capabilities.
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Thanks, Yaya. Could you possibly stretch this any further out of shape?
Yes, but I recall reading that later Novak said his source was CIA. If my memory is on target (and I'm not saying it is), then the senior administration official is CIA.
Are the deputy directors at the CIA appointed by the President? If so, one of them might have been Novak's source.
Or, I might be working off a false memory of reading something in the past few weeks.
It is also Mandy Grunwald, perhaps more than any other single person, that is responsible for Hillary's success in the NY Senatorial election. It was Mandy that brought the Moynahan's (who despise Hillary) on board to at least fake their support of her.
My question is the same as yours. What's the real deal, sans the Schumer spin.
This article shows what lousy, literally half-ass reporting goes on in Washington! The headline, sub-title, and text is based on what Chuck Schumer claimed George Tenet said. We get Schumer's partisan spin on a conversation which happened 2 years ago, and this reporter doesn't verify it's truthfulness with George Tenet himself.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrr
Well at least we find out Tenet can get upset! Wonder why he wasn't upset over the lousy job his agency has done during his tenure.
Larry Johnson is the author of the July, 2001 article, archived in FR, in which he famously stated that the threat of terrorism is exaggerated. One of our national security geniuses. Yes, I think the Democrats should hang on his every word.
BLA, BLA, BLA, yada, yada, yadad
Nothing and always.
My guess all along has been that Tenet or his immediate deputy was Novak's original source. So put me down as highly skeptical of Chuckie's claim. Or if it happened, Tenet was putting on a show to hide his own involvement.
Well Chucky Bumps, I'm "furious" that Tenet's CIA used MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS to send that maggot Wilson to Niger so he would have cover in his assault to impeach President Bush. MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS were used so Wilson could write an op-ed and a Bush-Bashing "book." Do your job Schmucky and put someone in jail you moron!
Yes he did. And it seems that he actually had two CIA sources.
That' exactly who I think it was. Novak's original source was clearly CIA and described as a "senior administration official." And Novak himself said it was CIA. So connect the dots.
Ah yes. So much for civil liberties and due process. These are the same people who line up to protect the rights of those who might be plotting mass murder in the name of religion, the same people whose sensibilities were so offended by Bolton's treatment of people.
Now would be an excellent time to "out" Johnson as the national security idiot he is.
Something else that doesn't pass the smell test with me is, that in the last few weeks, since Wilson has had numerous TV appearances and pressers with Schumer,...
Wilson seems LESS upset about his wife being "outed", than he is about the war in Iraq....if this is supposed to be all about Rove/Libby outing his wife, why does he always seem to go off into a rant about the "illegality" of the war...STILL?
THAT makes this political on his part, not personal....which makes it all totally bogus, regardless what these EX-Cia Agents are saying.
I think Ray McGovern got into trouble at the last Conyers dog and pony show for making anti-semitic remarks.
"One of the "committees" former CIA analysts who testified, was "former CIA agent Larry Johnson." He's been out from the beginning of this, even back in 2003 and 2004, all over NBC and MSNBC, attacking the Bush administration for leaking Plame's name. He's been a wild-eyed attack dog from the beginning. Today...get this...he's the one giving the Democrat's radio response to the President's weekly radio address."
Flashback: "Intelligence Analyst" Larry C. Johnson: "The Declining Terrorist Threat (July 10, 2001)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1447248/posts
Ex CIA Larry Johnson: Terrorism Isn't A Threat, But Big Tobacco Is!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1448666/posts
You are right about Johnson, but now is also the time for the media to acknowledge that in two different investigations about this....
Joe Wilson has found to be a chronic LIAR!!!!!
Thank you (for Post #52). Can you help us with a source for that?
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