Posted on 10/24/2005 9:05:41 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Monday, Oct. 24, 2005 10:24 p.m. EDT Times: Cheney First Disclosed CIA Official's Name
The New York Times reported late Monday that Vice President Cheney has been directly linked to the so-called "Plamegate" scandal involving the disclosure of the name of Valerie Plame, a CIA officer.
The paper reported that Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby "first learned about the C.I.A. officer at the heart of the leak investigation in a conversation with Mr. Cheney weeks before her identity became public in 2003."
The paper sourced their story to "lawyers involved in the case."
The Times said that notes taken by Libby differ from his own testimony before the grand jury as to when he first learned of Plame's identity.
"The notes, taken by Mr. Libby during the conversation, for the first time place Mr. Cheney in the middle of an effort by the White House to learn about Ms. Wilsons husband, Joseph C. Wilson IV, who was questioning the administrations handling of intelligence about Iraqs nuclear program to justify the war."
Cheney apparently discovered details of Plame's CIA work after he questioned then CIA Director George J. Tenet about her husband, Ambassador Wilson.
But even if Libby or Cheney had disclosed Plame's identity as a CIA officer they may not have committed a crime.
"Disclosing a covert agents identity can be a crime, but only if the person who discloses it knows the agents undercover status," the Times said.
The law is that a covert under covert agent whos cover is blown is against the law.
Where was she covert? Where was she undercover? She wasn't! Why the information was leaked, only her husband Joe Wilson knows! He went out of his way to set up this White House by lying his sorry @ss off. Don't put it past him to leak his wife then trump up her roll with a willing media that also hates this White House.
"millionth" --- here's supposing you exaggerate quite a lot.
You and the facts..........baloney.
Would you have a link to a report that is contrary to what I described? I have read several reports of the Arkansas Bar ruling but I don't see an accusation that Clinton denied having sex with Paula Jones.
My recollection is that Paula claimed that Clinton invited her to a hotel room and then unexpectedly exposed himself and asked her to "kiss it". Though there may have been slight physical contact, I am aware of no party who has claimed that it constituted "sex" by any definition whatever. Nor am I aware of any instance in which Clinton is reported to have lied with regard to having had sex with Paula Jones.
I liked you to the articles on CNN at the time.
And I have read that article. Twice. There are 24 paragraphs by my count. Perhaps you would be so kind as to tell me which of those paragraphs support your claim that Clinton lied about having sex with Paula Jones.
In fact, if it's not too much trouble, could you post the relevant paragraph or paragraphs?
i hear you. but chenny has not hurt bush and bush thinks the world. of him. delay is the master sargent keeping the troops in line. allen will get his chance . ride this out first then on to the next move.
But if she wasn't covert, why all the nonsense of leaking to Robert Novak? Why didn't Scott McClellan simply give the facts to the press straight up?
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