Posted on 10/25/2005 7:00:26 AM PDT by yoe
Lawyers close to the Plame investigation say that Fitzgerald will indict Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson for obstruction of justice and perjury. In addition, Wilson will be indicted for outing his wife, who was a covert CIA agent. Additional charges are being considered against Valerie Plame for her role in selecting her own husband for a government assignment in a concerted political effort to undermine the administration.
Now, that's actually not true. But, given the media's handling of this matter, this post should be treated with the same credibility that the media is presenting statements of "lawyers close to the Plame investigation." In point of fact, there are several lawyers on this site who have kept up with the material and they are probably as close to the investigation as the ones being quoted in the media, which is to say not very close at all.
Something will happen this week. But, we should all tread carefully in making predictions and jumping to conclusions. Likewise, we should refrain from jumping on the "must resign" bandwagon until the facts get out there. Lastly, as Michael Barone said today
Rove and Libby did seek to discredit Joseph Wilson -- as they should well have done. As the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded in a bipartisan report in July 2004, just about everything Wilson said publicly about his trip to Niger was untrue. He said that he had discredited reports that Iraq sought to buy uranium in Niger. But the CIA people to whom he reported concluded that, if anything, he substantiated such reports. He said that he pointed out that certain other intelligence reports were forged. But the forgeries did not appear until eight months after his trip. He said his wife had nothing to do with his trip to Niger. But it was she who recommended him for the trip. And on and on.
Yes, and had they not tried to discredit Wilson, they would have been negligent in their political duties. Wilson and the left can claim Wilson had some high and noble goals, but he was and is a charlatan attempting to become a living media martyr.
Update [2005-10-24 21:32:37 by Blanton]:
Let me add this: I think it is just as plausible that Wilson gets indicted as it is for Rove and Libby to get indicted. Of course, all the Democrats right now bemoaning Fitzgerald getting attacked by Republicans (something that is not happening, by the way, save for Hannity), will do all they can to attack and discredit Fitzgerald.
I suppose you are right.... It just doesn't feel fair.
Cordially,
Huh? Didn't the WP story today state that at least ONE of the people Wilson spoke to said that Iraqi representatives indicated to him they wanted to expand their business dealings? He further said he took this to mean they wanted to purchase yellow cake.
How was Wilson "factually correct"? Who besides himself even claimed anything he said was correct? .
" How was Wilson "factually correct"? "
Because we claimed we had solid written evidence.
And so we did. The evidence was solid in the sense it came from the British, who to this day stand behind it. This is what the president said in his SU speech. The reports from the CIA actually BOLSTER the case that Iraq was trying to purchase yellow cake from Africa.
Fitzgerald Indicts Two
ham sandwich and a bagel ?
Unless Wilson or his wife lied under oath to this grand jury - they can't be indicted. Sorry to burst people's bubble.
To my knowledge neither Valerie nor Joe have been subpoened by this grand jury to testify - and that to me is a gross miscarriage of justice.
These are the people bringing the charges which caused the investigation and I am curious why they would not be called to testify as part of the investigation.
Maybe one of our lawyer people can help answer those questions.
Oh puhleese...you need to read more of the FR threads on this subject instead of listening to the likes of Chrissy Matthews...explain to me how Wilson came back from Niger with irrefutable fact that Iraq had NOT been trying to seek nuclear materials...
Reuters is reporting that Fitzgerald sent FBI agents to interview the neighbors of Plame/Wilson earlier this week to see if the neighbors had known that Plame worked for the CIA. This is telling.
Why do you think this is telling.
Because it means Fitzgerald is still looking at the leak, as opposed to the alleged perjury.
Okay - I agree!
It seems to me that talking to the neighbors is something he should have considered doing at the start of the investigation rather than at the end.
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