Posted on 10/25/2005 9:46:55 AM PDT by SirLinksalot
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005 12:03 p.m. EDT
NY Times: CIA Leaked Plame's Name
The ultimate source of information identifying Leakgate accuser Valerie Plame as a CIA employee my turn out to be the CIA itself, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
Notes obtained by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald identify then-CIA Director George Tenet as the person who gave up Plame's secret to the White House, with the Times reporting that Tenet tipped Vice President Dick Cheney to her identity.
However the notes - taken by Cheney's chief of staff Lewis Libby - "contain no suggestion that either Mr. Cheney or Mr. Libby knew at the time of Ms. Wilson's undercover status or that her identity was classified."
So far, Tenet has neither confirmed nor denied that he was the original source of the Plamegate leak, with the Times reporting that he was "unavailable for comment."
"But another former senior intelligence official said Mr. Tenet had been interviewed by the special prosecutor and his staff in early 2004, and never appeared before the grand jury."
Mr. Tenet has not talked since then to the prosecutors, the former official told the Times
So? There is no crime in "getting" Wilson. In fact, it ought to earn the getter a medal, or at least a night on the town.
Now does it?
George Tenet and the Central Intelligence Agency agreed with Colin Powell and the U.S. State Department: ''Iraq has in the past provided training in document forgery and bomb making to al Qaeda. It also provided training in poisons and gases to two al Qaeda associates; one of these associates characterized the relationship as successful. Mr. Chairman, this information is based on solid foundation of intelligence. It comes to us from credible and reliable sources. Much of it is corroborated by multiple sources.'' -George Tenant, Senate Arms Services Committee Testimony, February 12, 2003.
I can't help it.
;-)
According to an NRO article published this past summer, the media claimed in court papers that Plame's identity had been outed in the mid 1990's, therefore, no crime had been committed.
Here's the link to the article:
http://www.nationalreview.com/mccarthy/mccarthy200507180801.asp
The ultimate source of information identifying Leakgate accuser Valerie Plame as a CIA employee my turn out to be the CIA itself, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
So I guess there is no problem and we can all go home and forget about everything. Or perhaps, Ms Plame has been leaking information for years.
'This headline is totally bogus."
I had nothing to do with this headline!
Not so quick there...you forgot to mention that Wilson's public rhetoric and political affiliation puts him at the center of the alleged attempts to "get" the neo-cons. Since Wilson's story has been refuted by a bi-partisan Senate committee, I'm guessing we might find a few more bent rules and laws in his CIA/State/media circle of contacts.
see post #82
I think it's a shame that Wilson won't be charged with having unlawful access to some of the files that he inferred that he'd seen prior to being assigned this specific work.
Exactly! That's what stinks about this whole story. Everyone needs to remember the anti Bush crowd have been after him since the day he announced his bid for the presidency. It's a full time job or career for some of these folks.
I confess, I did it.
While we're speculating, maybe it was Tenet who gave Plame's name to Novak. And/or Miller.
"Someone must pay. I choose Al Franken."
I agree wholeheartedly. It's not the facts, it's the seriousness of the charges.
It wasn't a secret and the leaking of the content of these notes adds to the mountain of evidence showing that.
Yes, bad Tenet...BAD. He should NOT have told Cheney that Wilson was sent to Niger because his wife recommended him. That was the truth and we can't have that.
It means she wasn't covert. Saying Plame worked at the CIA was as illegal as saying Tenet worked at the CIA.
Tenet leaked her name, while Ames is sitting in the Fed Pen for leaking her idenity? Now, that makes a lot of forking sense don't it now???
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