Yesterday, in Italy, Rocco Martino (sp) admitted to Italian authorities that he was on the payroll of France.
It had been reported that Fitz had been in Italy within the past 2-3 weeks re: the forged Niger docs.
Wilson's second wife has been described as French and a "cultural attache" at the French embassy.
It has been reported that Wilson knew about the Niger docs being forged before it was in the public domain????????
The theory of rogue CIA in cahoots with Plame/Wilson and others seems to make a lot of sense now.
Fitz' meeting with Hogan is for an expansion of the investigation.
Heck, my wife always told me I should write a spy thriller!
That is a crackerjack premise! Vince Flynn, look out!
I knew it!!!
Have you all read this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508920/posts?page=42#42
I posted this on another thread - as long as we're writing "spy thrillers", I'll add mine ;-)
Ravingnutter's post (see link above) is interesting.
Tin foil hat on - I haven't been able to put my finger on it, but I've felt that the CIA has been involved in this mess - there are things just don't add up. If many in DC knew that Plame was not a covert agent and worked at the CIA (IIRC reading that Andrea Mitchell admitted as such on MSNBC), why didn't the Admin say, no law was broken because x,y,z, but, instead, he let the investigation move forward? If Wilson lied to Congress, I don't understand why he hasn't at least been reprimanded for that.
Perhaps Pres Bush let the investigation move forward to uncover some of the mess that was going on at the CIA and/or Joe Wilson (and his compadres, whether in the DNC or the CIA). Larry Johnson used to be a snarky guest on shows from time to time - - haven't seen him in quite awhile - -Since this issue involved the CIA, I'm a bit surprised he hasn't been on spewing this venom - -coincidence? [Note: 1 of the articles speculated that Johnson and some other disgruntled ex-CIA agents were the ones that forged the yellow-cake document and gave it to the French or the Italians]
Depending upon what Fitz has and is really investigating (e.g., forget the Plame name game leak, Rove and Libby and look to Wilson, Plame, and/or the CIA and/or ex-CIA), couple of sections of the US Code are interesting (albeit, some may be a stretch or difficult to prove).
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 45 > § 953
§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 45 > § 954
§ 954. False statements influencing foreign government
Whoever, in relation to any dispute or controversy between a foreign government and the United States, willfully and knowingly makes any untrue statement, either orally or in writing, under oath before any person authorized and empowered to administer oaths, which the affiant has knowledge or reason to believe will, or may be used to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government, or of any officer or agent of any foreign government, to the injury of the United States, or with a view or intent to influence any measure of or action by the United States or any department or agency thereof, to the injury of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 37 > § 793
§ 793. Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
(d) Whoever, lawfully having possession of, access to, control over, or being entrusted with any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defense, or information relating to the national defense which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted or attempts to communicate, deliver, transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered or transmitted the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it on demand to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it; or
(e) Whoever having unauthorized possession of, access to, or control over any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defense, or information relating to the national defense which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted, or attempts to communicate, deliver, transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it; or
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 37 > § 794
§ 794. Gathering or delivering defense information to aid foreign government
(a) Whoever, with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation, communicates, delivers, or transmits, or attempts to communicate, deliver, or transmit, to any foreign government, or to any faction or party or military or naval force within a foreign country, whether recognized or unrecognized by the United States, or to any representative, officer, agent, employee, subject, or citizen thereof, either directly or indirectly, any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, note, instrument, appliance, or information relating to the national defense, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for any term of years or for life, except that the sentence of death shall not be imposed unless the jury or, if there is no jury, the court, further finds that the offense resulted in the identification by a foreign power (as defined in section 101(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978) of an individual acting as an agent of the United States and consequently in the death of that individual, or directly concerned nuclear weaponry, military spacecraft or satellites, early warning systems, or other means of defense or retaliation against large-scale attack; war plans; communications intelligence or cryptographic information; or any other major weapons system or major element of defense strategy.