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To: demlosers; Howlin

His comments are very revealing. In effect he acknowledges that the government has no interest in criminalizing even the knowing transmission of information about a person with classified status (because there is no law against it), and he admits that his investigation of the facts cannot lead him to conclude that Plame was covert.

There is no interest his prosecution is vindicating - none on the facts or the law - relating to the release of either classified information or the identity of a covert agent.

His words speak for themselves.




44 posted on 10/28/2005 9:31:08 PM PDT by Kryptonite (McCain, Graham, Warner, Snowe, Collins, DeWine, Chafee - put them in your sights)
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To: Kryptonite
Valerie Wilson was a CIA officer. In July 2003, the fact that Valerie Wilson was a CIA officer was classified. Not only was it classified, but it was not widely known outside the intelligence community.

How is it that this man can make these statements, have no obligation to share his findings in a report and then claim to be acting in the best interests of our national security? As far as I'm concerned his reverence for the CIA should have been shaken to the bone by the Wilsons, their Niger caper and how the information was ultimately used. Here is an excerpt from Pincus' June 12, 2003 article before Joe went public:

...alleged attempt to buy uranium in Niger -- was disputed by a CIA-directed mission to the central African nation in early 2002, according to senior administration officials and a former government official. But the CIA did not pass on the detailed results of its investigation to the White House or other government agencies, the officials said. Link

55 posted on 10/28/2005 10:28:24 PM PDT by Dolphy
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