Cia Leak: Not above the law (Freep this poll)

SEATTLE POST ^ | 10/30/2005 | Editorial

[DogBarkTree]

Here is where the Seattle Compost poll stood: Was President Bush or Vice President Cheney involved in the disclosure of Valerie Plame as a covert CIA operative? 1.1% Bush, yes. 0.0% Bush, no. 17.7% Cheney, yes. 0.3% Cheney, no. 72.8% Both. 5.6% Neither. 2.6% It doesn't matter. Total Votes: 378

[tet68]

Seattle, what can you expect?

[satchmodog9]

This is really a manufactured news story. What else is new. BTW. the DUmmies have already beaten the crap out of this poll.

[AndyTheBear]

Based on the allegations special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald laid out in the indictments Friday, it's increasingly evident that officials within the Bush administration disclosed Plame's identity as part of an effort to discredit Wilson's criticism of one of the pretexts for war against Iraq.

But how? How would this discredit Wilson? Why doesn't the editorial explain this?

[Restorer]

Extremely odd. How can anybody vote on a question of fact about which they have no knowledge?

[Clara Lou]

Based on the allegations special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald laid out in the indictments Friday, it's increasingly evident that officials within the Bush administration disclosed Plame's identity
It's increasingly evident only if you have an active desire that it be increasingly evident. What fertilizer.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

That's the essence of polling.

[speedy]

Further evidence, as if any were needed, that you have to be a certifiable loony to write editorials for a major metropolitan newspaper.

[frankjr]

"to discredit Wilson's criticism of one of the pretexts for war against Iraq."

Again, what is wrong with discrediting Wilson, when Wilson was spouting lies to undermine the US war effort?

[TexasCajun]

There goes that 'covert' word again.

She wasn't covert since the mid 90's when Aldrich Ames was arrested for spying!

[willyd]

I like how she is referred to as a covert CIA operative now. Wasn't she on the cover of Vanity Fair? I guess she was hiding in plain site. (When she wasn't running around Afghanistan disguised in her burkha interrogating terrorists and developing sources) I seem to remember when this thing started brewing a few months ago that someone posted a link on here that Joe Wilson stated on his web site that his wife worked as an analyst for the CIA. Does anyone have any information on this?

[OldFriend]

The cancer eating away at America is metastasizing from the left.

[willyd]

It is the new model for reporting. Take an opinion poll first so you know which way to slant your reporting. All the MSM are doing it.

[DogBarkTree]

THe Vanity Fair photo was taken after Novak's article I believe. Id like a firm word one way or the other if she was covert or not. Ive heard nothing official one way or the other.

[Blood of Tyrants]

That is NOT what happened at all! Fitz self righteously stood there and SAID a bunch of crap about "protecting national security" and all that but in the end he ADMITTED that there was NO UNDERLYING CRIME TO TRIGGER THE INVESTIGATION!

[daler]

Seattle, what can you expect?

What...you mean you don't believe this editorial board and the left in general cares about national security, maintaining the integrity of CIA agents, and lying to grand juries?

Me neither.

[AndyTheBear]

when Wilson was spouting lies to undermine the US war effort?

Ah, but the sheeple don't know this was the reason. The MSM doesn't seem to want to mention this.

[ncountylee]

This rag is just disgusting.

[mkmensinger]

According to the authors of the law, she doesn't even come close. Anyway, if you're parking your sports car in the CIA parking lot, you ain't covert

[larryjohnson]

I had a bright thought. Fitz wants to bring out the truth that Libby tried so clumsily to do. All the witnesses will serve this purpose. I don't mean the whole debate about why we went to war. I mean to bring ot what Matalin stated on Imus that Wilson is a fool and a liar. The journalists called will be pawns.