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The Amici Brief (The MSM claim that Plame was outed 1990's)
Baker & Hostetler ~ The Amici Brief in Confidential Sources Case on Behalf of 36 Media Organizations ^ | March 23, 2005

Posted on 11/07/2005 6:42:13 PM PST by Zacs Mom

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I posted a version of this within a thread earlier today and after due consideration (and encouragement from other FReepers) I decided to post this as a separate thread under extended news. While this not new news and the information contained in the Amici Brief has been discussed on previous threads here on FR, many people have never actually seen this revealing and relevant document.


Over the course of the lengthy Plame investigation the volume of disinformation, misinformation and lies by omission overtly and systematically disseminated to the public by countless sources has been unfathomable! It has become (by design, I think) a case of "If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your BullSh*t" and a person with the sincere desire to be "well informed" can easily be overwhelmed by it all!


Seeing, hearing and reading the same "news" on different networks, in numerous magazines and in different newspapers automatically lends an air of authenticity to the information and repetition creates credibility, regardless of merit! So, in view of the current rhetoric spurred by the Libby indictments, I think a review of this motion is in order.


While I admit I am in somewhat of a 'catchup' mode with regard to this story, I actually have been trying to follow this case fairly diligently lately. Even so, until this morning, I somehow missed reading this brief. I was aware it existed and somewhat familiar with what it entailed because, as I mentioned, it has been discussed in some of the articles and posts I have been reading. I did not realize, however, until I actually saw and read the filing the genuine significance of this single document. Seeing, in black and white, the names of the organizations involved in making the assertion that NO CRIME was committed was stunning to me and their declaration that Plame had been outed in the 1990's outraged me!


When I compare the MSM's current coverage of this story to their claims in this document it becomes clear to me that they are, in fact, beyond complaisant in an overt campaign to discredit and disable the Presidency of George W. Bush. They are demonstrably active facilitators of an ongoing and escalating seditious attempt to overthrow a sitting president!



The majority of people I know have jobs. They also have families and homes, hobbies and friends. What they do not have is the time required to wade through hundreds of articles, emails and posts in an effort to gain 'knowledge'. In fact, some don't even have ready access to the bulk of available information. Hard as it may be for some of us to believe, not every home has (or wants, for that matter) an on-line computer and many households that do rarely use their computer as their resource for "news". And among those who do use their computer as a resource for "news" generally access the traditional "news" outlets.


What troubles me is how few citizens are even cognizant of the fact the most of the "information" avail to them through the traditional venue is engineered by a handful of huge mega-corporations who totally control the flow of news, information and entertainment within this country ~ this includes books, magazines, television, newspapers, movies, music, internet access, etc.,etc. Shielded behind the cloak of 'journalism', without regard for truth, accuracy, or impartiality, these information brokers continually present us with carefully manufactured versions of world events and most of us are unaware that 'news' stories repeated by numerous, and seemingly 'different' sources, are actually choreographed illusions designed to manipulate public opinion.


The war on terror is not the only war being fought right now.  "There's a war out there and it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think ~ it's all about information." The Federation Of American Scientists


We are under attack from an insidious enemy within and we need to take this very seriously! Perhaps what we really need is a Special Prosecutor appointed to investigate the collusion involved in the on-going efforts to unseat George W. Bush!

1 posted on 11/07/2005 6:42:14 PM PST by Zacs Mom
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To: Zacs Mom

What do they know? Everyone knows what right wing fanatics the MSM is. </sarcasm>

I say this in jest, but I guarantee you that is what the DUmmies will claim.


2 posted on 11/07/2005 6:43:55 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Zacs Mom

Bumped and bookmarked.


3 posted on 11/07/2005 6:44:33 PM PST by PilloryHillary (Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.)
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To: Zacs Mom

Nice job.


4 posted on 11/07/2005 6:44:39 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

"in an overt campaign to discredit and disable the Presidency of George W. Bush. They are demonstrably active facilitators of an ongoing and escalating seditious attempt to overthrow a sitting president!"

Amen!




5 posted on 11/07/2005 6:59:08 PM PST by Milligan
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To: Zacs Mom
I thought Patrick Fitzgerald was supposed to be smart?
6 posted on 11/07/2005 7:05:48 PM PST by msnimje ("People for the American Way have issued a Fatwah against Alito" --- John Cornyn)
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To: Zacs Mom

Thank you for this post--I didn't see your other one.


7 posted on 11/07/2005 7:06:06 PM PST by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: Zacs Mom
When I compare the MSM's current coverage of this story to their claims in this document it becomes clear to me that they are, in fact, beyond complaisant in an overt campaign to discredit and disable the Presidency of George W. Bush. They are demonstrably active facilitators of an ongoing and escalating seditious attempt to overthrow a sitting president!

YES.

8 posted on 11/07/2005 7:06:29 PM PST by wouldntbprudent
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To: Zacs Mom

I remember seeing this discussed before but I had forgetten.

Most excellent post!


9 posted on 11/07/2005 7:07:21 PM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
The real zinger is that in her 1999 (years before this blew up) contribution to the Gore 2000 campaign, she listed her employer as "BREWSTER-JENNINGS & ASSOC." which even then was well known as one of many CIA proprietary companies (front companies.)

It was listed as a one man law office in Boston, with that one man not a member of the Massachusetts Bar. It was just a phone number and a mail drop.

It was about as open a secret as Air America or Southern Air Transport or a certain airfield in Delaware, a certain oil pipe company in Houston or a certain Aerial Survey company at Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City were back in the 70s!
10 posted on 11/07/2005 7:19:44 PM PST by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in RVN meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: Incorrigible

This sounds very much like the request for investigation that I sent to the CIA/IG and posted on FR. If any of my information was used, thank you for using it!!!! If not, good work on your own!!!

We are in an information war!!! It is time to take on big media and beat them at their game.

Paul


11 posted on 11/07/2005 7:19:51 PM PST by Hillary'sMoralVoid (hey cannot co)
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To: Zacs Mom

And now their saying that Bush lied? Looks like bumbing down of the schools/education is paying off. But not for the MSM. They can't keep from fumbling while attempting treason.


12 posted on 11/07/2005 7:22:34 PM PST by Waco
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Was it wise for an undercover spook to list her address as the Watergate Complex??
It turns out there is a connection between Wilson/Plame and the old Watergate.
It is reported on
http://www.eyeball-series.org/plame-eyeball.htm
(From http://reunite.myfamily.com ) that Valerie's address was:

VALERIE PLAME - 2700 VA AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20090 UNLISTED
[Watergate Complex 2700 Virginia Avenue NW Washington, DC 20037]

13 posted on 11/07/2005 7:25:46 PM PST by MilleniumBug
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To: Zacs Mom

There are so many people who have admitted that Plame hadn't been covert in years that I'm surprised there was even an investigation.


14 posted on 11/07/2005 7:31:18 PM PST by Peach (The Dems enabled Able Danger. 3,000 Americans died.)
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To: msnimje
I thought Patrick Fitzgerald was supposed to be smart?

Evidently he's a smart Democrat stooge. They are good at ignoring things they want to ignore.

15 posted on 11/07/2005 7:33:09 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Zacs Mom

Looks like Wilson will need to demand that the MSM retract this brief, THEN demand that Vallely retract his statement. Gee, Joe, yer really starting to look really stupid. AND treasonous by the way.


16 posted on 11/07/2005 7:33:44 PM PST by Waco
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To: Zacs Mom
This is old, old, old, old, news but thanks for posting anyway. You're right, most folks haven't seen this, although most here understand that no crime was committed r/e Plamegate. But maybe someone in the MSM will see this and see the light (doubtful)
17 posted on 11/07/2005 7:33:50 PM PST by saleman
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To: Zacs Mom

bump


18 posted on 11/07/2005 7:35:13 PM PST by VOA
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To: Zacs Mom

bump


19 posted on 11/07/2005 7:35:46 PM PST by fso301
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To: Zacs Mom

McCarthy of The National Review Online wrote an article on this brief this past summer. It made some of my liberal friends stop in their tracks.


20 posted on 11/07/2005 7:37:14 PM PST by Alice au Wonderland (Like a fence, character cannot be strengthened by whitewash. - American proverb)
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