CRASH AND BURN, DEMOCRATS!!!
Posted on 11/22/2005 3:35:25 PM PST by smoothsailing
CRIME BEAT
Bob Woodward Torpedoes CIA Leak Case
By Jim Kouri
Nov 22, 2005
Legendary Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward on the ratings-challenged Larry King talk show told viewers that the president, vice president and defense secretary were not the people who leaked the fact that Valerie Plame worked for the Central Intelligence Agency.
In addition, he stated that his secret source was male, which eliminates secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and close Bush confidante Karen Hughes as suspects. A two-year investigation into who leaked the identity of CIA analyst Valerie Plame to members of the media has resulted in merely one indictment for perjury and obstruction of justice, charges that are a prosecutors best friend when he or she comes up with nothing.
Plame's now celebrity husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, claims that the Bush White House "blew her cover" in retaliation for his criticisms of the Iraq war. Of course, this is the part of the story the news media jumped on. The part they ignore is that Wilson's allegations about the war were discovered to be a tissue of lies. His report to congress even contradicted his statements on 60 Minutes and his op-ed article in the New York Times.
Woodward, who broke the 1972 Watergate case -- a case that resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon -- refused to publicly disclose his source on the King show.
However, Woodward told Larry King that the information that Wilson's wife worked for the Central Intelligence Agency was disclosed to him in a "casual manner" while he was conducting an interview for his upcoming book Plan of Attack. Woodward's book covered the Bush Administration preparations for the March 2003 Iraq invasion.
Woodward claims the identity of Wilson's wife came up at the end of an interview with a source about a period of time leading up to the war, when he asked about Wilson and his mission to Niger.
According to Woodward, the still-unknown source told him that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA as a weapons of mass destruction analyst. Woodward intimated that he thought nothing of this conversation because as far as he knew Plame was not a covert agent and that he felt the allegations by Wilson were not to be taken seriously.
Plame's name was first revealed in a July 2003 column written by conservative columnist and Washington Insider, Robert Novak, following Wilson's blabbing about his Niger trip to anyone who'd listen. A former US ambassador to the African nation, Wilson at first denied his wife had anything to do with his mission, until a memo surfaced that showed she recommended his for the assignment.
Wilson subsequently wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times accusing the Bush administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" to justify the war. Of course, what he didn't tell the NY Times' readers is that he has a history of being a left-winger and a contributor to the Democrat National Committee. During the John Kerry run for the presidency, Wilson was listed on the Kerry for President website as Kerry's foreign affairs advisor.
Then suddenly Wilson's name, photograph and biography were removed from the website when Wilson's credibility was blown by statements made by congressmen who examined Wilson's verbal report and found it contradicted what he wrote in the NY Times.
Woodward stressed that under US law, it is a crime to knowingly identify a covert intelligence operative by name, but not necessarily to describe his or her family ties. Nor does the law cover CIA analysts -- or janitors, for that matter.
Woodward is now undergoing a media smear campaign. He's shown how trivial the Valerie Plame affair truly is. The fact of the matter is that the Democrats and their stooges in the elite media made this a big case because they wish to hurt the Bush Administration and they're being disingenous when they claim they're concerned over national security and leaking of classified information.
If the Democrats truly were concerned about classified information leaks, they would have shoved a gag in Senator Patrick Leahy's mouth a long time ago.
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Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
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That is flat out inaccurate.
Oops. Thank you.
Thanks. Now my head is swimming. I think I agree with you. I'm so tired I wouldn't dare disagree. LOL
"Wilson's wife worked at the CIA as a weapons of mass destruction analyst."
That's what she was. She went from being a field agent to being an analyst. It's not unusual for federal employees to change job classifications. When her cover was blown, the Agency had to find a spot for her, so they shifted her to analyst.
"If the Democrats truly were concerned about classified information leaks, they would have shoved a gag in Senator Patrick Leahy's mouth a long time ago."
They're not concerned about leaks. They want every leak they can use for political advantage.
So now Mitchell is lying. How long does she think she can get away with it.
Yeah, whatever else he was, Wilson was definitely not an objective observer. His wife, of all people, should have known this and should not have recommended him for this trip.
Excellent article !!!!
"If Woodward uncovers the collusion between Plame, Wilson, and other CIA fellow travelers to damage Bush in time for the Kerry candidacy, he will be the most famous reporter ever."
That story is so obvious, most of us on FR could write it. Or we could piece it together from what other Freepers have written. I think the reason it's not being written is that reporters don't want us to know how devious and politically motivated their usual sources are. Pincus, Kristof, and Corn all understood what their sources were up to.
There was no leak because it was common knowledge that Valerie Plame worked at the CIA as an analyst.
Libby is going on trial for 'lying' to the grand jury about a leak that never really happened. What Libby told the grand jury and what the MSM Democrat reporters, who had an agenda to get rid of the Bush Administration, told the grand jury was different.
Wilson, Valerie Plame's husband has a problem with the truth. He cannot keep his 'stories' straight but Libby is the one going on trial.
Now we have Woodward saying he knew that the leak was not from Libby because he knew that Plame worked for the CIA as an analyst long before Libby did.
Talk about confused, none of this makes any sense and contains absolutely no logic.
Woodward had things he wanted to say and he had to figure out how to say them in spite of the mindless blubbering of Larry King. That was one thing that Woodward obviously wanted to put on the public record. I do not believe that Woodward is a totally honest broker, he knows if he plays his cards right that he will have journalistic access to another book that no other journalist will have. So he may be telling the truth for his own self-serving reasons but it is still the truth which blows this Alice in Wonderland prosecution of a non-crime right out of the water.
Woodward states source was male, so I guess that nixes our laugh track.....not Mary Matlin (who got it from James Carvell who got it from Joe Wilson).
Too bad. Made a good joke.
I still say it is George Tenet, That's the only person who could make everyone laugh if he is the source. Just think of it, The CIA demands an investigation on who leaked and it turns out to be George Tenet, the Director :-)
Excellent!
Of course all the real liars are writing books, doing TV interviews and otherwise plotting and attempting to execute the overthrow of a sitting President.
But hey, Sherlock Fitshooey is on the case and he's gonna slap them donkeys all the way to the White House.
Oh, you're right! That is the funniest possibility yet!
DO NOT underestimate me :-)
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