It's up to us, and the blogosphere, to keep hammering on this- the drive-by media is ramping up to "full spin cycle..."
Yesterday Rush Limbaugh recalled John's Standard column of this past November: "Leaking at all costs." It's time for another another look. The column opens: THE CIA'S WAR against the Bush administration is one of the great untold stories of the past three years. It is, perhaps, the agency's most successful covert action of recent times. The CIA has used its budget to fund criticism of the administration by former Democratic officeholders...
TOM MAGUIRE REPORTS on a Washington Post online chat regarding Mary McCarthy.
Dana Priest: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop--The Pulitzer now has as much credibility as the Nobel. They are reserved for people who can prove they will stop at nothing to hurt the United States.
"I'm starting to believe there are more traitor revelations coming .........."
I'm going to point you to my post on another thread...another possible angle. One I've been pondering for several years. DID THE DEMS COLLUDE WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TO UNDERMINE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY (AND BUSH)? Remember their major '04 campaign plank: Bush alienated our allies! But were those allies being coaxed along by the Dems in their opposition?
The article I link there was a single blip in an obscure Norwegian newspaper. But the fact that it included HILLARY, BIDEN, and other DEM Bigs caused me to save it and often wonder what became of it and what it might mean today.
Go here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1620755/posts?page=41#41
A flowchart, based on what we know to date, courtesy of FrontPage Magazines Jennifer Verner:
DNC May Set Up McCarthy Legal Defense Fund
Some refresher threads on Larry Johnson:
CIA 'Expert' Larry Johnson: "Plame Undercover For Three Decades"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451694/posts
Flashback: "Intelligence Analyst" Larry C. Johnson: "The Declining Terrorist Threat (July 10, 2001)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1447248/posts
'Terrorist Expert' Larry Johnson's Frontline Interview About Bin Ladin (2000)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451559/posts
Ex CIA Larry Johnson: Terrorism Isn't A Threat, But Big Tobacco Is!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1448666/posts
Larry Johnson, Daniel Ellsberg & The Truth Telling Project --Pleading For Intel Leaks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451334/posts
Larry Johnson's Group (VIPS) Called On CIA Employees To Leak Secrets To Hurt Bush
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450548/posts
Is Ex-CIA Agent Larry C. Johnson Threatening A Freeper?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450846/posts?page=58
And, what the heck, Phillip Agee, too:
Former CIA Agent Phillip Agee On the Wilson Affair (The Traitor And Murderer Opines)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1442831/posts
So why this circus?Sources: Rove meets with attorneys regarding CIA leak investigation
A.J. Strata notes the sudden ubiquity of former CIA agents seeking to take out the Bush administration: "More rogue CIA agents in the media." A.J. writes:
If I was the paranoid kind, I would think ex-CIA agents and NSC members are trying to instigate a bloodless coup detat. I am not there yet. But with McCarthys firing as the first publicized peron caught (or should we say confessing) to discussing classified matters with reporters without authorization (is that accurately worded so McCarthy lawyer Cobb cant pull a clinton-esque spin job?) it is interesting to see who is coming out and about in the media...John and I have been writing on matters related to A.J.'s post for a while. I devoted a Standard column to the subject in "Three years of the Condor." John took it up in his Standard column "Leaking at all costs."
UPDATE: A.J. backpedals a bit in a major update/addendum that now leads the post.
The Wilson, Rockefeller, & McCarthy Ties--Very interesting stuff going on in the Mary McCarthy files. It appears many of us missed a few important connections: One aspect of her background so far comparatively unexamined is her West African uranium connection. She served in a key government position concerned with West African nations producing yellowcake uranium at the same time that Joseph Wilson was working in the area. During his time in Gabon, Wilson must have been deeply knowledgeable about uranium production and trade there, and must have been familiar with officials of the French energy giant COGEMA, now consolidated into the French Areva Group, a firm closely involved with the French government which appoints members of its board. Joe Wilson has his own French connection. Speaking of dealing in commodities, this whole affair brings us back to square one and Mary McCarthy. One of her previous employerswas Beri, SA. Possibly by coincidence Beri provides a Mineral Extraction Risk Assessment service...Could the Wilson-McCarthy-Africa connection may indicate another instance of US intelligence and Foreign Service personnel taking advantage of regulatory loopholes and lax security in third world countries for personal gain? Macranger, the former intelligence official, believes he knows what is coming next: In the coming days you will see why Senator Rockefeller HAD to make such an emergency visit to Syria in 2002. For a little tip, read here.
Plumbing the depths of Anthony Lake's dubious past;
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1997/vo13no02/vo13no02_lake.htm
Nixon Believed that there were three suspects in Leaking the Pentagon Papers (from on of his famous tapes) Leslie Gelb, Morton Halperin and Anthony Lake.
http://www.newamericanstrategies.org/
All of the connections are here.
54 posted on 04/27/2006 2:38:06 AM EDT by bessay
--The story now has everyone's attention due to the Mary O. McCarthy story. It blasted out the headline: CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons!-- DAN RIEHL says that Dana Priest was channeling 2002 in 2005. As I said in an earlier post on the issue: let's go back to the start. Also keep in mind that many countries and the EU have investigated this and claim there were no such international facilities. Whether that is true or not is debatable. But the WaPo entirely ignored, not only their own 2002 story but any subsequent criticism and denial, as well. The Thai PM also called for a retraction in late 2005, which went largely unnoticed by the MSM in the US. And just as a matter of curiosity, why is it that the above article is no longer available at the Washington Post on line? Archiving, most likely. At least I hope so. Fortunately, a web site archived the article, as did others -
Was That 2005 Dana Priest Story A Fraud? from Hyscience
Could it be that we've all been had by the WaPo?
Dana Priest, Mary McCarthy: Delibertate Effort To from Sigmund, Carl, And Alfred
Mapping McCarthy, continued from protein wisdom
Even as National Democrats are making noises about instituting impeachment proceedings against President Bush (and perhaps even VP Cheney), and more former intel personnel spin their CYA stories for a (thus far) compliant and helpful media (on "... [Read More]
The McCarthy Story Grows from Small Town Veteran
Curt at Flopping Aces continues to stay right on top of the McCarthy leak story. Read his latest update here. *** Don't miss Allahpundit's post here or Dan Riehl's here. [Read More]
Ain't it the truth.
Last night, after watching Brit & the Panel, I clicked to 'Hardbowel' to see things 'as they really aren't'. 'Spits' Matthews had an 'update' on the CIA Leak Story!
No... it wasn't about Mary McCarthy... it was more of the same hypothicizing on whether or not Karl Rove was to be indicted.
The bullsh_t never stops... it's a daily cycle. Network DNC/hacks respinning the spin in the evening... that was spinned by the print DNC/hacks in the morning.
Jennifer Verner points out a number of Pulitzer-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priests Troubling Connections.
link: 49 comments " So a legacy media ( AKA, LLL3 moonbats, Drive-By Media, MSM, Tired Old Media ) hack is a raging lefty with a severe case of BDS? Huh. Excuse my failure to look shocked."
You ought to check out AJ Strata and Flopping Aces - those two have this story pegged and Priest's actions are highly questionable.
Others to look at: Tom Maguire and Mac Ranger (just keep scrolling). Here's another connection. If you go to this link and scroll down to the 2nd book review, you'll see the Open Source Intelligence guru, Robert David Steele write a glowing book review for a Dana Priest book... After reading about Dana Priest's connections in Jennifer Verner's article, one has to wonder...
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