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Posted on 04/23/2006 7:07:47 AM PDT by blogblogginaway
KERRY: 'IF YOU'RE LEAKING TO TELL THE TRUTH...' Sun Apr 23 2006 09:58:06 ET
Former presidential candidate John Kerry has come to the defense of a fired CIA officer accused of disclosing classified information to the press.
"I'm glad she told the truth but she's going to obviously -- if she did it, if she did it, suffer the consequences of breaking the law,' Kerry explained to ABC THIS WEEK.
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ABC 'THIS WEEK' HOST GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: On another -- on another front, excuse me, CIA official Mary McCarthy lost her job this week for disclosing classified information according to the CIA probably about a WASHINGTON POST story which reveal revealed the existence of secret prisons in Europe. A lot of different views. Senator Pat Roberts praised action but some former CIA officers described Mary McCarthy as a sacrificial lamb acting in the finest American tradition by revealing human rights violations. What's your view?
SEN. KERRY: Well, I read that. I don't know whether she did it or not so it's hard to have a view on it. Here's my fundamental view of this, that you have somebody being fired from the CIA for allegedly telling the truth, and you have no one fired from the white house for revealing a CIA agent in order to support a lie. That underscores what's really wrong in Washington, DC Here.
STEPHANOPOULOS: That's one issue of hypocrisy but should a CIA officer be able to make decisions on his or her --
KERRY: ... Of course not. Of course, not. A CIA agent has the obligation to uphold the law and clearly leaking is against the law, and nobody should leak. I don't like leaking. But if you're leaking to tell the truth, Americans are going to look at that, at least mitigate or think about what are the consequences that you, you know, put on that person. Obviously they're not going to keep their job, but there are other larger issues here. You know, classification in Washington is a tool that is used to hide the truth from the American people. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was eloquent and forceful in always talking about how we needed to, you know, end this endless declassification that takes place in this city, and it has become a tool to hide the truth from Americans.
STEPHANOPOULOS: These --
SEN. KERRY: So I'm glad she told the truth but she's going to obviously -- if she did it, if she did it, suffer the consequences of breaking the law.
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as long as he got the heads-up.
I'm glad he said it though. It will be a good replay when he runs again. It will show how inept he really is.
Oathes have little meaning to this man.
translation...
-when the liberal media illegally reveals classified information= good
-when the President or one of his cabinet declassifies information in order to make it public= bad
Best part was when DU closed its website down because the DUers were having nervous breakdowns. I wonder if that will happen again in 2008 if the Repubs win again?
What a coward this guy is. He can not answer a simple question without qualification. I guess they call that 'nuance.' Spit.
Sounds like it.
BTW ... love the flip flopping Kerry did answering those questions
That's right. It's all about politics for the Dumbasscrats... even if it hurts national security.
Agreed. When these idiots make statements like this, it sure puts them 'out there' doesn't it.
Bennidict Kerry at it again!!!!
Thank you for posting those. I never get tired of seeing them. They should be on FR's home page.
"I'm glad she told the truth but she's going to obviously -(ought O, there's that Libby thing better nuance this)- if she did it, if she did it, suffer the consequences of breaking the law,' Kerry explained to ABC THIS WEEK
This traitor mindset is the reason all the Dems should have been travelgated from any sensitive positions in 2001. Our Security is nothing but politics to these idiots, they will never learn.
It doesn't matter if it is a lie if you want it to be the truth.
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As long as Senator Kennedy is a member of and spokesperson for the Democratic Party, they have nothing to say that will convince me they're anything but hypocrites, liars and enablers
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