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KERRY: 'IF YOU'RE LEAKING TO TELL THE TRUTH...'(On CIA leak/firing)
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| april 23, 2006
| drudge
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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cia; kerry; kerry2008; leaks; leakymccarthyism; marymccarthy; nationalsecurity; traitors; unfit
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To: the invisib1e hand
These are Kerry's view now and from the past, VietNam era.
This load of lowson dung has a large following of his beliefs,
the left is so bitter at President Bush it isn't hard for Kerry to promote his ideas.
From some of the post here at FR many think Kerry is a leak er
along with other Democrats. Would be hard to prove and if it were proved there would be nothing come of it.
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:21:37 AM PDT
by
buck61
To: blogblogginaway
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.
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More waffling and spinning from the DimMaster.
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:21:44 AM PDT
by
edpc
To: SquirrelKing
What wonderful memories that brings back. Thanks!!
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:22:52 AM PDT
by
don-o
To: buck61
with all due respect, kerry is the man the left sent in to clean the toilets on this one.
To: petercooper
that's a priceless collage!
To: areafiftyone
It would be funny if your tagline weren't so true. Just damn...
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:25:13 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(The United 'Door Mats' of America! Go ahead, scrape your feet on it. Everyone else is.)
To: blogblogginaway; SquirrelKing
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:26:25 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(I got squirrelly nieces & nephews)
To: blogblogginaway
Whoever has access to ALL of Effin's military records: You have just been given permission to RELEASE the TRUTH! Go for it!
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:26:29 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: SandRat
OOOOhh and the Dems are all in a tizzy imagining secret ,scary ,area 51 style , Europen , torture prisons , where Americans are mistreating and torturing poor innocent Moslems , with secret tourture methods.Bet Haliburton built them and Cheney watches films of the tourture.. sarcasim off..............
To: blogblogginaway
If you are leaking to tell the Truth: 1941. So, says the Reporter for the Chicago Tribune to the State department leaker, , you are tell me on good authority that President Roosevelt is putting pressure on Japan in order to provoke an attack on us so that he will have the opportunity to go to war with Hitler, who is his main concern?
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:28:41 AM PDT
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: SquirrelKing
Squirrel,
Great pix. I saw a guy with a kerry/edwards bumper sticker on his van yesterday. When he saw my NRA and Lynn Swann for gov sticker on my evil SUV, he gave me the finger and screamed some very foul language at me. I smiled and took comfort with the knowledge that he was all mouth {and my S & W .38}.
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:28:52 AM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
To: Right Wing Assault
DING DING DING!
We have a winner!
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:29:14 AM PDT
by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi!)
To: blogblogginaway
When his swiftboat comrades told the truth, Kerry wasn't so pleased. Kerry is only in favor of the "truth" when the the truth compromises the security of the United States.
Traitor.
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:32:08 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
To: Mo1
(Hey Johnny .. she already confessed)
Johnny: "I know that but there is a story out there, I can't remember where I heard it, that she was 'waterboarded', now I don't know how accurate the story is, but I think there should be an investigation, it's a serious allegation"
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:34:40 AM PDT
by
RetSignman
(( HELP...I'm trapped between these curved things))
To: areafiftyone
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? I'm looking forward to a mini-meltdown over at DU in Nov '06 too!
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:36:29 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: blogblogginaway
booo...
![](http://www.chronicallybiased.com/media/16/20040928-pumpkinhead.jpg)
more witt and wisdom from the Pumpkinhead himself...
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:37:24 AM PDT
by
Chode
(1967 UN Outer Space Treaty is bad for America and bad for humanity - DUMP IT. American Hedonist ©®)
To: blogblogginaway
Somebody needs to leak all of John Kerry's records that have been protected by his not signing his Form 180!
To tell the truth!!
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:37:35 AM PDT
by
airborne
(Satan's greatest trick was convincing people he doesn't exist.)
To: DakotaRed
"Well, he could "declassify" his own Military records for full public review, not just for 3 friendly reporters who whitewash his activities after his scant 4 months in Viet Nam (you do know he served there, right?)"
Way to go DakotaRed- this is a knock-out punch!
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:40:25 AM PDT
by
KCRW
To: blogblogginaway
I will play devil's advocate here. People call Kerry a flip flopper and incoherent on important issues. I disagree. He CONSISTANTLY straddles himself. Take this quote from him here:
"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."
The man is congenitally a straddler. He will always cover his bases on any argument. Also, notice all his statements have a "but" in it. He is a consistent douche
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Right Wing Assault
Whoever has access to ALL of Effin's military records: You have just been given permission to RELEASE the TRUTH! Go for it! EXCELLENT!
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posted on
04/23/2006 7:41:51 AM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
(NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! I *LOVE* my attitude problem. Beware the Enemedia!)
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