More waffling and spinning from the DimMaster.
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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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.
More waffling and spinning from the DimMaster.
What wonderful memories that brings back. Thanks!!
with all due respect, kerry is the man the left sent in to clean the toilets on this one.
that's a priceless collage!
It would be funny if your tagline weren't so true. Just damn...
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?
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}.
We have a winner!
Traitor.
(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"
I'm looking forward to a mini-meltdown over at DU in Nov '06 too!
To tell the truth!!
"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!
EXCELLENT!
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