Plame Says Government Betrayed Her Trust

Associated Press ^ | July 14, 2006 | Toni Locy

[PDR]

Former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, said Friday they decided to sue Vice President Dick Cheney and presidential adviser Karl Rove because they engaged in a "whispering campaign" to destroy her career.

Plame told at a news conference she trusted the government to protect her and that the government "betrayed that trust. I'd much rather be continuing my career as a public servant than as a plaintiff in a lawsuit."

[jennyjenny]

They know this is a lawsuit they can't possibly win.

Which is probably why their asking DUmmies to pay for it. They don't want to waste their own money on this losing cause.

[GVnana]

her second mistake (the first was marrying that poor excuse for a sock puppet husband of hers).

Men who parade their wives don't score big points with me.

Poor Valerie. Lost her government job. That's what you get for pushing your husband's career instead of doing your job.

[TheDon]

Plame Says Government Betrayed Her Trust

So she admits to betraying the trust of the gov't.

[Walmartian]

If I understand the situation they were acting to undermine the credibility of the Bush, the very thing their suit alleges the Bush admin did to them.

This is another prime example of projecting by liberals. They have evil minds and suppose everyone else does as well.

[STARWISE]

Said Wilson: "We are under no illusions about how tough this fight will be. But we believe the time has come to hold those who use their official positions to exact personal revenge accountable and responsible for their actions." His wife said they decided to pursue the lawsuit with "heavy hearts."

"Hey .. why not?? We're retired, the boys are out of school, we had no big plans for the summer, we have a limitless supply of cash to harrass the administration and disrupt the '06 elections, and it'll be good for Val's book. But, our hearts ARE heavy."

Soros -

Peter B. Lewis -

Peter Lewis - "Aviator" of the Left?

"Unlike his friend George Soros, billionaire Peter B. Lewis is one liberal philanthropist who prefers to keep a low profile. But the reclusive Lewis nonetheless has emerged as a powerful political player —the second biggest contributor to leftwing “527” groups in the 2004 elections.

The Aviator,” last year’s hit film on Howard Hughes, traces the role of the “bashful billionaire” in politics. From a guarded Las Vegas hotel suite, the reclusive Hughes schemes to defeat his political enemies in Washington. Few people meet him face-to-face as, behind the scenes, he cultivates Capitol Hill contacts and dispenses large sums of money to achieve his goals. That’s how Hughes exercised a strong but hidden hand in American politics in the 1950s and 60s.

There has been no one quite like Howard Hughes for a long time. But if anyone qualifies as a reclusive powerbroker these days it is Peter B. Lewis. A graduate of Princeton University and chairman of the Cleveland-based Progressive Insurance Corporation,Lewis oversees America’s third-largest automobile insurer and is worth an estimated $1.6 billion, according to Forbes Magazine.

The 70-year-old Lewis holds the distinction of being the second largest single donor in the 2004 election cycle to the nonparty groups known as “527s” (The name comes from the section of the tax code that permits unlimited donations to such groups.) Lewis donated $16 million to the Joint Victory Committee (the name given to the three largest 527s, which combined t o defeat George W. Bush). He also gave nearly $3 million to America Coming Together, (ACT)—a group that allowed the AFLCIO, Sierra Club and pro-choice Emily’s List to come together—and $2.5 million to the anti-war MoveOn.Org.

(See John Gizzi, “Charge of the 527s,” Foundation Watch, May 2004.)

His aggregate donations of $22,997,000 to 527 groups rival those of his friend, financier George Soros, who was the top 527 donor with gifts totaling $23,450,000. Soros and Lewis are far ahead of third-ranked Hollywood producer Stephen Bing ($13,852,000).

Party nominee Ralph Nader for President and even sent $500 to Republican George W. Bush. Yet within four years, Lewis had become a premier contributor to the effort to defeat Bush.

Whatever motivated Peter Lewis to change his mind remains unclear. He shuns interviews and is rarely photographed.

Yet, as Jane Mayer wrote in the New Yorker, “He has spent much of 2004 discreetly directing millions of dollars to liberal groups allied with the Democratic Party...while cruising the Mediterranean Sea on his two-hundred-and-fifty foot yacht, Lone Ranger.

The yacht has communications equipment that allows Lewis to monitor political developments in America while sunbathing off the coast of Italy.”

Along with his Bush-bashing, financial reports show that Lewis’s favorite causes in 2004 included decriminalizing marijuana, gay rights and the environment. He donated $485,000 to the Marijuana Policy Project, $117,220 to the pro-gay Stonewall Democrats United, $100,000 to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and $100,000 to the Sierra Club.

The cause of marijuana legalization particularly interests Lewis, who openly acknowledges using marijuana and hashish and was arrested in New Zealand in 2000 for possessing them.

But while Soros and Bing are the highprofile subjects of scores of newspaper profiles, Lewis remains a little-known figure.

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Wilson's finest whopper:

"Mr. Fitzgerald made it very clear: My wife was a covert officer at the time that these people were leaking her name."

But Fitzgerald would beg to differ:

"I am not speaking to whether or not Valerie Wilson was covert. And anything I say is not intended to say anything beyond this: that she was a CIA officer from January 1st, 2002, forward."

Next, Wilson seems to have jettisoned the idea of due process:

"Again, it's now very clear that (Karl Rove) leaked it. Mr. Cooper's sworn testimony indicates that and the emails indicate that."

He really wants that frog-march. So much so that he has overlooked the fact that no indictments have occurred over the "outing" itself.

Wilson also admitted he was a source for the incredibly inaccurate and self-serving May 6, 2003, Kristof column:

"It was important for the Administration to correct the record. ... It is an act of civic duty. It is what citizens across this country do every day in our democracy. You hold your government to account for what your government says and does in the name of the American people."

So it is a civic duty to chat up reporters and embellish what the intelligence actually said about Niger and Iraq? Ah, yes, my heart is just swelling with patriotic music.

And then for the laugher of the evening, Wilson commented on the decision by him and his wife to appear on the cover of Vanity Fair:

"When one is faced with adversity, one of the ways that one acts in the face of adversity is to try and bring a certain amount of humor to the situation. It's called irony. And if people have no sense of humor or no sense of perspective on that, my response is it's about time to get a life."

Humor? Irony? But what happened to St. Valerie, the put-upon hero whose very life was risked by the leakers? You're joking about that?! Let's face it, were Libby and Rove the ones who were out peddling pictures of her to national magazines?

Then Wilson revealed what must be the ultimate motive, when asked if there would be civil lawsuits:

"We're keeping all of our options open." Cha-ching!"

[Peach]

ROFL. What a great post, Starwise.

[Just mythoughts]

Ah Vanity Fair, reminds me of that lay out they did for Hillry to make her look..... could it be that somebody is laying the ground work for a political run for these two????

Now if someone else whispered into Joe's ear about going to Niger and he got his wife to get him travel fare via the CIA, and then blame Vice President Cheney, who after all had the nerve to actually set foot on holy CIA real estate, NO wonder these liberals are having him up on Capitol Hill for their policy meeting.....

[STARWISE]

Aww .. thank you. Thank God for FR and the internet.

[DustyMoment]

Former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, said Friday they decided to sue Vice President Dick Cheney and presidential adviser Karl Rove because they engaged in a "whispering campaign" to destroy her career.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha . . . . . . . !!!!!!!!

OMG, these moonbats are to the LEFT of lying . . . . er, CRYING moonbat Cindy Sheehan!!!!!! The entertainment value of these people is simply NOT to be ignored!!!

[Peach]

Your posts are the best and you have more knowledge about this case at your fingertips than all the reporters in DC put together. They should be ashamed.

I'll bet not one in 20 knows that Wilson actually told Congress that what he found in Niger supported the Bush administration.

[Jameison]

Lets just see how Senor Liar, Joe Wilson and his wife have "suffered" shall we?

Here is Jo Wilson'e privacy being "invaded" :

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7050/620/1600/cindy%20joe.jpg


Here is Joe Wilson "living in fear" :

http://conservativeoutpost.com/blog/archives/2005/11/joe_wilson_medi.php

and here:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-10-30-cia-leak-origins_x.htm?csp=34

here:

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=he&id=1809280050&cf=tribeca_mm&index=156

here too:

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/04/fibber-joe-wilson-talks-smack-with.html

This guy is just so pathetic.

[Always Right]

Why couldn't she stay in the Government?!

Because the partisan hacks could not peddle their anti-Bush books if she remained in government.

[Txsleuth]

I want to DITTO what Peach said...I always look forward to your pings and threads..because I know I am going to learn something..

Thank you!

[Txsleuth]

I bet if this does actually go to trial...Cheney, Rove or Libby's lawyers will call Pat Roberts to testify to what they know about his "honesty"...and what he told about the Niger evidence.

[Peach]

Definitely. Good to see you :-)

[STARWISE]

I'm SO sick of these nasty Rats.!!

What do you all think about a permanent boycott list to make any dent possible in the wallets of these anti-American lucifers, who're trying to destroy our nation's heartland values, patriotism and THIS President and his administration??:

It may not cost them a lot, but we have some decent numbers, and at least WE won't be supplying the funds they use against US.

Jim, would love to know your thoughts about having a permanent thread on the Home page, devoted to products, movies, performers, companies, etc. to REFUSE to patronize based on their openly disgusting actions??

And it could say something like: "we encourage you support these companies and products that honor our country's traditions and exemplify the best of America by the manner in which they conduct their businesses." I know you'd have to get the proper legalese for legal reasons, but would like to know if you think it's doaable?

Starting the list:

Progressive Insurance

Barbra Streisand music and concerts

Sean Penn movies

Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon movies

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

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And here's the place for more:

Buy Blue

RED listings, we support; why should BLUE listings be supported with our hard-earned $$, only to see them engaged in hurting this great country we love daily?

[BaBaStooey]

She lost her trust in the government, was that before or after we lost our trust in her ability to do her job correctly when she sent her joke of a husband to do a job he should have never been sent to do?

[newnhdad]

I don't think the serious people in the DNC want this to go on any longer. They lost when Fitzgerald said he wouldn't prosecute Rove and the final nail was Novak's disclosure. This "scandal" has run it's course. The Wilson's are doing this on their own to get a better book and movie deal.

I worked with some DNC staffers in the past and they wouldn't suffer these clowns at all. They would rather these sorry people go away so they can gin up some other scandal that could help them in November. This is directing too much attention toward two people that will never be able to help the DNC at all.
Come to think of it, maybe this is a Roveian plot after all?

[Peach]

That would be a good idea. I like it.

Also, should we be encouraging people to send some of the links around that provide evidence that Joe Wilson's private testimony to Congress bolstered Bush's case that Iraq was trying to purchase uranium?

Or is it a waste of time?

[Lancey Howard]

Quick question to women freepers: In "glamour magazine" photos of arriving celebrities etc., it often looks like the women who are photographed as they are walking have an unnaturally long stride. Is this some kind of optical illusion, or are these women just walking real fast? Thanks!

(Hmmm. In the photo above it looks like Secret Squirrel noticed the camera and took a long stride in order to get past her husband and into full view.)