Not sure why you'd want it, but here you go...
Sorry. I couldn't help myself.
Posted on 08/30/2006 11:49:44 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage was the source who revealed the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame to syndicated columnist Robert Novak in 2003, touching off a federal investigation, two sources familiar with Armitage's role tell CNN.
The sources said Armitage revealed Plame's role at the CIA almost inadvertently in a casual conversation with Novak, and it is not clear if he knew her identity was classified at the time.
Armitage was not indicted by the federal grand jury that investigated the disclosure of Plame's name to Novak and other journalists. Deliberately revealing the identify of a CIA operative can be a crime.
The revelation that Armitage was the source of Novak's column is somewhat anticlimactic for Bush administration critics who had used the story as a weapon in Washington's partisan battles.
During the run-up to the Iraq war in 2003, Armitage was viewed as one of the more skeptical voices in the administration about the need to depose Saddam Hussein by force.
In a July 14, 2003, column, Novak noted that Plame was a CIA operative, citing two senior administration officials. The column was primarily about Plame's husband, Joe Wilson, a former career diplomat and critic of the intelligence underlying the invasion of Iraq.
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..and so dang harmful.
Like Rush said, REAL people and a REAL nation got hurt in a time of REAL war.
Is Wilson going to demand that Armitage get "frog-marched" out of where-ever he is now?
"revelation that Armitage was the source of Novak's column is somewhat anticlimactic "
Understatement of the year!
Liberals smeared the Bush White house for years over this.
Now it turns out he Liberals were the ones lying all along!
Democrats lied while terrorist victims died.
Ah, Valerie Plame,the nothing story about the make believe secret agent that won't go away !!!
Undercover agents don't usually publish their names in Who's Who, either.
Armitage was not indicted by the federal grand jury that investigated the disclosure of Plame's name to Novak and other journalists. Deliberately revealing the identify of a CIA operative can be a crime.[snip]
But the Wilsons' attorney, Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said the revelation that Armitage was the original source for the leak did not undercut the charge that Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney's former chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and White House adviser Karl Rove acted to retaliate against Wilson by engaging in a "whispering campaign" about his wife.
The couple plans to proceed with the lawsuit, Sloan said.
[snip]
Fitzgerald has said he does not plan to bring any charges against Novak's original source.
And the media won't push for prosecution of Armitage. It's no longer a crime or an issue of national security; Bush, Rove, and Libby weren't involved.
When will this shadow government that fought the Bush Administration from within be held accountable for their own actions?
Thanks for the brake. I guess next time I should ask for a break! ;)
As part of his investigation, Fitzgerald subpoenaed then-New York Times reporter Judith Miller and then-Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper. In 2005, Miller spent nearly 12 weeks in jail after she refused to testify to identify her source to Fitzgerald. (View a timeline of the CIA leak case)Miller was released after her source, Libby, called her and personally waived their confidentially agreement.
I thought that Miller never did confirm that Libby was her source, leading to speculation that someone else had told her.
That is because Armitage is effectively one of their guys -- for the present. Useful, among idiots.
DU is bending over backwards to find a way that Cheney told Armitage. The word Fitzmas has been stricken from the threads.
How? The liberal MSM isn't going to help the Bushies ... this will be another 'we need to move forward, no need to dwell on this matter' moment for the media. Much like they use to do during the Clinton years when yet another scandal emerged starring their favorite couple Bill & Hill.
That is very concise and to the point ... as they are fond of saying out in the hustings 'It's just a matter of whose ox is being gored'.
They still have to dance around the fact that she WAS NOT classified at the time.
They just cannot bring themselves to deal with that fact.
"Give me a brake!"
Here ya go: http://www.brakeworld.com/
Guess I shoulda read a bit more of the thread!
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