[Lunatic Fringe]

TREASON! TREASOOONNN!!!!

[b4its2late]

I'm even surprised CNN reported it though they did throw "almost inadvertently in a casual conversation with Novak" in there.....

[RexBeach]

I see the non-story continues.

[colorado tanker]

somewhat anticlimactic

Liberalspeak for the exposure of the knowing lie the MSM, Dems and Fitz have been pushing the last two years.

[hawkaw]

I thought she was not covert ...

[unixfox]

The sources said Armitage revealed Plame's role at the CIA almost inadvertently in a casual conversation with Novak.

Heck, doesn't everybody have "casual converstations" about CIA agents and "inadvertently" leak that info?

I know I do.

[VictoryGal]

It would be funny if it weren't so dang infuriating-- how many valuable administration cycles have been wasted on this nonsense? And will counter-charges be laid on the accusers?

[lormand]

I'm wondering why they are so late in reporting this?

[evad]

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.

Shocking!

The Mean Spirited Media and "Justice" Department shot everywhere except at the target.

So, what is the State Department? Is it a 6th column or a 2ND 5th column?

So difficult to keep all these seditious dogs in order.

[jackieaxe]

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.

Another unsourced source alleging the unsourced source was from within the State department.

Give me a brake! If there is no name attached to the allegation don't print it. That's how we got to here in the first place. What crappy reporting!

[lilylangtree]

Bullsh*t! It was ole Joe and Val herself that announced it to the world at the DC party circuit. Who's kidding whom?

[WOSG]

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.

[Obie Wan]

Ah, Valerie Plame,the nothing story about the make believe secret agent that won't go away !!!

[weegee]

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

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?

[weegee]

The article closed with this bit:

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.

[Niteranger68]

The revelation that Armitage was the source of Novak's column is somewhat anticlimactic for Bush administration critics CNN who had used the story as a weapon in Washington's partisan battles.

[dubie]

soon...

[T.L.Sink]

Byron York has an excellent article in NRO (8/28) "CIA LEAK FIASCO". It explains this theatre of the absurd episode better than any I've read.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

These false charges caused "scooter" to lie to protect himself which is no big deal!Bush should pardon him if charges are not dropped.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Is Armitage the culprit or is he covering for Powell?