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New Questions About Inquiry in C.I.A. Leak
The New York Times ^ | September 2, 2006 | By DAVID JOHNSTON

Posted on 09/01/2006 8:50:56 PM PDT by rightgrafix

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 — An enduring mystery of the C.I.A. leak case has been solved in recent days, but with a new twist: Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the prosecutor, knew the identity of the leaker from his very first day in the special counsel’s chair, but kept the inquiry open for nearly two more years before indicting I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, on obstruction charges.

Now, the question of whether Mr. Fitzgerald properly exercised his prosecutorial discretion in continuing to pursue possible wrongdoing in the case has become the subject of rich debate on editorial pages and in legal and political circles.

Richard L. Armitage, the former deputy secretary of state, first told the authorities in October 2003 that he had been the primary source for the July 14, 2003, column by Robert D. Novak that identified Valerie Wilson as a C.I.A. operative and set off the leak investigation.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
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To: MJY1288
What this article does is quote repeatly from "associates of Armitage" or "those who knew of Armitage's actions at the time." Frankly, I don't care about what Armitage has told the NY Times NOW.

What I care about is that he, and Colin Powell sat around for three years, and watched the administration get trashed, (and he let Judy Miller sit in jail, but the NY Times "forgot" that).

And now, instead of responding, Armitage phoned it in to the NY Times.

41 posted on 09/01/2006 9:32:40 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: AmeriBrit

And, why would she tell him on their THIRD date that she was undercover CIA??


42 posted on 09/01/2006 9:36:12 PM PDT by Txsleuth (,((((((((ISRAEL))))))))) Steve and Olaf have been released...pray for the release of the Israelis..)
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To: A Citizen Reporter
Yup, Armitage and Colon Powell are no friends of the truth
43 posted on 09/01/2006 9:37:02 PM PDT by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
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To: Mr Rogers

He should be fired and held up to ridicule.


44 posted on 09/01/2006 9:38:35 PM PDT by tiki
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To: rightgrafix
This tells me that Fizgeralds has some personal political or personal career goals involved in all this.
To find out the answer on day one and end the the whole case would not serve his purposes, so the big question is:

What is Fizgerald's purposes for going past the first couple of weeks?
45 posted on 09/01/2006 9:41:17 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: rightgrafix
Well, it's an interesting bit of triangulation from the principal promoters of the story in the first place. Fitzy went for a fall guy largely because he figured not only that the Times would cover his six but that they'd burn him if he didn't. He must be feeling a little lonely at the moment.

Wilson must be feeling lonelier still. The Times isn't going to be able to muddy the waters forever and when they clear all of the lies are going to be undeniable. If the Times can't use him to bash Bush then he has no further use at all. Perhaps, as someone suggested last night, he can work this to a cozy tenured faculty position at an Ivy League diploma factory.

46 posted on 09/01/2006 9:41:47 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Enterprise

Also, remember how when Miller finally agreed to testify, she apparently negotiated an agreement with Fitzgerald that her testimony would be limited to her contacts with Libby only? So, at that time, Fitzgerald knew that Armitage was the leaker, but he agreed not to ask Miller any questions about her possible dealings with Armitage. Fitzgerald was amazingly uncurious about the original underlying basis for the inquiry, and was focused with tunnel vision on trying to screw Libby to the wall, even though he knew that Libby was not the originator of the leak. Again, the phrases 'overzealous prosecution' and 'prosecutorial misconduct' come to mind...


47 posted on 09/01/2006 9:42:10 PM PDT by The Electrician ("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
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To: MNJohnnie

Prosecutorial abuse is a criminal offense and Fitzgerald must be prosecuted.

Then, put Nihong on notice and the rest of the abusers.


48 posted on 09/01/2006 9:43:06 PM PDT by Prost1 (Remember, a democrat is a friend if it is time to vote or you have money to take.)
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To: Txsleuth

Because she's a Slut??

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters


49 posted on 09/01/2006 9:44:32 PM PDT by bray (Koffi 4 Food has Failed.......Again)
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To: Darkwolf377

On a small local blog for a radio talk show here, a reply as to why there is so little coverage of this revelation elicited the reply of "no one really cares."

Isn't it odd how they cared so much about "frog marching" Rove, arresting Cheney and impeaching Bush, but now the truth is out, Wilson is a liar, Plame is a whatever (anything but not covert) and all of a sudden, no one cares!

How convenient when we have troops in harm's way being fed lies associated with this mess.


50 posted on 09/01/2006 9:44:56 PM PDT by DakotaRed (The legacy of the left, "Screw you, I got mine.")
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To: MJY1288

I just bought world series tickets for the Cubs for 07.

I think NY SLIMES and Wash Compost doing this is the 6th sign and the Cubs winning is the 7th.


51 posted on 09/01/2006 9:46:18 PM PDT by ashamedtobefromparkridge
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To: Mr Rogers

Fitzgerald is ripping the guts out of the Daley Machine in Chicago so he will not be fired.


52 posted on 09/01/2006 9:46:46 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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To: rightgrafix

You've got to love this, though, just for the sheer comic relief of seeing the Left stab each other in the back.

The New York Times and the Washington Post only gave a sh*t about Joe and Val Wilson because they could use them as a conduit to "get" the Bush Administration. Hell, I bet that they knew the Wilsons were full of it from the get-go.

Now that the entire affair has been exposed to be a fraud and a sham, and *their* "reputations" are at stake, the WaPo and NYT are throwing Joe and Val over the side to save their hides.

And tonight, on OlberCreep's show, the Wilson's lawyer was ripping the WaPo for the "disconnect" between today's editorial and the coverage of the leak investigation on their news pages.

Of course, there's a disconnect *now*!! The WaPo and the NYT are trying to bury their complicity in the whole thing and are using these two editorials to wash their hands.

Hilarious.


53 posted on 09/01/2006 9:48:46 PM PDT by Libertarian444
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To: MJY1288

Same here.

Imagine what Judith Miller must be thinking.


54 posted on 09/01/2006 9:48:52 PM PDT by unsycophant
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To: justshutupandtakeit

Thats why I can't hate him completely. He's blowing apart the state and countty democratic stranglehold.

Although getting rid of Daley would bring Jesse Jackson Jr to the mayors office.

Daley is a democrat I don't dislike. But I may have to recuse myself. His dad and my grandmother grew up together and he and my mother have been friends their whole lives and his wife is my Godmother.


55 posted on 09/01/2006 9:49:05 PM PDT by ashamedtobefromparkridge
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To: MJY1288

Colin Powell lost the respect of some very good supporters over this.

The Honor he was taught as a Soldier on the US Army and as a General Officer has been betrayed by his silence.

Maybe the Democrats will embrace him now, he's fits in with them.


56 posted on 09/01/2006 9:49:18 PM PDT by DakotaRed (The legacy of the left, "Screw you, I got mine.")
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To: The Electrician
An investigation needs to be done on Fitz. What did he know and when did he know it. If it can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he maliciously ignored exculpatory facts, he should be disbarred and prosecuted. His filings to the Federal Court need to be studied for evidence of perjury. If nothing else, if he knew all along that Libby did nothing wrong, and that Armitage was the original leaker, he should be charged with obstruction of justice and civil rights violations under color of authority for the jailing of Miller! HA!
57 posted on 09/01/2006 9:51:26 PM PDT by Enterprise (Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
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To: rightgrafix

watch for the spin here folks. in a strange way, our side now wants the Libby trial to go forward. some interesting information might surface in testimony there, in light of these recent revelations.

if you see the left turning on Fitzgerald, its a signal that they want the Libby charges dropped - because they fear the trial. since the whole Fitz GJ was a setup and a perjury trap to begin with, he's not going to drop the charges out of some sense of moral or legal ethics - he didn't have any going into it. if he drops the charges now, its because the left fears revelations at the trial.


58 posted on 09/01/2006 9:54:34 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: STARWISE

yes, and those "other journalists" knew who Wilson's wife was BEFORE talking with Rove and Libby - and likely lied about that during their GJ testimony. they were the bait for the perjury trap to come later.


59 posted on 09/01/2006 9:58:34 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: STARWISE
Fitzgerald's statement from October 2005:

Valerie Wilson's cover was blown in July 2003. The first sign of that cover being blown was when Mr. Novak published a column on July 14th, 2003.

But Mr. Novak was not the first reporter to be told that Wilson's wife, Valerie Wilson, Ambassador Wilson's wife, Valerie, worked at the CIA. Several other reporters were told.

In fact, Mr. Libby was the first official known to have told a reporter when he talked to Judith Miller in June of 2003 about Valerie Wilson

Fitzgerald knew this wasn't accurate. His comments about Libby's indictment were extremely misleading and very deliberate.

60 posted on 09/01/2006 9:59:12 PM PDT by unsycophant
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