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Et tu, Colin?
CFP ^ | Sunday, September 3, 2006 | John Burtis

Posted on 09/03/2006 1:13:42 PM PDT by Laverne

Caesar was stabbed, in the end, by one of his closest and most loyal friends, Brutus. And George Bush was betrayed throughout the course of the entire Fitzgerald inquisition by his one time friend and close confidant, Colin Powell, who knew all along the involvement of Richard Armitage, and chose to keep quiet. Loyalty runs between many extremes.

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With Colin Powell, as with Mr. Armitage, loyalty has finally gone the way of the Model-T. And sadly, Mr. Powell's damage will be enshrined forever by the left in what appears to be their longest running hit piece of modern times. Et tu, Colin?

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cialeak; fitzygate; plamegate; stabbedinthebackgate
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To: MPJackal
McPowell...
21 posted on 09/03/2006 1:39:51 PM PDT by johnny7 (“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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To: Marius3188

All I can find is this, from an article about Spikey Mikey's and David Corn's Book:

Richard Armitage was clearly agitated. As recounted in a new book, "Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War," Armitage had been at home reading the newspaper and had come across a column by journalist Robert Novak. Months earlier, Novak had caused a huge stir when he revealed that Valerie Plame, wife of Iraq-war critic Joseph Wilson, was a CIA officer. Ever since, Washington had been trying to find out who leaked the information to Novak. The columnist himself had kept quiet. But now, in a second column, Novak provided a tantalizing clue: his primary source, he wrote, was a "senior administration official" who was "not a partisan gunslinger." Armitage was shaken. After reading the column, he knew immediately who the leaker was. On the phone with Powell that morning, Armitage was "in deep distress," says a source directly familiar with the conversation who asked not to be identified because of legal sensitivities. "I'm sure he's talking about me."


22 posted on 09/03/2006 1:40:10 PM PDT by Laverne
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To: ozzymandus; lonestar67

--if all he does about it is nothing, he becomes a passive accomplice--


23 posted on 09/03/2006 1:40:14 PM PDT by rellimpank (Don't believe anything about firearms or explosives stated by the mass media---NRABenefactor)
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To: MPJackal

That's the thing about FR, you don't really need to post because someone else has already posted your thought, ditto.


25 posted on 09/03/2006 1:43:44 PM PDT by tiki
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To: Laverne

And your gonna believe Armitage, a known leaker, over Colin Powell? He probably did tell Powell, but Armitage would be the last person to believe over Colin.


26 posted on 09/03/2006 1:43:51 PM PDT by Marius3188 ( I have not told half of what I saw - Marco Polo)
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To: Laverne
It may be that we don't know exactly what was known by whom and when it was known. I do not believe for one moment that the White House did not know who it was. State told the White House early on that it was someone in State that leaked Plame's name. When offered by State the White House did not want to know the name of the leaker because the investigation was ongoing. The White House had all the information it had a need to know officially.

The mistake the WH made was to trust in the integrity of Fitzgerald. Powell should not be singled out for reprobation on this issue, Powell was put in a very difficult position.

27 posted on 09/03/2006 1:43:53 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (This space for rent.)
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To: Howlin

The level of disloyalty is stunning. I don't think I have ever been so sickened.


28 posted on 09/03/2006 1:44:19 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: Laverne
What Armitage and Powell did in undermining this admin is reprehensible, and their silence in letting Rove and Cheney twist in the wind for years is despicable.
29 posted on 09/03/2006 1:44:30 PM PDT by Bullish ( The pig headed monkeys of Islam can kiss my grits!)
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To: rellimpank

Powell left the administration in the second term.

What did you want done-- have him shot on the front lawn?


30 posted on 09/03/2006 1:44:43 PM PDT by lonestar67
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To: Laverne

typical ******


31 posted on 09/03/2006 1:46:06 PM PDT by knyteflyte3
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To: rellimpank

Yeah, I'm glad you found a way to blame Bush.


32 posted on 09/03/2006 1:49:30 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Laverne
...it seems that Colin Powell simply stabbed the President of the United States in the back because he could, because he would get away with it, because he would not be held to task for his grave misdeeds by a man known to turn the other cheek....


33 posted on 09/03/2006 1:50:33 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("Fake but Accurate": NY Times)
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To: lonestar67

LOL! I never liked him anyway - and for some reason, I always thought of him as the backstabber type, a sort of passive-aggressive personality. As you say, W did get rid of him, however, and I hope Powell's punishment now is that this all becomes public knowledge. Which it won't, of course, if the MSM has anything to say about it.


34 posted on 09/03/2006 1:51:49 PM PDT by livius
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To: Mike Darancette

It is quite possible, and highly likely, that Powell and/or Armitage were considered targets of Fitzy, and therefore they didn't say anything. When Fitzy learned who the leaker was, Fitzy should have let the whole thing go. That he did not is evidence he was a prosecutor out of control. Armitage and Powell should have come forward a long time ago, they should have come forward last week when the information was made public. They need to collectively and publically issue a formal apology to President Bush, VP Cheney, Rove and Libby and they should call on Fitzy to drop all charges NOW. Fitzy needs to be investigated for what he did. There is no excuse for any of this. The whole thing is a travesty. The judge should drop the charges and Fitzy should be publically renounced and informed that HE is under investigation for lieing to the public and to the court, and perhaps misinforming the grand jury.


35 posted on 09/03/2006 1:52:08 PM PDT by Laverne
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To: ozzymandus
"I can't say I've lost my respect for colon powell, because I never had any.

I'm with you...I was always certain he was a RINO and this has been confirmed.

36 posted on 09/03/2006 1:53:05 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: Laverne
Here's where I stand. After the Novak article came out, there was a time BEFORE a special prosecutor was appointed. At that time, Armitage should have come forward and said that he was the person who inadvertently revealed Plame's name to Novak.

Why didn't he? Fitzgerald wasn't yet appointed, so no one was enjoining him from doing so. The answer is that Armitage was either a coward OR was hoping that the nine-days wonder that the controversy created could be fanned into a full-blown scandal, ending the administration.

Either way, the guy is a low sort and should be apologizing in public.

37 posted on 09/03/2006 2:00:56 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: lonestar67

with this now coming to light, did Powell leave or was he shown the door along with his right hand man?


38 posted on 09/03/2006 2:05:43 PM PDT by SCHROLL (Liberalism isn't a political philosophy - it's a mental illness)
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To: Howlin
I have one question to ask Powell and Armitage

Why did you sell out our county and our President??
39 posted on 09/03/2006 2:14:12 PM PDT by Mo1 (Think about it .. A Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be 2 seats away from being President)
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To quote Ocar Wilde, "A true friend stabs you in the front!".....just think of what scum Armitage and Powell really are!!!!


40 posted on 09/03/2006 2:15:27 PM PDT by hnj_00
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