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To: Arm_Bears
So why isn't this putz in jail?

There was never a crime committed for 2 reasons:

1. The leak was not intentional

2. The agent was not covert or undercover at the time.

20 posted on 09/08/2006 9:34:29 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun
The leak was not intentional

Why accept the word of Powell-crony Armitage that the leak was unintentional? My guess is that it was very intentional and was designed to discredit Wilson in the wake of the Iraq invasion given Powell's reliance upon the Niger information during his appearance at the UN. It turned out that Wilson was lying and that he didn't need to be discredited; however, that was not necessarily known by Powell and Armitage at the time.

Also, it was not a single leak. Armitage "mistakenly" leaked info from the classfied State memo three times: 1) to Novak; 2) to Woodward; and 3) to an unnamed reporter. Finally, Armitage neglected to tell Fitzgerald about his Woodward conversation and did so only after having been prompted by Woodward. This is precisely the same kind of memory lapse that Fitzgerald is calling perjury on the part of Libby.

23 posted on 09/08/2006 9:42:25 AM PDT by Stingray51
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To: TexasCajun

Really?

You mean the Washington Post got it all wrong?

I guess I won't be re-newing my subscription then. </sarc>


52 posted on 09/08/2006 11:29:15 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (See Rock City)
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