Posted on 06/16/2016 3:11:10 PM PDT by cotton1706
“””Richard Armitage acknowledged Thursday that he was the source who first revealed the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame. A blast from the past.
They deserve each other. Apparently national security is a low priority for both of them. “””””
There was nothing illegal about putting her name in the paper. Nobody was ever charged with outing her because there was nothing wrong with it. It made for some very good fake but accurate propaganda though.
Tortured logic like that should be illegal.
Hey Dick, you’re as irrelevant in this as I am-
I’m voting for Trump, so I’ve neutralized you.
2016 - the year of Truth.
So another termite outs himself. 2016 is the year of the outings.
Schrub’s administration was evidently stuffed to the gills with pretend conservatives. Just like Schrub was himself.
This backstabber wants his old job back and will sell out the Republicans in order to get it.
This guy should have gone to jail. Instead Fitzgerald raked Libby over the coals and he loses his law license and to compound it Bush doesn’t even Pardon him when he left office.
Im glad these cockroaches are coming out showing us exactly what they are..Good, let them vote for Hillary Clinton, and when she takes their guns away I wont shed a tear for them
In fairness, Armitrage didn't do that to Libby.
The special prosecutor knew Armitrage had accidentally out'ed Plame, because Armitrage called and told him. It turned out that Plame's cover wasn't a well-kept secret: she was identified on official, but unclassified memos or reports, without noting her status. Armitrage told Novak this in passing, without knowing her identity was classsified.
But, instead of dropping the investigation right away, the special prosecutor continued to investigate. Libby subsequently got caught in a "perjury trap", rather than for out'ing Plame.
Pos. They can blame who they want but if we lose this election I intend to finish my life by opposing the republican party.
The Bushies are maaaaaad.
Has to be dementia if he believes Hillary is more like a Republican than Trump.
Not exactly.
Folks, I'm not defending Armitrage for supporting Hillary, but he wasn't responsible for what happened to Libby. And, Armitrage didn't disclose classified information, because he didn't know it was classified... the info he had on Plame wasn't marked as such -- an error that rests on the originator.
This isn't like Hillary's gross negligence. She received information that was clearly recognizable as information that would be damaging to the US if it was public. Specifically, anything that reveals the source or methods of intelligence is classified at the highest level, and she should have known that.
In contrast, Armitrage received a memo or report, which included Plame on the distribution. It apparently included her affiliation with the CIA, but not that she was under a non-official cover. In the context of another event (I believe it involved her husband), Armitrage told Novak she worked for the CIA.
The special prosecutor knew this at the outset of the investigation, because Armitrage called him. But, the prosecutor continued the investigation anyway, and eventually caught Libby in a "perjury trap" -- not for out'ing Plame.
As a result of what Armitage did, Libby went to jail.
As I wrote, Clinton and Armitage deserve one another. And, I hope they both go down in flames.
Only because the special prosecutor pushed Russert to perjure his ### off on the stand....
That sound’s clintonesque. How does one get “caught” in a perjury trap? Commit perjury?
Admitage is a known leftist POS
Really? She is more like a Republican than Trump. Trump is a .....American. Trump is for America and Americans.
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