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The CIA leak (Latest From Novak)
townhall.com ^
| 10/01/03
| Robert Novak
Posted on 09/30/2003 9:24:15 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: Pro-Bush
CNN's Novak should be arrested for knowingly compromising a CIA agents (or analyst) identity.Laurence O'Donnell, who is a liberal, said that he studied the statute in question, and it would be almost impossible to get a conviction based on the information public right now. He said a key element is the leaker has to *KNOW* that it would endanger the life of the CIA operative.
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:36:44 PM PDT
by
ambrose
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To: kattracks
This whole affair comes off to me as a "Get Karl Rove Scheme"!
To: ambrose
He said a key element is the leaker has to *KNOW* that it would endanger the life of the CIA operative.
I guess it depends on who the "leaker" was! Regardless, Novak knows better.
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:46:52 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(Homeland Security + Tom Ridge = Open Borders --> Demand Change!)
To: seamole
Ed Royce...what do you know about him? Any relation to Newsday reporter Knut Royce?
106
posted on
09/30/2003 10:52:57 PM PDT
by
Shermy
(Show us the glove box.)
To: Shermy
This Wilson is already pushing a movie deal !
This smells really shiTTi
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:54:54 PM PDT
by
america-rules
(I'm one proud American right now !)
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To: Optimist
IMHO Daddy Bush lost re-election for many of the same reasons W might.Daddy bush won an overwhelming landslide EXCEPT the media pumped an irrelevant 3rd party dork (perot) into the minds of the uneducated. There is no 3rd party candidate this time. W will win a huge landslide.
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To: T. Jefferson
There is no 3rd party candidate this time. W will win a huge landslide. Yet. Don't discount the possibility of someone pumped-up by the media. Though I think the Dems have much more to worry about in this department.
To: seamole
Re: 108
Ya think Knut Royce has an agenda?
"...In contrast, he says the Bush administration was not able to provide evidence for many of its claims before commencing the war with Iraq. Bush and his officials spent a number of months going on the stump, not to inform, but to sell. They highlighted their best sales pitcha link between Saddam and bin Ladin. They contorted, exaggerated and misrepresented the truth...."
He must be in tight with the Saudicrats.
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posted on
09/30/2003 11:07:39 PM PDT
by
Shermy
(Show us the glove box.)
To: kattracks
Novak knows about a lot of things, but not spycraft. He should stay away from the spooks.
To: seamole
And who "Terrance J. Wilkerson" was! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've referenced the Doug Thompson screed in CHB several times in connection with this story, along with the subsequent retraction. But the name of the persona in absentio, the fictitious or figmentary Terrance J. Wilkerson, escaped me.
That is indeed a name to remember!
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posted on
09/30/2003 11:12:39 PM PDT
by
okie01
(www.ArmorforCongress.com...because Congress isn't for the morally halt and the mentally lame.)
To: seamole; Mo1
Knut Royce used to be a senior fellow with the Center for Public Integrity. Check out the Board of Directors...including Bill Schneider.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/index.asp?L1=40&L2=10&L3=0&L4=0&L5=0&State
He's a primary source for the stories on GWB's Harken Energy deals, and is widely admired by TomPaine.com...here...
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/6012
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posted on
09/30/2003 11:29:21 PM PDT
by
Fracas
To: Jeff Chandler
"This smear should drop Bush's credibility with the voters another 10-15 points. A little lower and hillary can jump in the race." Perhaps not. After all, with the last few presidential scandals, the harder one side hit on the president, the better his poll numbers got. It drove us nuts during impeachment, but Clinton was loved more by the libs for weathering the storm.
Bush may benefit in the polls if:
- people feel there's no "there". Already Novak and even Time magazine have deflated this balloon from it's full potential. Last year Wilson refered to his wife in Time. Wilson has to be credible for this to work. Unfortunately for the Dems, he has a big mouth.
- People need to understand why they should be outraged, and it's going to be hard to draw them a picture in this case. Back in impeachment people only needed to understand that Clinton lied under oath and obstructed an investigation. They didn't get it. It this case they need to understand why leeking this name is significant, they need to believe it's a retaliation for criticism of the Iraq war, they need to believe the leak comes from the top... etc. Too complex. People aren't going to follow a flowchart to understand the "gotcha"
- If the President shows full co-operation I don't think this will hurt him directly. I think Rove is the real target here anyhow. People trust Bush more than Clinton. They may not like this war, but most people don't think Bush is a habitual liar.
To: kattracks
SERVES BUSH RIGHT FOR KEEPING CLINTON's RAT AS THE CIA DIRECTOR.
They Hire Left RAT Wilson do CIA work?
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posted on
09/30/2003 11:38:28 PM PDT
by
KQQL
(^@__*^)
To: YaYa123
So glad I couldn't sleep! This is excellent and I have forwarded it to interested folks.
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posted on
09/30/2003 11:47:20 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(DEMS INHABIT A PARALLEL UNIVERSE)
To: faithincowboys
Novak should just tell us who it was and retire. That isn't going to happen. Bet the rent.
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posted on
09/30/2003 11:56:30 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: Bonaparte
Novak knows about a lot of things, but not spycraft. Out of his element, eh?
FGS
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posted on
09/30/2003 11:57:49 PM PDT
by
ForGod'sSake
(ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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