Senator Clinton Backs Naming of Special Counsel in the C.I.A. Case

New York Times ^ | October 2, 2003 | RAYMOND HERNANDEZ

[Bubba_Leroy]

In her recently published memoir, "Living History," Hillary Rodham Clinton describes how deeply opposed she was to the appointment of an independent counsel to look into the failed Whitewater land deal involving her and President Clinton.

"The idea of hard-core Republican partisans rummaging through our lives, looking at every check we had written in 20 years, and harassing our friends on the flimsiest of excuses infuriated me," Senator Clinton wrote in one section.

But she is now saying she supports the appointment of a special counsel to determine whether someone in the Bush administration illegally disclosed the identity of an undercover C.I.A. officer.

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[Kieri]

ROFL, I can just imagine this NYT "reporter" holding his/her nose while writing this. Imagine, the NYT reporting -- without actually naming -- the Shrieking Harpy of DC as a HYPOCRITE!!

[Bubba_Leroy]

"CIA refers crimes report over about once a week to the Department of Justice whenever there's a leak or any other potential violation of law that they come across."

James Woolsey
Woolsey served from 1993 to 1995 as President Clinton's first CIA director (when the CIA was reporting leaks about once a week to the Justice Department)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/992522/posts.

[Cicero]

I notice that the article is written by someone named RAYMOND HERNANDEZ. Never heard of him. That suggests to me that they are not really going much further with this story, or they would have put a heavyweight on it.

[Paul Atreides]

Wow. It certainly took her long enough to jump on it. I'm surprised that she wasn't screeching for an in-Depends prosecutor before the "scandal" ever broke.

[isthisnickcool]

Rymes with "hunt"....

[ladyinred]

But she is now saying she supports the appointment of a special counsel to determine whether someone in the Bush administration illegally disclosed the identity of an undercover C.I.A. officer.

Better watch out Hillary, might find out Bubba did it! Or maybe YOU did!

[theDentist]

While we're at it Hillary, maybe we should appoint one to talk with Peter Paul? Hmmm?

[JOE6PAK]

I wondered how long it would be before "SHE_it" had somthing to add to this.

[Diogenesis]

Her Highness: "We only want an investigator whose FBI files we already hold.
So we have a choice of thousands."

[upchuck]

OMG, is the NYT on the "we gotta excerpt it" list? When did this happen?

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[Reb Raider]

Can someone please clarify something for me? I am positive I read on FR that George Tenet did not sign off on the request to investigate this and was not aware of the original request to Justice. Democrats have said ad nauseum that George Tenet found this serious enough to ask for a criminal investigation. They have thrown his name around to bolster their case and I wondered if anyone remembers which thread/article in the beginning stated he was not involved. Ms.Plame could have requested it herself through whatever division sends these frequent requests for all we know. Some democrats have now changed their George Tenet requested this to the CIA requested this. I still believe if there was a political agenda behind Wilson's trip that his wife was in any way involved with that her involvement is relevant and why he was chosen and most importantly who paid for the trip. I haven't heard one thing about about who funded it except it wasn't the CIA.

[Bubba_Leroy]

I thought it was. NY Times, LA Times, its hard to remember which left wing democRAT rag is which.