Posted on 10/28/2005 6:35:34 PM PDT by demlosers
Using another baseball analogy, in this case the tie goes to the Fitz. I demand instant replay. Catcher interference.
The thing that made me suspicious was Fitzgerald's calling so many of the press by first name, indicating that he knew them. How convenient...and how telling. He has obviously been talking to these reporters. What were they talking about...the weather?
Fitzgerald should be removed from this investigation. He makes claims that have no basis in reality let alone fact.
Valerie Wilson's cover was blown in July 2003. The first sign of that cover being blown was when Mr. Novak published a column on July 14th, 2003.
Well that won't happen. Lawrence Walsh (remember him, the Iran Contra guy I think, maybe something else) was far worse by the way. He chatted with his shill coterie of reporters on a weekly basis, spinning and leaking wildly, and he was proud of it. Is he a relative of yours?
I'm glad you brought this up.
Classifications:
Top Secret
Secret
Confidential
For Official Use Only
Unclassified
...which are among other classifications
Plame's job at the CIA is classified as = Unclassified.
Fitzgerald is playing word games and obfuscating facts.
We can't talk about information not contained in the four corners of the indictment.
after spending 20 minutes talking about how evil outing a secret agent is - something that was nowhere in the indictment.
I listened to this bozo's "press conference" today. He left me with the impression that he's after Crazy Howie Dean's job with the DNC. A regular Lefty blowhard. But I feel a lot more "secure" and "safer" even though there wasn't a "crime" until AFTER this blowhard began his "investigation."
Oh yes, I remember that shanty Irish so and so very well. I made the exact same arguments back then. Nobody ever listens, the independent/special counsel stuff is nightmarish. God should ban it. {->
I think it is interesting that he keeps saying "not widely known," some people knew- it was not a secret. Earlier, he noted that the first person to tell a reporter her name was Libby. If Libby was the first to give classified information, why not indict him for that? I think Novak had another source that told him the info. first. However, I start to wonder if Libby did not know that, and that is what tripped him up- he assumed he was the only source, knew he had leaked classified info., and was trying to protect himself. Just my two cents.
OK, is the investigation finished? It's not over, but I'll tell you this: Very rarely do you bring a charge in a case that's going to be tried and would you ever end a grand jury investigation. I can tell you, the substantial bulk of the work in this investigation is concluded.
He's saying: "no more indictments."
Good observation.
Not even close to an analogy. Just more pratter from the libs trying to convience us from their playbook.
Does it make any more sense reading it than listening to it? LOL
I could swear that one of the reporters at the press conference started off a question about leaks with a statement about how there were no leaks from the grand jury. Glasses and a bright red dress, I wanna say she was blonde, right side of the room. Really struck me as if she knew that the truth was the complete opposite and it was said with a twinkle, was so ridiculous that I spun around to look at the TV, but didn't recognize her. So I don't know if he called her by the first name.
It does appear that so much that we heard from leaks over months and months turned out to be true. Hard to believe that all of those could have been constructed purely from piecing together leaks from those who testified and their lawyers.
I don't believe Russert.
Was it my imagination or did Fitz look almost tearful during this news conference. He nearly was in tears, especially when he first started talking. Even with all the blah-blah-blah, it STILL sounds like a very weak case.
FITZGERALD: That's a good question. And I think, knowing that he gave the information to someone who was outside the government, not entitled to receive it, and knowing that the information was classified, is not enough.
FITZGERALD: You need to know at the time that he transmitted the information, he appreciated that it was classified information, that he knew it or acted, in certain statutes, with recklessness.
And that is sort of what gets back to my point. In trying to figure that out, you need to know what the truth is.
So our allegation is in trying to drill down and find out exactly what we got here, if we received false information, that process is frustrated.
But at the end of the day, I think I want to say one more thing, which is: When you do a criminal case, if you find a violation, it doesn't really, in the end, matter what statute you use if you vindicate the interest.
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How can *the interest* be vindicated when you not only admit that you cannot prove that Plame was a covert agent, you also admit that, from a legal perspective, even providing information about a person with classified status is not even a crime?
This prosecutor is unwise.
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