Cheney's office at center of CIA leak indictment [Reuters busted, again.... What "leak indictment?]

Reuters ^ | Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:40 PM ET | James Vicini and Adam Entous

[leadpenny]

Maybe Chris Matthews doubles as a Reuters headline writer?

[leadpenny]

As a compliment, no doubt?

[DoughtyOne]

LOL

[rabair]

well as I understand it, Wilson's ACTUAL findings and as well as the Senate Intel Committee's WERE that Saddam had "sought to buy" as Dubya said. The thing is the media and Wilson at the hands of the Dems pulled a switcheroo and made it about how "Saddam didn't buy" Uranium. Now that's true. And to the average person who doesn't scrutinize the media, they might think "WHAA!? That means Bush lied!"... But if you look, Bush, said "British Intelligence" had found that Saddam had "sought to buy" (which is intel they stand by). He never said or even implied that Saddam had the stuff, just that he wanted it. Which as far as I know is the truth..

Didn't Niger not sell because they were afraid of what would happen if they got caught? Isn't this confirmed by their own government? The whole "forged documents" thing had nothing to do with what Dubya said... I'm pretty sure those were some French documents or something anyway.

Either way, the media pulled the switcheroo and decided to pretend Bush had said Saddam "bought" the stuff, rather than the truth which is that he said (and Saddam did) "sought to buy". So they basically put words in his mouth to call him a liar about, and to this day they still do it. I don't even hear the FNC folks correcting the record when they have a "Fair and Balanced" debate and some lefty spouts off about Niger. Ah... I'm bored with this for now...

[newzjunkey]

Their headline is sensationalism and inaccurate. This stuff matters because many people don't look beyond the headlines. They know exactly what they're doing when they write something like this. It's their craft; it's their profession to know.

Cheney's name is used only to grab attention.

[leadpenny]

Anyone who reads only headlines either doesn't care or already has their mind made up. They don't matter.

[RetSignman]

Every time I hear any MSM media tell their stories I think of one of Hitlers propaganda method's (paraphrase). 'The masses are ignorant, just keep telling them same story over and over and they will soon believe it to be true' Hey, it works, just ask any liberal democrat, that's probably where they got it from.

[rabair]

I disagree... I say the average person only reads headlines and hears the soundbytes on TV... they may not "care" the way we "care", but when it comes time to vote they have absorbed so much of this BS, and it's all they really know... Think about how many people vote, and how many of them are truly informed... This stuff has a tremendous impact on the average person, IMO.

[jess35]

You mean the leak that wasn't a leak?

[popdonnelly]

These people will do everything in their power to get Cheney, and then Bush. Watch.

[sgtyork]

Some may call it picking at nits...

...others would call it adhering to proper legal distinctions that were delineated by the prosecutor himself in his announcement on Friday!

These were indictments for perjury and obstruction of justice and were not related to leaking. This isn't hard, read!

[fantom]

they missed their big chance. remember if your going to get them get them all. this is a huge overreach. whats left of the dmsm's cred is shot. seriously they screwed up bigtime.

[rabair]

exactly. well said sgtyork

[Smartaleck]

"I'd love to be able to offer this as an alternative angle, but only if it stands up. If there's no other uranium acquisition intelligence other than the Niger stuff, then this dog won't hunt."

Just a guess, not ALL intel is public.

[Nimby]

But it does wind up looking like Libby lied to protect someone else (Cheney). Loyalty is one of the greatest attributes the WH has, and it mkaes me wonder if they don't think thre's a chance a crime could have been committed or at least that they could be railroaded for one.

[singledot777]

Reuters is right and wrong.
As many have pointed out, Reuters refers to a leak that does not exist, since the information was declassified.
But the part where Cheney is said to be involved in this "leak" strikes me as true. I say this because Fitzgerald said for the first time this week that:
"it is hard to conceive of what evidence there could be that would disprove the existence of White House efforts to 'punish' Wilson."
This suggest that Fitzgerald is going after multiple white house officials.