Republican Crimes

[SpiritMan]

Miller Tells Her Story in CIA Leak Probe

OOOPS! She can't remember!

To quote Elefan, UGH!


"WASHINGTON Oct 15, 2005 — Notes by the New York Times' Judith Miller that were turned over in a criminal investigation contain the name of a covert CIA officer, but the reporter has told prosecutors she cannot recall who disclosed the name, the newspaper reported Saturday."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1217312

[Butterfly]

Thank's for putting that article on here.  I tried to get it from the Post Dispatch this morning but couldn't find it.  I think her memory is selective.

[SpiritMan]

Thank's for putting that article on here.  I tried to get it from the Post Dispatch this morning but couldn't find it.  I think her memory is selective.

The important thing is it got her out of jail. We wouldn't want Bush supporters to stay in jail!

Judith Miller = 

[Butterfly]

Bush braces for a stormy week
Indictments possible in CIA leak probe; Miers faces more tough questions

WASHINGTON - It could be a rough week for President Bush, with two key White House aides facing the possibility of being indicted in the investigation into the leak of a CIA operative’s name and Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers bracing for more tough questions from senators.

Even Vice President Dick Cheney has come under scrutiny, sources familiar with the investigation told the Bloomberg News Service.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9727260/

[pesoto74]

The Normalization of Treason, the Republicans' gift to America

If a senior White House staffer had intentionally outed an American spy during World War II, he'd have been shot.

We're at war, George Bush keeps reminding us. We cannot continue with business as usual. A pre-9/11 mentality is deadly. Putting the lives of our troops at risk is treason.

Then why is the White House and the Republican party engaged in a concerted campaign to make treason acceptable during a time of war? That's exactly what they're doing. On numerous news shows today, Republican surrogates, their talking points ready, issued variations of the following concerning White House chief of staff Karl Rove's outing of a covert CIA agent as part of a political vendetta:

- It's the criminalization of politics
- Is this 'minor' leak really worth all this?
- Political payback is common and should not be criminalized
- Mis-speaking or mis-remembering is not a crime

Yes, the Republicans are now making light of an intentional effort to expose an undercover CIA agent, working on weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, no less, while we are at war in the Middle East on that very issue.

The GOP has become the party of treason.

Link

[Guardian Angel]

It may take years to realize the damage this administration has done both to the American people and this country.  It will be revealed, it always is.......

[pesoto74]

Inaccurate Info May Help CIA Leak Probe

Information attributed to Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff in New York Times reporter Judith Miller's interview notes is incorrect, offering prosecutors a potential lead to tracking the bad information to its original source.

Story

[pesoto74]

I thought this was funny.

In an interview yesterday, Wilson said that once the criminal questions are settled, he and his wife may file a civil lawsuit against Bush, Cheney and others seeking damages for the alleged harm done to Plame's career.

If they do so, the current state of the law makes it likely that the suit will be allowed to proceed -- and Bush and Cheney will face questioning under oath -- while they are in office. The reason for that is a unanimous 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Paula Jones' sexual harassment suit against then-President Bill Clinton could go forward immediately, a decision that was hailed by conservatives at the time.

http://billmon.org/archives/002264.html

[pesoto74]

It shouldn't be long until we know what comes out of the Plame investigation.  It seems like there is all sorts of speculation.  I have read that it could go so far as to have Cheney indicted with Bush being named as an  unindicted co-conspirator.   I imagine that the Republican spin machine is working over-time to explain any possible indictments away. 

[Guardian Angel]

You can bet on it......

[pesoto74]

Second Cheney aide cooperating in leak probe, those close to case say

A second aide to Vice President Dick Cheney is cooperating with the special prosecutor's probe into the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, those close to the investigation say.

Story

[Bingo]

I heard on the radio today that if Cheney would wind up resigning, GW would appoint Ms. Rice to the job.

And the wheels go round and round .....

[SpiritMan]

Wilkerson says Cheney hijacked U.S. policy

"What I saw was a cabal between the vice president of the United States, Richard Cheney, and the secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld, on critical issues that made decisions that the bureaucracy did not know were being made," Wilkerson said. "Now it is paying the consequences of making those decisions in secret, but far more telling to me is America is paying the consequences."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20051020-09153600-bc-us-wilkerson.xml

[SpiritMan]

Secrets, Evasions and Classified Reports
The CIA leak case isn’t just about whether top officials will be indicted. A larger issue is what Judith Miller’s evidence says about White House manipulation of the media.

Oct. 19, 2005 - The lengthy account by New York Times reporter Judy Miller about her grand jury testimony in the CIA  leak case inadvertently provides a revealing window into how the Bush administration manipulated  journalists about intelligence on Iraq’s nonexistent weapons of mass destruction.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9756141/site/newsweek/

[SpiritMan]

DeLay in Court; Lawyers Request New Judge

And so the Republican crime family tries to beat another rap by making accusations of partisan bias while shopping for a Republican judge who will let him off. Makes the Italian Mafia look tame!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5360246,00.html