Posted on 07/25/2005 10:05:39 AM PDT by Sam Hill
According to a source. This interesting note is buried in the last paragraph of the Newsweek story:
Leak Investigation: The Russert Deal—What It Reveals
Fitzgerald has been said to be investigating whether any aides violated the 1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act—which makes it a felony to disclose the identity of a covert CIA employee: it requires showing the violator knew the agent's undercover status. (The State memo makes no reference to that.) But the CIA's initial "crimes report" to the Justice Department requesting the leak probe never mentioned that law, says a former government official who requested anonymity because of the confidential material involved. Fitzgerald may be looking at other laws barring the disclosure of classified info or the possibility that current or former White House aides made false statements or obstructed justice.
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and why are people still leaking stuff ?
When will this story go away? Yawn.
You don't think it is interesting that the CIA didn't request a Justice Department investigation into the leak of a covert agent's ID?
That everything we've been told for three years about this case might not be quite true?
That puts a speedbump in one of my theories that the CIA misrepresented the nature of Plame's "covert" status. Perhaps this means that the CIA merely wanted the SP to look into the leak of confidential information (Espionage Act).
He was tasked to create an investigation and hope that somebody would either lie or make a mis-statement during that investigation so that he could charge them with "lying to a federal official".
How is that?
The CIA routinely refers leaks to the Justice Department.
You know, it would be a whole lot more useful if we were told what was in the referral instead of what was not in it.
Maybe all roads lead to the Wilsons. Could it be that Joe Wilson is being prosecuted. Or maybe Valerie Plame?
It sure does.
The left (media) have argued that of course Plame must have been a covert agent. Why else would they have turned this over to the Justice Department to investigate?
yup , sure puts a new question on the final exam ,... nice if Fitzgerald has some BAD suprises for the democRATS
Maybe that is the question Fitzgerald is looking into
The reason for this investigation has ceased to exist, and thus if Fitzgerald was truly non partisan, he would shut down. The fact that he hasn't proves that he has an agenda, and that agenda is to indict Rove, Libby, Bolton, and maybe Cheney. Gonzales should fire him and/or Congress should pull his funding. When is our side going to start playing hardball? This is all out war and we had better realize it.
"The CIA routinely refers leaks to the Justice Department."
Yes. I recall reading somewhere, quite a number per week.
This was jumped on by the media, who decided to insist on a special prosecutor.
I think that's wishful thinking. Fitzgerald wouldn't be spending all this time and effort just going after the Wilsons. He's out of control.
I wouldn't say that. First of all, I'm not sure what the reason for the investigation was in the first place. How can I conclude that reason has ceased to exist?
When will this story go away? Yawn.
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When the leftist media is dead and gone...not until then. It is what they do now, having replaced professional, objective journalism, with leftist lies and crap.
I recall at the time the referral was made to the DOJ a spokesman stated that there are roughly one or two such referrals a week. It is routine for the CIA to make such referrals. This one has juice only because the press wants to get Rove.
Think again.
This has the makings of yet another Karl Rove "Rope-a-dope" scenario.
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