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Judge dismisses allegations against former Pentagon spokesman and aide who were sued by Linda Tripp
The Associated Press ^ | 11/30/01 | (AP)

Posted on 11/30/2001 8:09:31 PM PST by expose

Edited on 07/06/2004 6:37:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge dealt a setback on Friday to a lawsuit filed by Linda Tripp, dismissing allegations against former Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon and an aide.

As government employees, Bacon and Clifford Bernath are entitled to qualified immunity and are being dropped as defendants in the suit, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled.


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1 posted on 11/30/2001 8:09:32 PM PST by expose
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Sullivan is a clintonista. When is the AG/DOJ going to clean house?
2 posted on 11/30/2001 8:14:35 PM PST by Fred Mertz
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To: Fred Mertz
This is sick
3 posted on 11/30/2001 8:16:01 PM PST by spycatcher
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To: expose
This is exactly why i don't trust the government with my private life. What's the point in them technecly not being able to violate it but when they do the penalty has no teeth.
4 posted on 11/30/2001 8:16:05 PM PST by rottweiller_inc
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To: spycatcher
Chief Judge Stepping Down From District Court in D.C.
5 posted on 11/30/2001 8:19:37 PM PST by expose
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To: expose
Related: Kenneth Bacon - Off the Hook in Tripp Case
6 posted on 11/30/2001 8:20:50 PM PST by Jean S
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To: expose
SOP But ya know, I'm very disappointed... yada, yada, yada.
7 posted on 11/30/2001 8:21:49 PM PST by The Bolt
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To: The Bolt
Heck, they could have run over her with a steam roller and if the driver was a fellow govt employee, he/she would not be liable. Independence of judges in this country is an oxymoron.
8 posted on 11/30/2001 8:23:47 PM PST by The Bolt
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To: The Bolt
Clintonista judges
9 posted on 11/30/2001 8:25:05 PM PST by expose
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To: expose
So if you happen to be a Government official you are exempt from the laws that apply to us mere peons/citizens; at least if you are a part of the Clinton intimidation and smear machine.
10 posted on 11/30/2001 8:26:08 PM PST by Libertarianize the GOP
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"If anything is clear from the qualified immunity doctrine, it is that the question of whether an official deserves qualified immunity is not the same inquiry as whether the official has violated the law," wrote the judge.

So they broke the law but can't be held accountable? What does that mean??

11 posted on 11/30/2001 8:35:58 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan

I remember that Judge's name from another ruling I didn't like. I suppose it was from the Whitewater era, but I'm not sure.

12 posted on 11/30/2001 8:37:59 PM PST by Dog Gone
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So they broke the law but can't be held accountable? What does that mean?

That justice is not equitable. That politicians put their reinstatement in office before the law. That the voters have no idea what they have brought upon themselves.

13 posted on 11/30/2001 8:59:06 PM PST by UnBlinkingEye
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As government employees, Bacon and Clifford Bernath are entitled to qualified immunity and are being dropped as defendants in the suit, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled.

Yeah, right.

14 posted on 11/30/2001 9:18:14 PM PST by newzjunkey
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To: Fred Mertz
Federal judges are appointed for life.
15 posted on 11/30/2001 9:22:22 PM PST by n-tres-ted
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To: newzjunkey
I guess this means that certain government employees with the correct credentials or rank are free to expose the FBI background checks on fellow employees to REPORTERS anytime they want to.....that qualified immunity thingie is just soooooooooo handy to have around the Pentagon.
16 posted on 11/30/2001 9:31:14 PM PST by Republic
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To: Fred Mertz
Sullivan is a clintonista.

Yeah, I figured he was a corrupt scumbag.

17 posted on 11/30/2001 9:53:55 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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So the government now has blanket immunity. Very interesting. And these guys consider themselves to be legitimate because?????
18 posted on 11/30/2001 10:09:08 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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Sullivan is a clintonista. When is the AG/DOJ going to clean house?

We'll be dealing with the evil slugs they appointed for decades. No way to get rid of federal judges except impeachment and virtually none of our politicians have the backbone to undertake that.

It's a sickening one, but Clinton did leave a legacy I'm afraid.

MM

19 posted on 11/30/2001 10:19:19 PM PST by MississippiMan
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To: Fred Mertz
Sullivan is a clintonista. When is the AG/DOJ going to clean house?

When Bubba Bush orders him to clean house. I think this is scheduled to happen on the 12th of Never. Bubba Bush wouldn't want to make the Dims mad at him. Wouldn't be prudent.

20 posted on 11/30/2001 11:22:45 PM PST by sneakypete
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