http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cialeak/ en-us Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:09:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376929/posts Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that "there is a cloud over the vice president." Last week's release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney's answers in the criminal investigation underscores why Fitzgerald felt that way. On 72 occasions, according to the 28-page FBI summary, Cheney equivocated to the FBI during his lengthy May 2004 interview, saying he could not be certain in his answers to questions about matters large and small in the Plame controversy. The Cheney interview reflects a team of prosecutors and FBI agents trying to find out whether the leaks... yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376929/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:09:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375037/posts AP - Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA. AP - Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375037/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:23:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374948/posts Former vice president Richard B. Cheney told a special prosecutor in 2004 that he could not remember playing any role in leaking the identity of Valerie Plame as a clandestine CIA officer, according to FBI records released under court order Friday. In his May 8, 2004, interview with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, Cheney said he could not recall when he learned that Plame, the wife of Iraq war critic Joseph C. Wilson IV, worked for the CIA; could not recall telling his chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, about Plame's employment; and could not recall telling Libby to disclose... WashPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374948/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:58:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321599/posts The Associated Press reported today (Friday) that lawyers for certain detainees at the Gitmo Prison in Cuba, possibly violated federal criminal law by releasing the identity of CIA covert operatives. The current Justice Department investigation connects to both the Valerie Plame matter a few years ago, and the current issue of where and how Gitmo detainees should be charged and tried. First, the Plame affair. According to the mainstream media, that was about the “outing” of a CIA “covert operative” in violation of federal law. But that law applied only to people who had been a covert operative “within five... Special to FreeRepublis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321599/posts#comment Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:34:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319395/posts Editor's Note: This special feature on Robert Novak first appeared in the March 2009 issue of Townhall Magazine.Robert David Sanders Novak has been called many names. His close friends call him “Bob.” Most people call him “Novak.” His wife calls him “Robert.” Keith Olbermann has called him “The Worst Person in the World.” His more petulant critics have viler names for him. Many critics and admirers have called him “The Prince of Darkness.” I have had the honor of calling him “Boss.” Since I went to work for him at the end of 2001, Novak has been a mentor and... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319395/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:39:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318912/posts NEW YORK A lengthy Q and A with the ailing columnist Robert Novak-- who died today at age 78-- appeared last November in the Washingtonian. At the end, Barbara Matusow got around to asking about the CIA leak case and outed spy Valerie Plame Wilson. Novak replied: "From a personal point of view, I said in the book I probably should have ignored what I’d been told about Mrs. Wilson. "Now I’m much less ambivalent. I’d go full speed ahead because of the hateful and beastly way in which my left-wing critics in the press and Congress tried to make... editorandpublisher.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318912/posts#comment Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:55:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299272/posts The saga of Scooter Libby continues with an in-depth report from Time on the final hours of the George Bush administration and Dick Cheney’s desperate attempt to get clemency for his former aide. Cheney “really got in the President’s face” like never before, according to one source close to Bush, but to no avail. By that time Bush had already been burned on one pardon — and for the president, the issue came down to one question: ----------------------------------------------------- On the Sunday before he left office, Bush invited Sharp to the executive mansion for a farewell cigar. While packing boxes in... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299272/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:35:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276806/posts The Supreme Court announced Monday it will not give further consideration to a lawsuit brought by a fired CIA agent and her husband against high ranking Bush administration officials, including former Vice President Dick Cheney. The decision is a victory for Cheney and his former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove, and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. They and nine unnamed co-defendants were sued by Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband Joseph after her CIA cover was leaked to reporters. FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276806/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:40:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274887/posts WASHINGTON – A federal judge said Thursday that he wants to look at notes from the FBI's interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan's decision to review the documents followed arguments by Obama administration lawyers that sounded much like the reasons the Bush administration provided for keeping Cheney's interview from the public. Justice Department lawyers told the judge that future presidents and vice presidents may not cooperate with criminal investigations if they know what they say could become available to their political opponents... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274887/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:56:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193128/posts Somewhere, Bill O'Reilly just threw a fit. The always-busy Sean Penn, fresh off his Best Actor win on Sunday night for playing Harvey Milk, is already lining up his next hot button, politically-tinged role that will rankle the ire of many a Fox News commentator. According to Variety, Mr. Penn is negotiating to play Ambassador Joseph Wilson in Fair Game, a new film based on the autobiography by Ambassador Wilson's wife, outed C.I.A. agent Valerie Plame Wilson. In a bit of fairly spot-on casting, Naomi Watts is signed on to play Ms. Wilson, with Doug Liman set to direct. Of... New York Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193128/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:55:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2186824/posts Here is another example of a lib passing military secrets to the enemy. Where is the outrage of those who thought Cheney and Bush should hang for "blowing" the cover of an agent not currently undercover? Read on Transsylvania Phoenix http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2186824/posts#comment Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:34:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170023/posts I just can't seem to get off this topic. The question is, what could possibly possess Bush to refuse to pardon Libby? The more I think about it, the more I come up with bad or even unethical motives by Bush. I will not indulge them here, at least not now, because it is speculation of this sort that leads the nut-roots on the left to make all sorts of baseless allegations. But do let it be said that many reports now are that a number of influential people did try to convince Bush to make the pardon -- and... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170023/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:37:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2167808/posts In a move that has keenly disappointed some of his strongest conservative allies, President Bush has decided not to pardon Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, for his 2007 conviction in the CIA leak case, two White House officials said Monday. On Bush's last full day as president, Bush did commute the sentence of two former Border Patrol agents—Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos—for shooting a Mexican drug dealer and then lying about it. But White House press spokesman Tony Fratto told NEWSWEEK "you should not expect any more" pardons and commutations from Bush before... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2167808/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:47:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167658/posts In a move that has keenly disappointed some of his strongest conservative allies, President Bush has decided not to pardon Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, for his 2007 conviction in the CIA leak case, two White House officials said Monday. On Bush's last full day as president, Bush did commute the sentence of two former Border Patrol agents—Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos—for shooting a Mexican drug dealer and then lying about it. But White House press spokesman Tony Fratto told NEWSWEEK "you should not expect any more" pardons and commutations from Bush before... newsweek.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167658/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:31:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114755/posts Slide show of items found at Al-Tuwaitha nuclear research facility in the fall of 2003. In the fall of 2003 the US State Department along with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency undertook a mission to do cleanup at the Iraqi nuclear lab Al-Tuwaitha. This lab was subject to UN inspections however the UN teams were not able to fully inspect the site during the Saddam regime. This lab was one of the places from which Saddam's men were video recorded by satellite moving WMD material to Syria. The slide show shows what Saddam's men left behind in their haste to... YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114755/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:27:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1520649/posts WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney chose someone in his own likeness to be his new chief of staff. Like Cheney, David Addington shuns the limelight. And like Cheney, Addington already has made a large imprint on the Bush White House. At Cheney's side since the 1980s, Addington has been a behind-the-scenes player in one after another of the hot-button controversies the Bush administration has faced: _The CIA leak probe. _The fight to disclose which corporations advised the White House on energy policy. _The dispute over the treatment of suspected terrorists. _The White House disagreements with the Sept. 11 commission... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1520649/posts#comment Sat, 12 Nov 2005 05:36:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060786/posts Valerie Plame was dealt another setback Tuesday when a U.S. court of appeals upheld a federal judge's decision to dismiss her lawsuit against members of the Bush administration. Given the media's fascination with this former CIA operative who has claimed for years she was illegally outed by the White House for political reasons, it will be interesting to see just how much attention this ruling gets in the next 48 hours. Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060786/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:10:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060610/posts Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:01pm EDT By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dismissed former CIA analyst Valerie Plame's lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney and several former Bush administration officials for disclosing her identity to the public. The Court of Appeals in Washington dealt another setback to the former spy, who has said her career was destroyed when officials blew her cover in 2003 to retaliate against her husband, Iraq war critic Joseph Wilson. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060610/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:21:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058268/posts Back in 1998, he made a comment on CNN — what it was is not material here — that I considered beyond the pale. I decided I could henceforth do without his opinions and insights. He impressed me as a distinctly disagreeable man. And that was well before he outed covert CIA agent Valerie Plame. When the news broke a few days ago that Novak had a brain tumor and would retire, I was not made prostrate by grief. What I felt was that whisper of common mortality, that sense of there-but-for-the-grace-of-God one usually feels when tragedy strikes someone who... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058268/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 22:16:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048076/posts Remember Joe Wilson? He's the diplomat who went to Niger to investigate Bush administration claims that Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellowcake uranium, a raw material used in building nuclear bombs, from Africa. He wrote in a July 6, 2003, New York Times op-ed that he had spent the previous February in Niger, "drinking sweet mint tea and meeting with dozens of people ... associated with the country's uranium business. It did not take long to conclude that it was highly doubtful that any such transaction had ever taken place." A story that has to be the most underplayed... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048076/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:55:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042511/posts House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman warned Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Tuesday to turn over a copy of a FBI interview with Vice President Dick Cheney or face contempt charges. The document in question is an interview Cheney gave to the FBI in the investigation of the leak of the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson, a covert CIA agent. “The arguments you have raised for withholding the interview report are not tenable,” Waxman wrote in a letter to Mukasey. “When the FBI interview with the Vice President was conducted, the Vice President knew that the information... Politico/The Crypt http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042511/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 18:53:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035309/posts Ex-Bush aide critical of CIA 'leak' Scott McClellan, the former White House spokesman, has again criticised Bush administration officials for their role in covering up a leak that revealed a CIA operative's identity. McClellan told a congressional commitee on Friday he had reservations about publicly clearing Lewis "Scooter" Libby, an aide to Dick Cheney, over the leak, a claim that proved to be untrue. "I was reluctant to do it,'' McClellan told the Democratic party-led House Judiciary Committee. "I got on the phone with Scooter Libby and asked him point-blank, 'Were you involved in this in any way?' And he... Al Jazeera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035309/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:53:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034446/posts Scott McClellan appeared before the House Judiciary committee yesterday. When asked about Joseph Wilson and the defamation of Wilson’s character by Sheila Jackson- Lee McClellan seemed to sympathize with the harm that had been done by the evil forces in the White House during and before his tenure as Press Secretary. Jackson-Lee asked McClellan specifically about the Uranium in Niger that Wilson reported on. Later in his testimony Scott was confronted by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) with some disturbing facts via a declassified CIA report. McClellan visually surprised with these facts began to backtrack. (Video Included) Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034446/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:27:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034257/posts Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), one of the most vocal opponents of the Bush administration on Capitol Hill, said Scott McClellan's book and testimony justify the beginning of impeachment hearings against Vice President Dick Cheney. During questioning of McClellan, Wexler asked the former White House press secretary if he believed Bush authorized the leaking of Valerie Plame Wilson's name. When McClellan said no, Wexler said this meant that Cheney must have been the source of the leak, meaning Cheney was seeking to retaliate against the wife of an administration critic. In Wexler's view, this would be enough to support the initation... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034257/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:14:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033819/posts Scott McClellan testifies this morning before the House Judiciary Committee beginning at 9:30 (eastern). It will be covered live on C-Span and the three cable networks. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033819/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:47:12 GMT