http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/plame/ en-us Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:20:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2377519/posts Democrats said that the outing of a CIA agent, personnel, whatever, was bad, and said that someone's head in the Bush Administration had to roll. Democrats wanted Cheney, but didn't get him. When the New York Times outs Karzai's brother as supposedly being paid by the CIA to do who knows what, Democrats act as if it is no big deal. What gives? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2377519/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:20:07 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/2352584/posts A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to release notes and summaries of former Vice President Dick Cheney's 2004 interview with Special Prosecutor Pat Fitzgerald in the CIA leak case, but is allowing the deletion of what may be some of the most interesting details in the documents. In a ruling issued Thursday morning, Judge Emmet Sullivan flatly rejected claims by both Bush and Obama appointees at DOJ that the entirety of the records should be withheld because their disclosure could discourage White House officials from cooperating in future investigations. The judge said the prospect of such inquiries was... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352584/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:38:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2340136/posts This one: Not this one: Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) appears to be a decent and honorable man. Part of his background includes military service (with four sons currently serving). His impassioned outburst during President Obama's healthcare speech may seem out of step with his character and his military discipline, but he vented/channeled what many frustrated Americans were shouting into their tv sets, while provoking a million-mob strong march to turn out in D.C.: You LIE. Not only is former ambassador Joe Wilson a liar; but the current president of the United States is one, too. Congressman Wilson broke decorum and... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2340136/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:04:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2332287/posts Well turnabout is fair play.The CIA has found a way to strike back at Eric Holder's decision to investigate the CIA's handling of enhanced interrogation techniques, or at least the progressive Democrats that demanded the investigation. In July congress had a major fit about a secret Bush-era program that was revealed to them by CIA Director Leon Panetta: Congress originally authorized the CIA to develop the secret counterterrorism program that is now drawing fierce criticism from House Democrats who say they were kept in the dark all along, a former senior intelligence official told FOX News on Monday. The program,... Washington Examiner/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2332287/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 18:24:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323512/posts Early in Saturday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Jeff Glor reported: "Tonight there are new allegations of torture by the CIA. Newsweek magazine is reporting that a secret 2004 report reveals that interrogators used mock executions to intimidate prisoners." Glor went on to talk to Newsweek reporter Mark Hosenball, who claimed: "And in the case of one detainee that we know about, somebody named Abdel-Rahman al Nashiri, who was an alleged architect of the USS Cole bombing, this report alleges that at some point CIA interrogators, whether contractors or CIA staff officers, brandished a gun in front of this guy in... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323512/posts#comment Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:47:55 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/2284980/posts A document filed in federal court this week by the Justice Department offers new evidence that former vice president Richard B. Cheney helped steer the Bush administration's public response to the disclosure of Valerie Plame Wilson's employment by the CIA and that he was at the center of many related administration deliberations. The administration's discussion of Wilson's link to the CIA was meant to undermine criticism by her husband of administration allegations that Iraq attempted to acquire uranium, a matter that her husband had probed for the CIA, according to testimony presented in a 2007 trial. *snip* He mentioned in... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284980/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:34:07 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/2165030/posts As the curtain closes on the presidency of George W. Bush, the one loose end dangling is the pardon of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. In 2007 Mr. Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, was convicted for perjury and obstruction of justice. Let us be clear about the Bush legacy. After September 11, not a year into Mr. Bush's term, his became a war presidency. George Bush's place in history will turn on what becomes of Iraq and al Qaeda. If Iraq fails, history will mark down the Bush presidency. If by fits and starts Iraq grows into the... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165030/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:10:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114033/posts MAYBE BUSH IS NOT SUCH A BAD GUY AFTERALL. TOO BAD THE NEWS PEOPLE DON'T TELL THE TRUTH. This has been flying under the radar. Read the MSNBC article and check the truthorfiction.com site. The TorF version is shown below. This event is factual. I have an increased respect for President Bush. He has taken the heat of being called a liar and a war monger for 5 years while he kept his silence to protect the people of the world. This is truly a display of selfless honor. On July 5, 2008, the Associated Press (AP) released a story... Truth or Fiction .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114033/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:48:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075405/posts .........."There are mad bloggers who profess to take delight in my distress, but there's no need to pay them attention in the face of such an outpouring of good will for me. I had thought 51 years of rough-and-tumble journalism in Washington made me more enemies than friends, but my recent experience suggests the opposite may be the case. But Joe and Valerie Wilson, attempting to breathe life into the Valerie Plame "scandal," issued this statement: "We have long argued that responsible adults should take Novak's typewriter away. The time has arrived for them to also take away the keys... Creators.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075405/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:52:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075332/posts The main reason I am writing this column is that many people have asked me how I first realized I was suffering from a brain tumor and what I have done about it. But I also want to relate the reaction to my disease, mostly compassionate, that belies Washington's reputation. The first sign that I was in trouble came on Wednesday, July 23, when my 2004 black Corvette struck a pedestrian on 18th Street in downtown Washington while I was on my way to my office. I did not realize I had hit anyone until a shirt-sleeved young man on... Creators Syndicate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075332/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:11:15 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/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/2041287/posts Link only http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041287/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 01:00:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034567/posts Too bad, because an otherwise fascinating story about the scramble to build a counterterror apparatus after 9/11, the merits of coercive vs. non-coercive interrogation, and the stings that nailed Abu Zubaydah and KSM is going to be submerged in a debate over their decision to publish the lead interrogator’s name against his wishes and those of CIA chief Michael Hayden. Here’s the obligatory editor’s note justifying the decision. Quote: "After discussion with agency officials and a lawyer for [the interrogrator], the newspaper declined the request, noting that [the interrogator] had never worked under cover and that others involved in the... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034567/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:59:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2034388/posts In this article detailing Scott ‘Wormtongue the Sellout’ McClellan’s moments of C-SPAN glory in front of a panel of partisan hacks on Capitol Hill today, the opening paragraph (which I won’t quote directly, you can read for yourselves) states that McClellan is claiming he was instructed to say that Cheney and Libby weren’t involved in the leakage of Valerie Plame’s employment status with the CIA, and then goes on to state that such an assertion (their lack of involvement) is false. Excuse me, AP reporter and fact transmogrifying reporter Laurie Kellman, but ever heard of someone named Richard Armitage? You... silentrunning http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2034388/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:47:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026415/posts Scott McClellan, the former Press Secretary to President Bush (now a puppet for the Left) has written a book named, "What Happened," (probably ghost-written by the tripartite efforts of Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean and Harry Reid) which suggests that: The president used propaganda at worst, or bogus intelligence at best, as a basis for the invasion of Iraq; that Scooter Libby, Vice president Cheney or Karl Rove leaked the name of the CIA operative, Valerie Plame, and if the president didn't authorize it, he, at least, had knowledge of it. Here is what really happened: • In February, 2002, Joseph... Henry Daily Herald - Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026415/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:22:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026027/posts Former vice presidential chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby told the FBI that it was "possible" that Vice President Cheney instructed him to disseminate information about CIA agent Valerie Plame to the press, according to a redacted FBI report recently examined by Congressional investigators. In part as a result of that revelation, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today reiterated its request for more Plame investigation documents -- including reports on the interviews investigators conducted with Cheney and President Bush. In a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Committee Chairman Henry Waxman also writes that "[n]ew revelations by... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026027/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024652/posts <p>A partisan Democratic mantra began earlier in the book. McClellan writes George H.W. Bush's 1988 campaign "acquiesced to certain advisers, including Roger Ailes and the late Lee Atwater," who opposed Bush's "civility and decency." (McClellan, then 20 years old, played no part in that campaign.) McClellan contends that thanks to Rove in 2002, "the first cracks appeared in the facade of bipartisan comity."</p> Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024652/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 06:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022998/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The incidents that first left then-White House press secretary Scott McClellan "dismayed and disillusioned" about Washington involved the surreptitious release of classified information, McClellan said Thursday. The first of the "defining moments," McClellan told NBC's "Today" show, was when CIA operative Valerie Plame's name was leaked to the media. The second, he said, was when he learned that President Bush had secretly declassified a report on Iraq so Vice President Dick Cheney and Cheney aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby could disclose it to reporters. "We had been out there talking about how seriously the president took the... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022998/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 15:52:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022970/posts The former Bush administration pitchman making explosive election-year charges about how the White House handled the Valerie Plame case and built the case for invading Iraq said Thursday that he went to Washington to change it and became “disillusioned” when he realized he was just a pawn in the never-ending political game. MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022970/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 14:58:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022659/posts Former White House Aide's Revelations Make Out Case for Obstruction of Justice by Rove and Libby in Valerie Plame Case (Washington, DC) Today Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) called for former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to testify under oath regarding the devastating revelations made in his new book on the Bush Administration’s deliberate efforts to mislead the American people into the Iraq War. “The admissions made by Scott McClellan in his new book are earth-shattering and allege facts to establish that Karl Rove and Scooter Libby – and possibly Vice President Cheney... Wexler.house.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022659/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 22:12:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014207/posts Michelle Obama, speaking as her husband may have the Democratic presidential nomination within his grasp, told a Chicago luncheon crowd Friday that she's more convinced than ever he is ready for the office. "I'm particularly proud of my husband, who has handled himself with dignity and with strength and with grace," Obama said of the long campaign, as she addressed about 1,800 people, mostly women, at McCormick Place. Obama, offering brief remarks before featured speaker Valerie Plame Wilson took the podium, hit the main talking points of her husband's campaign. Introduced by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, the luncheon's sponsor, as... Daily Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014207/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 22:02:29 GMT