http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/plamegate/ en-us Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:21:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 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/2034733/posts In an astonishing stroke of irony, the New York Times has outed the name of the CIA operative who interrogated 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, over the objections of CIA Director Michael V. Hayden and a lawyer representing the operative. Agency officials and legal counsel told the Times that publishing the agent's name would "invade his privacy and put him at risk of retaliation from terrorists or harassment from critics of the agency." In an Editor's Note linked from the story on KSM's interrogation, the Times defended its decision by stating that "other government employees" had been "named publicly in... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034733/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:49:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025159/posts And having read the book, I have to hand it to McClellan. In a genre as routinely and justly derided as the Washington memoir, it takes a special talent to produce a specimen that even by those standards is this flaming-dirigible bad. It’s usually the sign of a weak reviewer that he feels the need to extrapolate some sort of psychoanalysis from the text, but in McClellan case it’s unavoidable. In fact, once I began reading McClellan’s book, I had to seek outside counsel to confirm my suspicions about his precarious mental state. Political consultant Mary Matalin — no stranger... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025159/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 04:29:24 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/2022805/posts A Democrat campaigning for the White House must feel like a soldier advancing through a mine field. At any moment, he or she is one step away from being blown out of the contest. And the poor wretch is surrounded by a ravenous mob of media hounds, each of whom is eager to set off the fatal charge. Gotcha! Still worse, almost all the media volleys are fired toward the port side. If a Republican or (so-called) “conservative” makes a gaffe, as they do almost daily, their “misspeak” is usually politely ignored. Or if it is simply too awful to... The Scoop http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022805/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 04:32:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013617/posts WASHINGTON - Former CIA operative Valerie Plame is trying to resurrect a lawsuit against those in the Bush administration she says illegally disclosed her identity. A federal judge dismissed Plame's lawsuit last year, saying there was no basis to bring a case. Plame's lawyers asked a federal appeals court Friday to send the case back before the judge and force him to consider its merits. Plame and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, sued Vice President Dick Cheney; his former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby; former White House political adviser Karl Rove and former Deputy Secretary of State... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013617/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 16:32:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011005/posts oseph C. Wilson IV SANTA FE, N.M. - In recent weeks Americans have been subjected to a litany of outrageous statements from Sen. Barack Obama's pastor of 20 years, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. While Obama was finally compelled to distance himself from his radical preacher, the relationship raises legitimate questions about Obama's judgment and naivete. Obama, after all, wants to be president of the United States, and in that quest has proposed unconditional summit meetings with some of our country's most determined enemies, including Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Obama's campaign has been built upon his supposed transcendent qualities and intuitive judgment.... Charlotte N&O http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011005/posts#comment Sun, 4 May 2008 13:06:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000272/posts The Prime Minister of Niger reported to the U.S. State Department in early 2002 that Iraq tried to buy uranium "yellow cake" (ore) -- a June 2003 Memo reveals. A declassified court exhibit introduced in the 2007 trial of Scooter Libbey proved that Saddam Hussein tried to get uranium ore from Niger -- covertly and under the table. This is clear evidence that Saddam Hussein was actively developing nuclear weapons. Iraq already had stockpiles of uranium "yellow cake" that it was not using -- but that uranium was being watched by UN inspectors. Iraq could have no reason for wanting... U.S. State Department DeClassified Memo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000272/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:47:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992981/posts Everyone else in the media is pounding Hillary Clinton for her tale, now shown to be fanciful, of dodging bullets on a Bosnian tarmac as first lady. But if you're looking for the best recent example of the lengths Mrs. Clinton will go to win the Democratic Presidential nod, consider that last week in Philadelphia she used Joe and Valerie Wilson as campaign props. Was George Galloway not available? Mr. Wilson and his wife are darlings of the antiwar crowd for their roles as self-styled martyrs in the CIA "leak" fiasco. The former ambassador is still cashing in on his... WSJ / OpinionJournal.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992981/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:48:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988232/posts U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton used City Hall yesterday as the backdrop to renew her call to change tactics and withdraw troops from Iraq, saying money spent on the war could be better used to help the national mortgage crisis and this week's shutdown of part of Interstate 95 here. Clinton, D-N.Y., was joined by former CIA agent Valerie Plame and former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Plame's undercover identity was leaked to reporters by Bush administration staffers after her husband criticized the war in Iraq. Clinton's speech, coming a day before the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, was designed... Philadelphia Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988232/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:55:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1987678/posts "Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, applauds former CIA officer Valerie Plame, right, as she speaks, prior to Clinton speaking about Iraq, Tuesday, March 18, 2008, in Philadelphia." Yahoo! News Photos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1987678/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:35:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937375/posts WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is dropping his appeal in the CIA leak case, his attorney said Monday. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of perjury and obstruction for lying about his conversations with reporters about outed CIA operative Valerie Plame. "We remain firmly convinced of Mr. Libby's innocence," attorney Theodore Wells said. "However, the realities were, that after five years of government service by Mr. Libby and several years of defending against this case, the burden on Mr. Libby and his young family of continuing to... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937375/posts#comment Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:50:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934449/posts Seated at the Washington Gridiron dinner March 31, I was interrupted by a man crouching at my feet who was dressed Air Force formal with the four stars of a full general. It was CIA Director Michael Hayden, who complained to me profanely that my column had misrepresented him in the Valerie Plame Wilson case. Denying he favors Democrats, Gen. Hayden indicated to me he had not authorized Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman to say Mrs. Wilson had been a "covert" CIA employee, as he claimed Hayden did, but only that she was "undercover." Keeping busy at a Gridiron evening supposedly... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934449/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:35:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930085/posts It's hard to imagine that Scott McClellan's allegations that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were involved in the false exoneration of Karl Rove and Scooter Libby in the Valerie Plame case will be treated as anything but another footnote in the truth-challenged history of the Bush administration. It will be the spring of 2008 before McClellan's book is published -- deep into a presidential race -- and we'll eat the paper this isn't printed on if either Democrats in Congress or Michael Mukasey will be willing to go to the wall then in a serious investigation of what really... Salon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930085/posts#comment Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:03:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928500/posts WASHINGTON — Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan is lashing out at the Bush administration's handling of the CIA leak case in his new book over what he said was intentional misinformation given to him by the administration and claiming the president was "involved" in the media run-around. The Politico reported Tuesday on its Web site that the publisher of "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and What's Wrong With Washington" released a three-paragraph excerpt of the book highlighting the contentious period. [snip] "I stood at the White House briefing room podium in front of the glare of... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928500/posts#comment Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:20:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924412/posts WASHINGTON - Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Sunday he was foolish to have revealed Valerie Plame's CIA identity. Armitage's acknowledgment came in response to comments by Plame, who said the former Bush administration official had no right to talk to a reporter about where she worked. A year ago, Armitage publicly apologized to Plame and her husband. The former No. 2 State Department official remains the only principal in the leak to have done so. At least three one-time administration officials in addition to Armitage discussed Plame's CIA status with reporters. They are former White House political... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924412/posts#comment Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:22:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916094/posts If Valerie Plame's memoir was intended to lay to rest the conflicting accounts of how she came to be outed as a covert CIA agent, it fails. Instead, she paints herself as a naïve, whinging victim of circumstance married to an angry, obstreperous egotist who volunteered to involve himself in a vicious battle between the White House and the CIA over how President Bush came to make untrue statements in a State of the Union speech. Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House (Simon and Schuster, $26) shows how mistaken her husband's judgment was.... New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916094/posts#comment Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:30:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915632/posts To flip through the first third of Valerie Plame Wilson's "Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House" is to confront an optical maze of gray stripes interrupting juicy anecdotes and methodical musings. CIA censors blacked out 10 percent of the text in her memoir, leaving its narrative disjointed and sometimes hard to follow. "I believe the vast majority of what is blacked out in the book has nothing to do with national security and everything to do with diminishing me and Joe," she said. Agency censors also wouldn't allow Plame Wilson to acknowledge working... The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915632/posts#comment Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:56:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902237/posts Still spreading the lies and stumping for dollars for Democrats: From: "Ambassador Joe Wilson" {dccc@dccc.org}Subject: Why It MattersDate: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:15:49 -0400 Dear Lew, In 2003 when I spoke out against the lies in George Bush's State of the Union address justifying his disastrous and irresponsible war in Iraq, I never imagined the White House would take revenge against me by compromising the national security of the country, not to mention the safety of my family by outing my wife's identity as a covert CIA officer. Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby and Karl Rove knew they could get away... Received in email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902237/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:57:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882521/posts Is Plame to Blame? by: Bethany Stotts, August 16, 2007 The Valerie Plame Affair, which resulted in the conviction of White House aide Louis “Scooter” Libby, serves as rallying point for many opponents of the Bush Administration. However, some conservatives remain skeptical of Plame’s alleged victim status. While her job description was listed on the CIA rolls as an agent with “no official cover” (NOC), Plame had in reality had been performing administrative duties at Langley for at least five years. She remains willing to pose for the cameras as a starlet ex-agent, and continues participating in high-level lawsuits. Rowan... campusreportonline.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882521/posts#comment Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:20:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881388/posts Reporting on the resignation of presidential political adviser Karl Rove, ABC's World News on Monday night absurdly blamed Karl Rove for the ads from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and featured John Kerry's condemnation of Rove as all three broadcast network evening shows castigated Rove for his criticism of how Democrats want to coddle terrorists and highlighted his “leaking” of Valerie Plame's name. Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881388/posts#comment Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:01:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880818/posts Democrats have to be worried that when Karl Rive exits the White House in August, he'll take a month off and end up at the virtual elbow of Mayor Giuliani, Governor Romney, or Senator Thompson. They should be worried. Of course that's what he (and Ken Mehlman) will be doing. All-stars whose franchise can't play for the title often show up in the heat of the hunt. Politics is like sports in many ways. And Rove is the Tiger Woods of politics. (That would almost make Bob Shrum Greg Norman, but Norman won two majors. I need a better analogy... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880818/posts#comment Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:37:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880004/posts Rod Lurie will next direct his script "Nothing but the Truth," a drama about a D.C.-based female newspaper reporter who outs a CIA agent and is imprisoned for refusing to reveal her source. Cast is mobilizing for an October production start. Talks are under way for Kate Beckinsale to play the journalist, Matt Dillon the prosecutor, Vera Farmiga the CIA agent, Edie Falco (in her first role since "The Sopranos") the editor of the newspaper that published the story and Alan Alda the attorney who tries to free the reporter from jail. Marc Frydman will produce and the Yari Film... Variety http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880004/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:04:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880277/posts Sean Hannity shows you the secret CIA documents that reveal the truth about Joe and Valerie Wilso. Sunday, August 12 at 9 p.m. ET Fox News TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880277/posts#comment Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:12:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873885/posts WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney thinks his former chief of staff shouldn't have been convicted in the CIA leak case and that President Bush did right by commuting the jail sentence instead of issuing a pardon. "I thought the president handled it right," Cheney said in an interview Monday with Mark Knoller of CBS Radio. "I supported his decision." However, asked if he disagreed with the guilty verdict for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney said, "I did." Libby was convicted of lying and obstructing justice in a probe into the leak of a CIA operative's identity. The former... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873885/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:49:57 GMT