Democrats Subvert War Intelligence (Remember "The Treason Memo"?)

Insight On The News ^ | J. Michael Waller | Dec. 22, 2003

[Political Junkie Too]

I wonder if the Democrats simply became complacent about believing that Republicans would never stoop to their own tactics. They convinced themselves that they could undermine national security, leak top secrets, and steal national archives with impunity, while simultaneously accusing Republicans of outing spies and lying about intelligence.

-PJ

[CyberAnt]

"In other words, they would manufacture and denounce a cover-up where none existed. The Democrats then would drag the issue through the 2004 presidential campaign by creating an independent commission to investigate, according to the memo."

Is it just me .. or does the above paragraph resemble the Wilson/Niger mess ..?? The dems didn't "manufacture ... a coverup" but they did manufacture a "scandal" ..??

[CyberAnt]

But .. Roberts could have stopped the committee split - but he caved to the dems' demands - as uaual. No wonder they're running rings about him.

[Smartass]

That's the article Phil. I had the idea, and gist, but, I didn't get the names right. Let's hope it doesn't fall through the bureaucratic cracks. The DemOrats need a major broadside hit. Three crud es with one rock would be just fine.

[CyberAnt]

Wilson lied from the beginning. SSCI has a memo from Wilson's wife suggesting her husband for the trip - through CIA channels.

And .. I don't believe Valerie originated the idea either .. I believe it was Hillary's plan.

[Smartass]

Phils post:

Saturday, July 23, 2005 1:11 p.m. EDT Report:
Justice Department Probing Durbin, Rockefeller CIA Leak.

The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into whether Democratic Senators Dick Durbin, Jay Rockefeller and Ron Wyden leaked details about a secret "black ops" CIA satellite program last December in a move that may have seriously compromised national security, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Jed Babbin said on Saturday.

"The CIA made a request to the Justice Department to investigate and possibly bring criminal charges against these three [senators]," Babbin told WABC Radio host Monica Crowley. "My information is that investigation is ongoing."

[nopardons]

Thanks, I saw it. :-)

[CyberAnt]

And .. Hillary's been trying to imeach Bush since he took office .. payback for the repubs impeaching her scum of a husband.

[Liberty Valance]

Great post.

[Smartass]

 Reprinted from NewsMax.com

Saturday, July 23, 2005 1:11 p.m. EDT

Report: Justice Department Probing Durbin, Rockefeller CIA Leak

The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into whether Democratic Senators Dick Durbin, Jay Rockefeller and Ron Wyden leaked details about a secret "black ops" CIA satellite program last December in a move that may have seriously compromised national security, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Jed Babbin said on Saturday.

"The CIA made a request to the Justice Department to investigate and possibly bring criminal charges against these three [senators]," Babbin told WABC Radio host Monica Crowley. "My information is that investigation is ongoing." Rockefeller is the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Durbin is the No. 2-ranking Democrat in the Senate.

Media reports on the satellite leak last December indicated that the Bush administration was concerned about public comments by Durbin, Rockefeller and Wyden and that the CIA had requested a Justice Department probe.

"The formal request for a leaks investigation would target people who described sensitive details about a new generation of spy satellites to The Washington Post, which published a page-one story about the espionage program Saturday [Dec. 11, 2004]," a Justice Department official told The Associated Press at the time.

But the same official told the AP that Justice "has not decided whether to investigate."

Former Deputy Undersecretary Babbin's comments on Saturday were the first indication that such a probe was actually launched and is ongoing.

"The fact of the matter is that [Durbin, Rockefeller and Wyden] divulged something that was above and beyond top secret and frankly, they probably blew the strategy and the hundreds of millions of dollars that were being spent to pursue it," Babbin told Crowley.

"The acknowledgement of [the "black ops" program's] existence is not even proper and the acknowledgement of them and the details of them can very well damage national security," Babbin added.

Asked if he thought the three Senate Democrats should have their security clearances revoked for the duration of the leak probe, the former Defense Department official said: "Absolutely and forthwith. I mean, they should have been revoked at the time of the leak."

"There's really not much doubt about the leak having occurred," Babbin told Crowley. "It's in the press records, it's in the Congressional record. We know what they did."

"The only question," he explained, "is how much damage was done by the leak. And that's part of the criminal investigation right now - to do a damage assessment, to figure out how much this is going to cost us strategically and militarily."

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[nopardons]

Many thanks! :-)

I hope that these three traitors are FROG MARCHED out in public and I wish we still shot traitors in a public square. They deserve to be shot and I'd love to see it!

[CyberAnt]

Is Mellon the scum that's doing all the leaking of stuff. He seems to be really connected within the DOD - he needs to be FIRED!!

[Mo1]

I remember the memo and how it made Roberts look like a complete fool

However, I don't remember this part

According to the memo, the "FBI Niger investigation" of reports that Saddam Hussein's regime had tried to buy uranium from West Africa "was done solely at the request of the vice chairman."

Here are the bookmarks that I have on this

Democrats subvert war intelligence
Has politicization of Senate committee threatened national security? - December 23, 2003

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They Want to Talk About Memos? FINE! Let's Talk About Memos! (Judicial and SSCI Memo-Gate)

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Text of the Democrat Memo

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Sean Hannity has a scoop on dem party corruption (Vanity)

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Miller on Politicized Intelligence Memo: ‘Heads Should Roll’ (MUST READ)

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Keyword search on FR

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FNC - Raw Data: Dem Memo on Iraq Intel
Thursday, November 06, 2003

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Clinton Appointee Linked to Bombshell Anti-Bush Intel Memo

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[CyberAnt]

"They want the US to lose so that they may win back power."


You are so correct! These people don't care if the country is ruined .. they don't care if our military are put in danger .. they just want their power. It's more than disgusting .. it's SICK!

[nopardons]

bttt

[CyberAnt]

Well .. somebody's doing a lot of leaking of stuff to the democrats .. because Reid is telling of having access to raw FBI files .. which by law he is not entitled to see.

So .. who's providing them with the intel .. Mellon .. and people Mellon knows within the depts. ..??

[CyberAnt]

"On another issue, the U.S. Dept. of Justice is investigating Rockefeller, Wedyn, and one other senator for leaking intelligence."


Yes, I heard that too. Isn't it having to do with the special aircraft the CIA is using to transport terrorists - and their report even revealed something about where the base is and some of the routes they take.

None of that should have ever been made public.

[CyberAnt]

I guess that article explains why the dems have been in a continuous bellow about yanking Rove's security clearance.

[Howlin]

I forgot to ping you to this.

[danamco]

"I do not believe that this woman originated the idea. The liberals on this committee have not taken Joe Wilson to the woodshed for this supposed lie, that is all I need to know that on this point, Joe Wilson is probably telling the truth."


---Here's the key phrase in the article!??! NOT as "Admiral" Joseph Wilson claims, he was sent to Niger on the request of Dick Cheney:...

"For example, the FBI Niger investigation was done solely at the request of the vice chairman;"

---Also in the Plumegate, it was the "Admiral" himself who first of all blew the cover of his wife. Just see the last one or two lines on his own personal web site as follow:.....

Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, IV

Ambassador Wilson served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council from June 1997 until July 1998. In that capacity he was responsible for the coordination of U.S. policy to the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, He was one of the principal architecs of President Clinton's historic trip to Africa in March 1998.

Ambassador Wilson was the Political Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of United States Armed Forces, Europe, 1995-1997. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic and to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe from 1992 to 1995. From 1998 to 1991, Ambassador Wilson served in Baghdad, Iraq as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy. During ''Desert Shield'' he was the acting Ambassador and was responsible for the negotiations that resulted in the release of several hundred American hostages. He was the last official American to meet with Saddam Hussein before the launching of ''Desert Storm.''

Ambassador Wilson was a member of the U.S. Diplomatic Service from 1976 until 1998. His early assignments included Niamey, Niger, 1976-1978; Lome, Togo, 1978-79; the State Department Brueau of African Affairs, 1979-1981; and Pretoria, South Africa, 1981-1982.

In 1982, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Mission in Bujumbura, Burundi. In 1985-1986, he served in the offices of Senator Albert Gore and the House Majority Whip, Representative Thomas Foley, as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Brazzaville, Congo, 1986-88, prior to his assignment to Baghdad.

Ambassador Wilson was raised in California and graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1972. He is a graduate of the Senior Seminar (1972), the most advanced International Affairs training offered by the U.S. Government. He speaks fluent French.

Ambassador Wilson holds the Department of Distinguished Service Award, the Department of State Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards, the University of California, Santa Barbara Distinguished Alumnus Award, and the American Foreign Service Association William R. Rivkin Award. Additionally, he has been decorated as a Commander in the Order of the Equatorial Star by the Government of Gabon and as an Admiral in the El Paso Navy by the El Paso County Commissioners.

He is married to the former Valerie Plame and has two sons and two daughters.