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Corn Denies Charge in 'WSJ' That He Outed Plame
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| 9/15/06
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Posted on 09/16/2006 6:42:57 AM PDT by Laverne
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:42:59 AM PDT
by
Laverne
To: Laverne
The fact that Novak did not state she was a 'covert' operative is utterly meaningless. Depends on what the meaning of "is" is.
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:44:53 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: Howlin
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:45:51 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(Think about it .. A Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be 2 seats away from being President)
To: ClearCase_guy
Maybe Corn should be paying Scooter Libby's legal bills too.
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:46:43 AM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Labs Rules! Brilliant!)
To: Laverne
"operative" is a figure of speech; "covert operative" is an occupation.
Corn is covering up something really damaging here ~ maybe Valerie herself told him.
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:46:53 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Laverne
"At this point," he adds, "her cover--whatever it might have been--was blown to bits. The fact that Novak did not state she was a 'covert' operative is utterly meaningless. (Does the CIA employ non-secret 'operatives'?)" I thought, Novak asked the CIA first; Hum .... Must have been meaningless to the CIA too.
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:47:55 AM PDT
by
the_daug
To: muawiyah
Maybe Corn was doing Plame and she told him in the heat of the moment.
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:48:06 AM PDT
by
zarf
To: zarf
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:49:18 AM PDT
by
Laverne
To: Laverne
David Corn belongs here!
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:51:46 AM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(NY Slimes the paper of record for OBL!)
To: ClearCase_guy
glad Corn is on board: he didn't "out" Plame because as we all know Plame wasn't "covert."
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:53:50 AM PDT
by
avital2
To: ClearCase_guy
Thats what I first thought too
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:55:22 AM PDT
by
woofie
To: zarf
Corn's "demeanor" doesn't suggest he's involved with women..
Then there is that irresistible urge to "bitch slap" the bastard that is overwhelming.
All that, his "lisp" and "corn cob walk" -- causes one to pause.
Semper Fi
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:55:45 AM PDT
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: Laverne
To: ClearCase_guy
Seems to me that once the Libs saw the word "Operative" used by Novak, they took off and used it in their mythbuilding campaign. To date no one has explained her real status and whether the law was broken by naming her. The fact that Novak was able to confirm her employment over the phone with the CIA, shows that she wasn't not covered by a covert program.
For Corn to rely on the choice of words used by Novak for the entire basis of his claims is irresponsible journalism. I still don't know why the RNC couldn't come up with a way to defuse this whole fairy tale.
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:56:03 AM PDT
by
Wristpin
("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
To: zarf
OR, "where are you honey, oh please come out", "tee hee, tee hee", "Oh, there you are, under cover again", "tee hee".
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:57:56 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: All
FYI: Corn is supposed to be on CSPAN's washington Journal on Monday discussing the story. You can try to call in and ask him whatever question you want.
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:58:43 AM PDT
by
FreedomNeocon
(Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts -- Churchill)
To: Laverne
Lady on CSPAN, "David Corn sounds like two toilet seats flapping together."
Novak never said she was covert just that she worked in some dept there. The CIA never said she was covert. Only Corn did to pump the story up and damage the President for leaking "sensitive" information. He is the one who first claimed covert which she wasn't. She was as covert as the janitors.
Pray for W and Our Troops
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:59:48 AM PDT
by
bray
(Voting for the Rats is a Deathwish)
To: avital2
Can we just get this done with? Was she or was she not "covert"? Let's just bring an end to this ambiguity. Dang.
(I'm frustrated at the ongoing discussion, not at you.)
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posted on
09/16/2006 7:03:41 AM PDT
by
Theo
(Global warming "scientists." Pro-evolution "scientists." They're both wrong.)
To: Laverne
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posted on
09/16/2006 7:07:42 AM PDT
by
windchime
(One war~many fronts.)
To: bray
Either that woman or another one came on just after a man who claimed to be a Republican recited the standard Joe Wilson propaganda spiel and pointed out that that was a standard technique used by people who weren't Republicans at all (since C-SPAN has no way to verify that those calling on the Republican line really are), and Bob Novak agreed with her.
Novak said he believed that President Bush realized Armitage was the leaker by December 2005 but didn't know how much earlier than that he had found out.
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