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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:02 PM
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WTF! WH officials think its "very unlikely" Plame leaker will be found...
Edited on Wed Oct-08-03 10:03 PM by TruthIsAll
Of course. It's hard. They can't find the anthrax terrorist. Or bin Laden. Or Saddam.

They couldn't find Atta's wallet in the WTC rubble, either.


http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/08/leak.main/

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI is expected to conduct the first interviews with White House officials concerning the leak of the identity of a CIA operative late Wednesday or Thursday, according to government sources.

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Some officials think it is very unlikely that the FBI and career Justice Department prosecutors will be able find which officials leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame, who is former ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife, to columnist and CNN contributor Robert Novak.

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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:05 PM
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1. LOL I have to laugh at the "some officials" part....
could it be that those same "some officials" are the "officials" that committed the act of treason in the first place?? Nah, couldn't be!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:05 PM
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2. They can't find anything! Even their collective
butts "with both hands and a flashlight".
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farmbo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:06 PM
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3. So the three day stonewall paid off...
...all relevant documents have been shredded and it is now "unlikely" they will find the leaker.

:puke:
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:08 PM
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4. The WH
hopes the CIA doesn't find anything (the FBI is in there for dressing). The CIA has probably already found something.
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:09 PM
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5. get out the polygraph
we 'll see
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:10 PM
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6. The CIA already knows...I wonder when the next "leak" will take place?
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:12 PM
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7. What does Mike Malloy say all the time?
Bush couldn't find his ass with both hands and a flashlight. Or something like that. I guess the DOJ is... oh, you get the picture!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:17 PM
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12. Yeah! That's why I wrote some of my post in quotes!
Edited on Wed Oct-08-03 10:49 PM by zidzi
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:12 PM
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8. So they are telling us.....
"We covered our ass well folks and we can deny this until the cows come home."

I guess it is time for the civil suit...Grand Jury and deposition windows need to be open...
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PaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:12 PM
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9. Lying
Mother f*c*ers
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slaveplanet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:13 PM
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10. The Leaker Is
NOVAK.....start there .....that'll send a message

we all know only real info comes from the internet now , anyways.
They can't stop that unless they shut the whole thing down.
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:16 PM
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11. Translation: we haven't found a good stool pigeon yet
Edited on Wed Oct-08-03 10:16 PM by 0rganism
Well, shit, that's just plain incompetence. Finger a leftover staffer from the Clinton administration, get Novak to agree to the frame job, and hang him out to swing in the wind. Send suitable notification to the other "journalists" who were fed info, and give them some free advice to shut them up.

End of line.

Since they're not ready to pull the op yet, my guess is Rove is working on the evidence and priming appropriate staff with suitable backstories.
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SimpleMan Donating Member (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:40 PM
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16. Wouldn't work...
It's doubtful that any "leftover staffer from the Clinton administration would have the clearance required to access the identity of a NOC. I suspect you could count the number of people in positions to know her identity on two hands...maybe only one.
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 11:37 PM
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19. C'mon, you underestimate these people
1. Pick holdover staffer
2. Upgrade their clearance, with backdated forms
3. Revoke said clearance, because the staffer is the "leaker"
4. "Inform" DOJ that you've got the "culprit"
5. Put the pigeon on "administrative leave"
6. Hold press conference deploring the staffer's criminal behavior

No problems. Minimal mess.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:56 PM
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30. Thats perfect
And I could see not only them doing it, but the public believing it
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ender Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:48 PM
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29. that person you're describing would be :george tenet:
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:18 PM
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13. the corruption is astounding.
will the media try to make America forget about this felony?

who really wants to live in George Bush's fascist America?

Hey, freepers, if you want me to leave America, I'd be happy to oblige if you can pass the hat and help make up for that 40% drop in my net worth since Arthur Anderson was outed for the frauds they are.

And why is Ken Lay walking the streets? If he'd robbed a bank, wouldn't he be behind bars by now? I suppose bilking people who've worked their whole lives is okay since he's a Bush buddy.

Just like I suppose it's okay to commit a possible act of treason, and surely a felony, if you're a Bush administration official.



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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:30 PM
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14. if they don't find them, and we know there is a traitor in the admin
then we should fire the entire maladministration and bring them all up on charges of treason. :-)
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:52 PM
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17. That's my theory! If they don't find them ...well the whole
damn maladministration is suspect just like before or more so.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 10:33 PM
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15. of course they can't find the leak-- have already destroyed 
whatever evidence might accidentally have been left behind.

does anyone remember that the fraud currently occupying the
oval office swore that his administration would be one of
honour and integrity?  I guess whoever reads to him has never
actually explained what those words mean.
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TacticalPeek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 11:11 PM
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18. Investigators have already talked to (minimum) Wilson, his wife and Novak.
So they already know who leaked. They will now work their way in a closing circle to the suspects and see if they talk, or lawyer up. That should put somebody in some room with some weapon, at least. But its still just one track in this train yard. :)
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morgan2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 11:39 PM
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20. they're trying to set people's expectations
hoping and praying it works.
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FDRrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 11:41 PM
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21. I'm not surprised.
We have a Republican President and a Republican Congress and Senate... etc. Clinton faced Republicans and was almost brought down by a BJ.

This is a double standard. The Republicans who don't want an objective independant counsel, and those who defend the WH Senior Official (probably Rove), are treasonist.

It seems archaic... but you know what should happen to people who commit treason.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 11:54 PM
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22. Why doesn't Bush ask Novak?
Bush is on record as stating that this is a very serious criminal offense. Novak, being the good American that he claims he is, would surely help his pResident and tell Dimson who leaked this treasonous information, right?

So why does George pick up the phone and call Bob? I'd say it would take all of 2 minutes to find out who the treasonous bastard is....
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 12:00 AM
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23. 5 words to the BFEE
DONT MESS WITH THE CIA

Its as simple as that, you morons.

I cant wait to see what the CIA has on the BFEE...I can only pray they bring them down with unprecedented leaks about how they have destroyed this country.
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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 07:57 PM
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24. Bush cannot escape from the trap of his hubris and arrogance ...
Dems and Repubs and Conservatives are outraged...

No one is left but the freeps...
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are_we_united_yet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:05 PM
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25. Unbelievable! n/t
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gulliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:08 PM
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26. Throw out Bush/Cheney and you get the traitors too.
It's that simple. If Bush/Cheney have two traitors in their midst and don't find them, then we just have to throw out the whole bunch.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:24 PM
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27. 6 reporters were called an they won't be able to find who committed
this treason. Come on all you white male red-necks, does THIS sound right to you fundie christian asses? Get Novak in jail RIGHT now if he will not reveal the source of treason against the US.
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oldcoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:35 PM
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28. What ever happened to personal accountability?
Didn't Bush promise that he would restore "honor and dignity" to the White House? I assumed that this meant there would be no more scandals and no more attempts to get around the law.
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