I'm still anxiously waiting for you to find those WMD Bob. We all know
they are there somewhere. What's taking so long in bring them forward.
Regards,
LelandJ
Bob Calco wrote:
>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/31/earlyshow/main996280.shtml
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>I wish I had more time than to post and run tonight on this subject.
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>I still fully intend to debunk the 'top 9 lies' post of Eds, and
>comment comprehensively on the Fitzpatrick investigation.
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>But I thought I'd share this fly in the ointment for the prosecution
>with you for starters. :)
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>The truth is, this is a he said, he said, she said case, and while
>it's clear Libby was trying to give himself wiggle room but ended up
>painting himself in a corner, there was NO underlying crime---the
>"outing" was not a crime, and as far as I know, there's no law against
>discrediting an opponent. Central to Wilson's initial credibility was
>the assertion that he was sent by Cheney's office. This was patently
>false, as was his later denial that his wife had anything to do with
>his selection.
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>Anybody but me find it just a little odd that the CIA, eager to
>protect Plame's identity, would select her husband on a mission
>without a confidentiality agreement, let him write an op ed piece sure
>to put him in the sites of the White House's PR team, and then let
>Novak use her name in his article (he asked, remember! And they
>shrugged like it was no big deal!), ...if she was in a critical covert
>operative in a sensitive position?
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>This whole thing was a political stunt to manufacture just such a
>political crisis. Unfortunately Libby was too clever by half in
>engaging the people who were trying to undermine official policy at
>Langley, and they snagged him with his own grand jury testimony. For
>that he deserves to fry, but rest assured, there's more to this story
>than the 'evil Bush White House outs a CIA operative'---indeed that
>part of it isn't even true.
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>More soon...
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>- Bob
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