Governor Dean Calls for Accountability (CIA/Wilson Story)

[FauxNewsBlues]

(snip)
I applaud the CIA's request that the Justice Department investigate the Plame affair. I urge the Justice Department to investigate the matter swiftly and objectively, without the taint of partisan politics that have so plagued this Administration's conduct of foreign policy.

But this investigation should not be necessary. Those responsible should resign immediately.

"President Bush came into office promising to bring honor and integrity to the White House. Instead, the President took us to war on what appears to be false pretenses and is now using every means possible to obfuscate that fact. If the allegations are true, someone within this Administration has sought retribution against a former U.S. diplomat who sought only to bring truth to an otherwise murky situation by revealing the identity of his wife, an undercover analyst. This is a very serious charge. If it is true, they have gone way beyond petty retribution - they have undermined a key national security tenet and violated two federal laws.

Almost three months ago, I demanded answers to sixteen questions surrounding the use of questionable evidence used to bolster the Administration's argument for war. At that time, I stated 'Mr. President, we urgently need an explanation about the very serious charge that senior officials in your Administration may have retaliated against Ambassador Joseph Wilson by illegally disclosing that his wife is an undercover CIA officer.' I called for those involved to take the appropriate action and resign. They have not served in the nation's interest.

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http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9396

[Thoth]

1. I'm impressed

I may move back towards Dean after all :-)

[0007]

9. I like Dean's style

.......I like Kucinich and Dean.

[Cocoa]

2. this is your cue, Tom Delay!

hold a press conference to excoriate Dean for saying this, make this a HUGE story so the whores have to talk about it!

[blm]

5. If the CIA started an investigation, politicians should butt out

because it feeds the GOP spin of "this is just politics from guys who want to be president."

This is way different from saying Rumsfeld should resign. This is Rove injecting politics into a life and death situation for an agent.

Dems likely pressured their allies at the CIA to pursue this matter behind the scenes, removing it from the battlefield of politics where it can be spun against the Dems through the media.

[MGKrebs]

6. What would you have them do?

A Congressional investigation? Puh-leeze!

[blm]

12. A congressional investigation would be more likely to occur

when the headlines say the The CIA is Investigating the White House, not, Presidential Candidate Calls for Accountability.

It's much more damaging to Bush and more likely to spur some Republicans to join with the Dems for a real hearing. Although I doubt they could even HOLD a hearing until AFTER the investigation was completed.

[TacticalPeek]

13. ONE THING! Do NOT let Congressional immunity and testimony

get in the way of hard time for these bastards! Like Poindexter and North.

And the headlines are finally starting to arrive:

TIME Online Edition

The Wilson War Continues
The DOJ opens a preliminary probe into whether the White House illegally unmasked a CIA operative
By TIMOTHY J. BURGER/WASHINGTON

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,490646,00.html


Pleasepleaseplease don't let these scumbags slip the net!

[Cocoa]

7. puts pressure on Ashcroft

the whores would have been happy about ignoring the whole Niger thing, but the candidates forced it to the forefront.

They're going to try downplaying this CIA story, I hope the dems keep screaming about this so they can't. Then when Ashcroft inevitably drags his feet, at least he'll be doing it in the full glare of the media.

[blm]

10. They can refer to it without making it part of

the POLITICAL campaign.

The CIA investigating the White House should be the headline on its own. If you give the media and the general public the chance to say it's just politics, too many will do just that.

[tsipple]

3. Very Nice Job

Thank you, Governor! You and your team are first class, and you're making us all proud.

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

4. Yay Dean!

Dean doesn't let the misadministration get away with anything! Make them all accountable, Dr. Dean. :bounce:

[TacticalPeek]

8. A similar thread:

Dean issues statement re: Wilson/CIA Story

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=417560#418431

[David Zephyr]

11. Bravo, Dr. Dean!

n/t

[CookieD]

14. Everyone is rightfully calling for an investigation ...

Here's an editorial on this:

http://www.democrats.us/editorial/editorial092803.shtml

The Central Intelligence Agency has asked the Justice Department to investigate allegations that the White House broke federal laws by revealing the identity of one of its undercover operatives. The CIA has concluded that the White House leaked the name of the female operative to a newspaper columnist, in apparent retaliation against the CIA operative’s husband. Attorney General John Ashcroft must put his Bush and Republican loyalties aside and immediately order a full-scale investigation into the CIA’s allegation. If true, it would mean that one or more White House officials broke federal law, risked national security, and possibly jeopardized the life of a CIA employee.

Why would White House officials engage in such bizarre and reckless behavior?

It helps to know that the CIA operative’s husband, former envoy Joseph Wilson (who was also acting ambassador to Iraq before the Gulf War) embarrassed the Bush administration by publically refuting Bush’s claim that Iraq had sought weapons-grade uranium from Africa. Bush made the claim in his January 28, 2003 State of the Union address. The claim was part of the White House’s overall case that Iraq allegedly possessed weapons of mass destruction and posed an imminent threat to the United States. In other words, Wilson publically debunked one of the primary reasons that the White House gave the American people for going to war against Iraq.

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