Hutchison decries leaks

[sabra]

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/13023160.htm

Hutchison decries leaks

WASHINGTON _ Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, reacting to the indictment of Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff in the unmasking of a CIA agent, urged against a rush to judgment in the case and suggested that the investigation was tarnished by news leaks.

"Constant leaks about a leak investigation are not only ironic but unfair to those involved," the Texas Republican said in a statement after a federal grand jury indicted I. Lewis ``Scooter’’ Libby for perjury, obstruction of justice and making false statements.

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"Out of respect for our system of justice, everyone needs to take a deep breath and not judge those involved until it has been proven they are anything other than innocent," Hutchison said in the statement. "Today's announcement is the middle of the process, not the end."

"The integrity of our judicial system demands an untarnished process void of prejudgments," she said.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. BWAHAHAHA!!!

High Comedy indeed.

[Long Time Lurker]

2. Considering what she has said in the past

This is really rich.

[Kagemusha]

3. Tarnished by news leaks... by the defense!?

Wow.

[blm]

4. Anyone catalog her statements of outrage against Ken Starr's leak factory?

.

[UpInArms]

12. never heard her say one thing against Ken Starr

and she seems to think that a perjury charge against Libby during a Grand Jury investigation should be nothing - but here is her statement about Clinton and his Grand Jury testimony:

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.statements/hutchison.html

excerpt:

THE PRESIDENT'S APPEARANCE BEFORE THE GRAND JURY

After months of negotiation for an appearance by the President, on July 17, 1998, the President was subpoenaed to appear before a Federal grand jury in Washington by the Independent Counsel assigned to investigate multiple issues concerning the President, including issues involving potential perjury by both the President and the Intern in the Arkansas sexual harassment case, issues relating to the President's relationship with the Intern, and issues relating to alleged actions taken to influence the testimony of witnesses in the Arkansas case and before the grand jury, attempts to discredit the Intern by describing her as a 'stalker,' as 'ignorant,' and as 'stupid,' all done in an alleged effort to cover up and conceal the underlying relationship between the President and the Intern, to obstruct the right of the Arkansas plaintiff to pursue her sexual harassment claims in the Arkansas Federal Court, and to obstruct the proceedings of the grand jury itself.

After various losing motions and court proceedings asserting various executive privileges against a Presidential appearance before the grand jury, the President, on August 17, 1998, gave testimony voluntarily to the grand jury by deposition given in the White House and piped live to the grand jury. The prior subpoena was withdrawn by the Independent Counsel.

During and since this appearance, the president has repeatedly acknowledged publicly that he had an inappropriate relationship with the White House Intern but has insisted that he was misleading but truthful in his depositions in the Arkansas case and before the Federal grand jury and did not commit any act that would constitute an obstruction of any legal proceeding or the rights of any party associated with any portion of this historic tale.

...more...

and then the bitch goes on to vote for impeachment.

[onehandle]

5. Who takes her seriously anymore?

She's a joke even to other GOP Senators.

[AZBlue]

6. OH. MY. GOD. Her hypocrisy knows absolutely no bounds.

They practically had daily press briefings on what was going on the in the Clinton "investigation." There were so many leaks it was like the Titanic.

Is she up for re-election in '06? I will donate huge $$ to her opponent whenever her term is up!

[donco6]

7. You just keep trying to plug that sieve, Kay.

I for one can't see it happening.

[bluestateguy]

8. Is this a press release from 1998?

Oh, it isn't.

[Bucky]

9. Rights for the accused? Hey, what about rights for the victims of crime?

Like, um, say Halliburton for instance.

[DRoseDARs]

10. Hutchison decries her shit stinking

Put a cork in it already. :eyes:

[Pachamama]

Funniest thing I have ever seen was Kay B. H. being thrown out of the ...

Petroleum Club because she wasn't a member and showed up with a non-member. A few members requested she be removed, including Cecil Green....they couldn't stand her....She was fuming....But the reality is, all members have the right to request a non-member removed....

[TomInTib]

11. Notice they keep trotting her out and no one else?

Is she the legal/ethical voice of that rotten bunch?

I think this has something to do with the Delay situaion. Remember they keep bringing up her indictment by Earle in Texas.

[IChing]

13. I think she is for the "women point of view"

I think it is strange she has become the main lead in talking points

[calimary]

25. I remember this happening to some extent during the Clinton persecution.

At some point, when the Monica crap started gaining momentum (because it soon became the one thing that people realized would "stick"), all of a sudden, you had people you'd never heard of before - out speaking for the Democrats. Most of the big-name people were in hiding, probably out of embarrassment, or perhaps because they just didn't want to deal with it, take the beatings in public, and have themselves perceived as somehow attached to the Clinton mess. So all of a sudden you had a guy like Lanny Davis and a few other never-heard-of-'em's out in high-profile "spokesman" positions on the talking head beat all the time. The A-team'ers and the marquee names were all MIA.

So now, we have some GOPers like the IDIOT kay bailey hutchinson (sorry, she now forfeits her capitalized initials), and others like ed rogers (a bush-the-first mid-level advisor), and GOP attorney brad (WHO?) blakeman (WHO???).

The pattern repeats.

[0007]

27. They'd truck John Cornyn out but are scare to death that

that he might start talking about Box Turtles. So they figure that Kay Bailey Hutchinson is a little stronger.

[natrat]

14. what a stupid piece shit

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. Relax, Kay. The bastard is guilty as hell, but we'll give him a fair trial

don't be such a worrier.

[onenote]

16. Memo to Kay: No one gives a shit what you think

[Mithras61]

17. And how many of those "leaks" KBH decries...

can be attributed to Patrick Fitzgerald's office?

Oh, that's right. The leaks were coming from the DEFENSE attorneys!

[Dr Fate]

18. Fitz is not leaking anything- can these guys ever NOT lie? n/t

n/t

[mokawanis]

19. hutchison is a hack

and makes me :puke:

[sendero]

20. The ..

.... bag-o-hammers or is it box-o-rocks ladys speaks again. You'd think she'd shut up and let us guess that she's stupid, rather than speak and remove all doubt.

This is not a "leak" case. It never was a "leak". It was the intentional divulging of classified information for political ends.

"Leak" is what Kay does in her Depends.

[anitar1]

21. I know what she is and am sure everyone except

wingnuts also know. What a lovely person, not.

[AnneD]

22. Say What?

that was the tightest investigation I had ever seen and it was the lawyers that did most. Frankly, I think that the Admin cannot attack Fitgerald directly so Kay Bailey it the puppet stooge You know, one day someone needs to access the WH fax and alter the talking points before they go out....well, just a dream.

[Joe Chi Minh]

23. Why worry about a little technicality? Where is her sense of

proportion?

[WhiteTara]

24. Since there wasn't ONE leak in the

investigation so far, I think she can be certified as class a repuklican liar. The leaks from the Starr investigation should have been prosecuted as the illegal acts they were.

[arwalden]

26. What Fantasy-World Is She Living In?

[Mikimouse]

28. I wonder if that wonder of pancake make-up ever...

listens to her own bullshit. Jesus H. Christ! I think, out of respect for the America that was, Hutchison should probably do what she does best, quit the senate and go to work for Max Factor as a PR shill.