Investigators Remain Mum on CIA Leak

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON - Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson is offering his best guess about who leaked the name of his CIA (news - web sites) operative wife, but so far the federal investigators looking into the incident are mum.

Seven months into the probe to determine which Bush administration official disclosed Valerie Plame's name to syndicated columnist Robert Novak last summer, little is known other than it's continuing.


FBI (news - web sites) and Justice Department (news - web sites) officials refused Friday to discuss any aspect of the investigation, which began in September 2003.


Disclosure of an undercover officer's identity can be a federal crime. A federal grand jury in Washington has heard from witnesses and combed through thousands of pages of documents turned over by the White House, but returned no indictments.


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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=513&ncid=703&e=9&u=/ap/20040430/ap_on_go_ot/cia_leak

Will the public ever know???

[Hokie]

1. Nothing to see here, move along..

No, this will die. It is old news for the media. Michael Jackson's child molestation charges are much more important.

[maddezmom]

3. no fooling, BBC and CNNI gave MJ equal time

with the UK and US abuse photos and new EU members.

[SEpatriot]

2. Seven months and nothing??

If the press focused as much on this as the Clinton-Lewinsky mess, Bush would be really feeling the heat.

Then there's this gem:

Wilson also said it's possible the leak came from Elliott Abrams, a figure in the Reagan administration Iran-Contra affair and now a member of Bush's National Security Council. And Karl Rove, Bush's chief political adviser, may have circulated information about Wilson and Plame "in administration and neoconservative circles" even if Rove was not himself the leaker, Wilson writes.

Elliot Abrams - should be in jail (Iran-Contra)

ROVE - "may have circulated information..." Yeah, and the ocean may be wet.

[cliss]

5. wow. Great photo, SE.

And you're right, justice certainly does seem selective these days.

[americanstranger]

7. Nice to see that graphic still going around....

That's one I did early on, and didn't tag with the Blah3 URL like I do now.

AWOLBush picked it up and uses it on their site. I've asked them repeatedly to give me some credit for it, but they've never gotten back to me.

-as

[SEpatriot]

8. You have my most sincere thanks

I just can't get enough of this one. I will gladly give credit.

[cliss]

16. You created this one?

Wow. Got any more?

[maddezmom]

4. Plame Watch

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In the Washington Post, Susan Schmidt writes primarily about the book's revelation about "Baghdad Bob," (also known as "Comical Ali") . But at the bottom of the story, she adds:

"Much of Wilson's book recounts the events surrounding the disclosure that his wife, Valerie Plame, worked for the CIA. A grand jury investigating the disclosure has been highly active in the past seven weeks, suggesting that it may have reached a new stage, people familiar with the probe said. Plame was a covert operative. Under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, it is illegal to knowingly disclose the name of a covert CIA employee.

"FBI agents and prosecutors have interviewed some current and former White House officials repeatedly, people involved in the case said. Several administration officials testified before the grand jury in recent weeks."

Mark Memmott writes in USA Today: "Vice President Cheney was aware of a meeting held by his staff that started a chain of events that ended with the 'effective betrayal of our country,' former U.S. diplomat Joseph Wilson charged Thursday in an interview with USA TODAY."

Jonathan S. Landay of Knight Ridder Newspapers also spoke to Wilson, who said that "Vice President Dick Cheney's office mounted a campaign to discredit him after he challenged President Bush's claim that Saddam Hussein had secretly tried to buy uranium in Africa for nuclear weapons."

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more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56156-2004Apr30.html

[Just Me]

6. Being the perpetual pragmatic optimist, I'm still hoping for,...

,...a "blow-back" October surprise. Know what I mean?

:bounce:

[stepnw1f]

9. Time for "We the People To" File a Suit Against This Government

And yes I'm seriously thinking of doing it.

[PaDUer]

14. You aren't alone..

PM me when you have a free minute.

[dray178355]

10. Wilson was on Dateline tonight and

Here's Joe Wilson's appearance schedule:

Friday, April 30
Dateline NBC

Sunday, May 2
NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert

Monday, May 3
NBC's The Today Show

CNN's Larry King Live
Tuesday, May 4

CNN's American Morning
Air America Radio, O'Franken Factor

PBS Charlie Rose Show
Comedy Central's Daily Show with John Stewart

Wednesday, May 5
Air America Radio, Morning Sedition Show

NPR's Diane Rehm Show (WAMU-AM, Washington, D.C.)
MSNBC's Lester Holt Live

Thursday, May 6
C-SPAN Washington Journal

NPR's Morning Edition
CNBC Capital Report

Friday, May 7
WNYC-AM Brian Lehrer Show (New York, NY)

Sunday, May 9
CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer

Monday, May 10
NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross

Tuesday, May 11
KMOX-AM The Morning Meeting with Charles Brennan (St. Louis, MO)

XM Channel 169-The Power, Make It Plain with Mark Thompson
simulcast to WOL-1450-AM and WOLB-1010-AM (Baltimore, MD)

Wednesday, May 12
NPR's The Connection with Dick Gordon

Thursday, May 20
KALW-FM, Your Call with laura Flanders (San Francisco, CA)

Monday, May 24
KCET TV Tavis Smiley (Los Angeles, CA)

Monday, May 31
KIRO-AM Mike Webb Show (Seattle, WA)

Monday, June 7
Focal Point with Mimi Geerges
(WEBR in Virginia / WRBG in So. Deleware / WYRC in West Virginia)

[fizzana]

11. This is still going to be a huge problem for Bush according to

Howard "The Duck" Fineman. I saw him on one of the talking head shows a few weeks ago and he said that this story is going to explode sometime in the next few months.

He said one of the big stories is not just who revealed Plame's identity but who lied to investigators.

[fearnobush]

12. Wilson will be on Olberman on Tuesday.

Any 60 minutes? or as far as the media is concerned, was this book published too soon after Woodward? Yet this is the one issue that's a total slam dunk impeaching crime, at minimum Rove, Chaney. I'm sure there is a tape with the three of mulling over their deed against Plame. Remember John Dililio's rant on how they would sit and just rant and scam on how to hurt their enemies.

[riverwalker]

13. I think things are happening

behind the scenes. I did some reading about Elliott Abrahms. The CIA hates him. Condi Rice picked him. I just don't believe the CIA will let this slide. Our job, is to not let the story get smothered with Micheal Jackson/Kobe Bryant stories. That is what they trying to do. Notice the complete silence on the book so far. If the story stays alive, then when they have enough to bring a case, it will seem like a logical progression.

[thebaghwan]

15. I wonder if Novak will ever be able to get his lips unstuck from *'s ass?

n/t