Valerie Plame: The Bush Equivalent of Paula Jones?

[NVMojo]

Posted on October 29, 2005, Printed on October 30, 2005
http://www.alternet.org/story/27517/

What do Bill Clinton and O.J. Simpson have in common? Both men slipped through the fingers of the criminal justice system, only to get their comeuppance in civil court.

I only mention that because yesterday's developments in the CIA leak investigation are just the beginning -- not the end. No matter how many senior administration officials end up getting indicted, the real damage to this administration may come not from criminal convictions -- if any -- but from a civil action currently being planned by Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame.

There's important history here. In case you've forgotten, special prosecutor Kenneth Starr, for all his diligence, (some would call it obsessive diligence) couldn't pin a thing of consequence on the Clintons until right-wing lawyers convinced Paula Jones to file a civil suit against Clinton. That case set loose a sequence of events that were cheered by conservatives out to get Clinton, but are now likely to be keeping them awake at nights.

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http://alternet.org/story/27517/

[Ksec]

1. Plame is much worse

Outing Plame was a breach of National Security while Jones was an alleged affair. Big difference.

[NVMojo]

2. I agree ...but it shall be the beginning of the end ...

[jobycom]

3. So an affair gets lumped with a murder and an act of treason?

Fascinating sense of perspective. Very American.