ABC News Covering the Wilson story

[Cush]

WH says it is cooperating? SUre......

[jab105]

1. Leading with it.....

FINALLY!!!!

[the_real_38]

2. It lead off the CBS News..

... this looks like some serious shit - they said the leaker could be looking at 10 years. Somebody's going to get hung out to dry.

[FauxNewsBlues]

10. What did the President know?

And when did he know it?

The story isn't the two leakers. The story is the Washington Post leaker. He isn't the only one who knows who the criminals are. There is a cover up in place. He felt he could leak it without them knowing who did it. This logically means that many many people know who broke the law, and they are covering it up.

[janekat]

13. whoa - on CBS!!!! Notice how this all somes out on a Sunday though??

How Rovian....

[Cush]

3. Novak won't talk

Showing a clip of Wilson saying its Rove

Schumer doesn't trust the Justice Dept on this matter. Says not only does it threaten the named agent, but all of his/her contacts

[NWHarkness]

4. Quoted Wilson

saying he wanted to see Karl Rove led out of the White House in handcuffs!!

[AliceWonderland]

11. Karl Rove

led out of the White House in handcuffs. Sigh. That's such a beautiful mental picture.

[wryter2000]

20. Hot damn!

Hot effing damn! You go, Amb. Wilson. :bounce:

[salin]

5. please share how they cover it

and if anyone talks about WHAT was compromised (not just her name but an intel network tied to tracking WMD!!!!!!!!!) They seem to be missing that whoever did the leak - compromised national security and the admin's war on terrorism.

[DrBB]

23. Keep pushing it, Salin

I think you're spot on with this point, and a little repetition (in the current candidate-bashing atmosphere) doesn't hurt a bit.

[calimary]

31. Here's how you push it:

FIRST THING IN THE MORNING (since this was written late Sunday afternoon, California time), CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN/WOMAN AND SENATORS!

One poster here pointed out that the White House will certainly do everything to sweep this under the rug, and with ashcroft in the driver's seat at DOJ, it could well happen. BUT...

Not if we help stir the pot! EVERYBODY!!!! TOMORROW!!!! CALL YOUR REPS!!!!!

If you don't know the number, call the TOLL FREE Capitol Hill Switchboard:

1 (800) 648 - 3516

1 (800) 839 - 5276

and ask them to connect you to WHATEVER OFFICE YOU LIKE. Call your reps, and then maybe if you have time, call somebody else's reps!

Or see www.congress.org - the directory part should give you the local AND Washington office numbers of everybody on the Hill.

This is how to stoke the flames! If it's the people's job to keep this going, then so be it.

[Cush]

6. now Iraq

on the "Weak evidence" letter that made it into the post.

Thousands of National Guard troops are getting called up

[FauxNewsBlues]

7. Oh yeah

It is about f**king time that the media gets on a feeding frenzy that doesn't involve the Big Dog's penis.

The legs are growing on this bad boy. Rightfully so. If somebody in the Clinton White House pulled this crap, they would have been rightfully tarred and feathered.

Kick it Dano.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Bout bloody tim

Kick

[Cush]

9. Brookings Institute guy

"This is a crisis for the army" talkinga bout the extended deployments poosible hurting the recuitments, etc

[tridim]

12. Yea, but Clark is PNAC and Dean is a big meanie

Just kidding. :)

It's now mainstream boys and girls! The house of cards is coming down. If it's Rove, look for it to be handled quickly and quietly as to avoid as much political fallout as possible.

Bush will say something like, "we've cleaned out the bad guys and there's nothing else to see here, keep moving".

[Individualist]

14. kick

[Norbert]

15. I'm beginning to feel better about this

thinking justice might prevail. Karl Roves name was mentioned by ABC as a possible link (in so many words).

If Bu$h loses his brain...

[roguevalley]

16. I watched Wilson carefully and patiently work this into the size it is now

Very articulate, very friendly and warm and smart. Has no partisan
edge to him, in the sense he's looking for the 'other side's blood'
even though he is. Comes across good, credible.

You can also see his vengence and anger in some settings, like with
Jon Stewart.

He wants blood. His wife can't travel aboard now. It will be too
dangerous. Her life is cut very shallow now. He wants someone to pay
and with him involved, someone will.

Mark my words.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

21. Yep. Patiently pushing the issue ever forward.

It disappeared for two weeks and now it's back. That tells me that it's not going to go away.

Very similar to the 9-11 widows. I hope to hear from them again, too.

[Norbert]

33. One thing to remember

The Watergate break in was on the fringes of hot news a year before it broke big time.

I'm thinking this could do the same. This is a very serious offense. Roguevalley hit on an important thing. Wilson is pissed but is very calculative. I'll go even farther. The retired CIA workers are livid and I don't imagine the current workers are too happy about the turn of events. What goes around comes around.

[marigold20]

36. Did you notice that Wilson was scrolling through TPM?

During the story on ABC, Wilson was shown at a computer scrolling through a website - it sure looked like Talking Points Memo (J. Marshall), who has really been on this story. Wilson's hope to see Rove leaving the White House in handcuffs is also mine.

[kayleybeth]

17. Great!!!!

I wonder when the 24/7s will start leading with it.

[GCP]

18. God bless you, Terry Moran

If I were young enough, I'd want to have your babies!

[wryter2000]

19. Oh, yay!

It led last night, too. This isn't going away. Hearing, hearings, hearings!

[proud patriot]

22. Thanks for the heads up

:hi:

[frank frankly]

24. KKKarl, you're going to jail!

kick
kick
kick!

[janekat]

25. Replay of ABC News at 11 ET - I'll have to catch it then..... n/t

[SweetZombieJesus]

26. Two things

1. If we had even a halfway competent media, this would be Watergate to the 100th power by now.

2. There is no second point, I just want to see this bumped above all the stupid god damn Clark and Dean threads that are filling up the front page.

[frank frankly]

28. yes!

Karl Rove going down beats flame wars anyday!

Keep the heat on BushCo!

[Cush]

29. agree on both points

sick of the bashing

[Seneca]

27. bump

eom

[Cooley Hurd]

30. Don't trust this investigation to Ashcroft's JD!!!!!!

The AG and Mueller have won against its agents in the past (Rowley & Kenneth Williams come to mind), and I'll bet they'll win this one. This is the News Media's and the public's fight to keep this alive now.

[frank frankly]

34. I wonder if it will be in the headlines tomorrow

I've been waiting for headlines! I want the media to pounce on this and hammer it.

I know, the media sucks, they are in bed with BushCo, but I think KKKarl went too far with Mr. Wilson. Hard jail time for KKKarl...

[Lindsay]

32. Joe Wilson isn't going to let this die.

And neither is the CIA.

BushCo has picked the wrong guys to mess with at long last.

[Beetwasher]

37. Yup. They fucked with a REAL heavy hitter

and they fucked w/ his wife. He's smart and he's been in the business for a loooong time w/ obvious deep Company connections. The CIA has now picked sides, and they've lined up against the admin., that is now obvious.

On edit: Hey! Welcome to DU!

[Postman]

35. Check-out this link from Democracy Now talking about the "Wilson Affair"

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1541204

Wednesday, September 17th, 2003
Where is the Government Investigation Into Who in the White House Outted Joseph Wilson’s Wife as an Alleged CIA Operative?

[Tatiana]

38. Kick! n/t

[alcuno]

39. It's the lead story every hour on ABC radio

I've been hearing it all day.

[MiniMoog]

40. This is not about Rove

I believe Salin has been articulating this quite well. So let me jump over there too.

This is about willfully compromising national security for political gain. A poster mentioned that Wilson't wife can't travel overseas any longer. I don't mean to be impolite, but this is not about her travel plans. Or catching Rove in a lie.

This is about the White House protecting KNOWN traitors for MONTHS and DELIBERATELY compromising national security.

MiniMoog

[Gloria]

43. Yeah, I heard it as the lead on ABC radio, too!!!

eom

[gristy]

41. The report in this AM's Wash post says

"Yesterday, a senior administration official said that before Novak's column ran, two top White House officials called at least six Washington journalists and disclosed the identity and occupation of Wilson's wife."

The new piece of information is apparently this "senior administration official" who has alluded to (has he/she named them?) the "two top White House officials". I think I've seen it speculated elsewhere that this "administration official" is NOT in the WH.

[proud patriot]

42. Sure was great coverage

:D

[frank frankly]

44. keep it up top

kick