THE BUSH OPPOSITION; 24/7 ->> ActionItem: Which traitor exposed Ms Plame?

[understandinglife]

ActionItem request to TBO;24/7

Prior to Tuesday morning, 7am EST, 25 Jan 2005 TBO;24/7 requests that you send the following email to all your representatives in the 109th US Congress, as well as to ‘the media.’

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Subject: Who is the traitor that exposed Ms Valerie Plame?

Dear Congressperson (Senator) ___________,

Prior to the debate regarding Ms Rice's appointment to Secretary of State or any further consideration of Mr Gonzales as Attorney General (or any other appointment) we demand an answer to the identity of the person or persons involved in the traitorous act of exposing CIA agent, Ms Valerie Plame.

Was it Mr Bush?

Was it Ms Rice?

Was it Mr Cheney?

Was it Mr Gonzales?

Or, was it some other Neocon member of the Bush administration?

Did Ms Rice expose Ms Plame to send a message to American patriots in the CIA to keep their mouths shut in the 9/11 investigation?

Did Ms Rice expose Ms Plame to send a message to American patriots in the CIA (and other intelligence agencies) to keep their mouths shut regarding the truth about Iraq WMD ?

Did Mr Gonzales expose Ms Plame to send a message to American patriots in the CIA to keep their mouths shut in all torture investigations (Iraq, Gitmo, world-wide)?

Did Mr Bush or Mr Cheney have Ms Plame exposed to send a message to American patriots in the CIA, other intelligence agencies, Departments of State and Defense, to keep their mouths shut about the PNAC Neocon agenda regarding Iraq, Iran, China, Latin America and elsewhere?

“We The People of the United States of America…” want an answer, immediately.

You are Our representatives and before you confirm Ms Rice, Mr Gonzales or any other official in the Bush administration we want the entire truth fully revealed regarding the unpatriotic, criminal act of exposing Ms Plame.

This is a matter of deep concern to our ability to trust our Government to not take vengeful actions against those patriots who are most comprehensively entrusted with our Nation's security and the vital role that dependable intelligence contributes to National security decisions. What was done to Ms Plame represents a direct message to all those involved in the intelligence community that political expediency matters more than the TRUTH.

Thank you.

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BE THE BUSH OPPOSITION; 24/7

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x298839

[whistle]

1. Bingo, Condi is who I believe did it

[imenja]

2. You don't mention the most likely suspects

Scooter Libby and Karl Rove. It's unlikely that Rice was involved in this. Nor do I see why Gonzalez would be. You need to think of the aides who work with the media, not just those you happen to dislike the most. They are the ones who leaked this information.
Chris Matthews called Joe Wilson to tell him he gotten a call from Karl Rove, after Novak had printed his story, saying that Plame was fair game.

[understandinglife]

6. Has absolutely nothing to do with 'those you happen to dislike"....

....the point is to ask the question of each of those individuals; ALL of whom have numerous reasons to deliver a crystal clear message to the large number of patriots within the intelligence community that Bush and his neocon cabal will stop at nothing to ensure that whatever the truth happens to be about 9/11, Iraq, Iran, Cuba, China, ....., the only information our fellow citizens will hear is information that serves the PNAC, neocon nation-building agenda.

Ms Rice & Mr Gonzales already had, by the late Spring, early Summer of 2003 numerous reasons to silence patriots within the CIA, State, Defense, Justice, and our other intelligence agencies -- numerous.

Getting to the truth about Ms Plame happens to be on Congressman Conyers short-list of priorities. Senator Boxer is a big part of the reason hours of debate regarding Ms Rice will transpire in the US Senate.

The message, I'm delivering here, is the fastest way to a truly valid election is straight through Bush.

The more questions of criminal activity in the Bush administration we can highlight the more we will be able to open the minds to our fellow citizens to the fact that one of the most comprehensive criminal acts perpetrated against them is an election system in which they have no way of knowing if their vote was counted as they intended it to be. And, an election system in which corrupt State SoS's and others can criminally suppress even that act of voting.

Thank you for your comments and I have no argument with you that others may also have been involved. I just want Ms Rice and Mr Gonzales and Mr Bush and Mr Cheney to have to answer direct questions regarding the matter -- starting next week with Ms Rice.

BE THE BUSH OPPOSITION; 24/7

[imenja]

8. so you aren't actually interested in finding out who outed Plame?

The point of revealing her identity was to punish Joe Wilson, not to advance Bush's policy. They wanted to make clear anyone who stepped out of line would face consequences. If your goal is to lodge a general protest about the Bush policy, then do that and leave the Plame scandal out of it. If you want to press investigation into the crime of revealing Plame's identity, you need to think about how the White House actually works.

[understandinglife]

9. I am explicitly interested in knowing who the criminal(s) is/are ....

...and as to 'punishing Joe Wilson' -- purely the 'cover' for the real message, imho.

They wouldn't have wasted a CIA NOC for only that reason.

Outing Ms Plame was as crystal clear a message as the Bush administration could deliver to what would happen for exposing the truth about 9/11, Iraq WMD, Iran, and any other PNAC agenda item.

Thank you for your insights and suggestions.

BE THE BUSH OPPOSITION; 24/7

[Bill Bored]

14. Shouldn't we write to the Senators on the relevant committee then?

Kerry and Boxer for starters.

Here are the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Comm:
<http://foreign.senate.gov/about.html>

[understandinglife]

15. Yes, but, it is also important to write whomever your federal district...

....Congressional Represntative is and your two Senators.

We want to inform our specific elected representatives, HR and Senate, what we expect them to do, what questions we expect them to ask, and what we expect their subsequent actions should be.

Peace.

BE THE BUSH OPPOSITION; 24/7

[RC]

3. cheney or rove

are complicit here. condasleezy rice isn't sleazy enough. Her bag is following orders and lying about stuff.

[FreepFryer]

4. Scooter Libby!

I think he's been the one lined up to 'take the fall'.

It's the Coverup, Not the Crime
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/002467.html

Lewis "Scooter" Libby, chief of staff to Dick Cheney (who in turn is Halliburton's regional sales manager for the Middle East and, incidentally, also Vice-President of the United States), plainly is beyond being "a person of interest" to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago. He's a good ol' fashioned criminal suspect in the Valerie Plame Affair.

Suspicion centers on Lewis Libby
http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news1/libby.html

Dick Cheney's chief of staff helped hype the Iraq threat and discredit Joe Wilson. But while the White House has denied Karl Rove is the leaker, so far it's left Libby twisting slowly in the wind.

I. Lewis (“Scooter”) Libby: The Nexus of Washington’s Neocon Network
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/Sept_2004/0409018.html

IT'S DIFFICULT TO categorize I. Lewis Libby, who seems to have lived every minute of his 54 years. He currently is chief of staff to Vice President Richard Cheney—which, of course, makes him one of the most powerful people in Washington. Libby also is a red-hot suspect as the man who leaked the name of CIA undercover agent Valerie Plame—a federal offense not just in Washington, but in real life. Plame’s husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, exposed the Bush administration’s false claim that Iraq had purchased uranium from Niger.

Plame Gate speculation shifts to Scooter Libby in a big way
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/000704.html

Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst and counter-terrorism official at the State Department (whom I mentioned yesterday), was on MSNBC yesterday discussing the Plame Game scandal with Pat Buchanan and Bill Press. Johnson indicated that he knew at least one of the Novak Two.

Johnson said that he's learned that this person works in the Old Executive Office Building, the tall building just outside the West Wing, where most White House employees work.

Johnson also said, "When the name comes out people will have heard this name before in connection with past scandals." He added that he's heard this name "in connection with" Vice President Dick Cheney's office.

Naturally, this fuels speculation about Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's chief of staff. When asked directly if Libby was the name he heard, Johnson said simply, "I'm not going to comment on that." He added a moment later, however, "I think if I'm the FBI, I start by having a discussion with Mr. Libby."

Ruling Offers Window Into Plame Investigation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53622-2004Aug10.html

Sure the newly unsealed order by a federal judge in the Valerie Plame case sets up what could be the greatest First Amendment clash in decades -- but it also contains some very intriguing clues about the hugely secretive investigation into the leak of Plame's identity as a CIA operative.

And it does appear that special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald is asking a lot of questions about Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis I. "Scooter" Libby.

More Plame/Libby Connections
http://www.politicalstrategy.org/2003_10_03_weblog_archive.php#106518825848656604
http://alaric2rh.home.sprynet.com/science/probe040810.txt

[understandinglife]

10. Thank you; fully aware of all the Libby speculation, but appreciate...

....very much your compiling it here for all to read.

I doubt seriously if Mr Libby or any other neocon functionary would out a CIA 'NOC' without explicit orders to do so.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. The M.O. has KKKarl Rove written all over it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Sent. Thanks -- Great post !!!

[jsascj]

11. You left out Karl Rove.

He's the one I've ALWAYS suspected.

But, you're right, Bush should have to answer for it. As Truman said "The buck stops here".

[understandinglife]

17. MY not naming Rove is intentional; for the reason you note, and...

....for several other reasons:

1. This 'rove mystique' is bullshit -- the guy is a petty crook, functionary, and Bush "loyalist";

2. We demand that Ms Rice and Mr Gonzales are questioned explicitly about Ms Plame (for starters) because they are the ones in front of the US Senate. Think of them in the only way that currently matters -- knobs on the kitchen stove. We want to elevate the temperature in Bush's "kitchen" to broil, now, and they are the most accessible knobs we've got; crank'um up.

Peace.

[Bill Bored]

12. UL, I like your use of the word "patriot"

and maybe the Bushies should be called "Bush loyalists".

I had to look this up because I'd forgotten it, but "loyalists" are what those who were loyal to (the other) King George were called during the American Revolution.

[understandinglife]

16. Most excellent; yes, indeed, that is the distinction I am explicitly...

....seeking in the use of the term 'patriot.' We are not ever going to allow BUSH and his neocon cabal the honor of that term.

His functionaries -- Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Wolfiwitz, Feith, Rove, ....., are 'loyalists' to the theocratic, imperialistic BUSH realm.

Thank you!!

Peace.

[Bill Bored]

13. They are also after the Press

Otherwise, why threaten Judith Miller with jail and not (AFAWK), Novak, when Novak knows for SURE who outed Ms. Plame?

[understandinglife]

18. Precisely!

Why Novak wasn't in front of a grand jury the day after he published tells so very much more about how deep the issue is.

They want every patriotic intelligence career person silenced and they want any person who might truly do investigative reporting silenced.

What was done to Ms Plame, in and of itself, is a major crime -- a traitorous felony committed while the Nation is at war. That was not a uni-dimensional act by some hack functionary otherwise the person would already have been prosecuted.

We want our elected representatives asking Ms Rice and Mr Gonzales, under oath, in the clearest and simplest of sentences:

Do you know who exposed Ms Plame?

Did you expose Ms Plame?

Did you order Ms Plame exposed?

Peace.