Andrew Card reported his cousin to Authorities, claiming she was a spy.

[shance]

Here is an older article regarding Susan Lindauer, the cousin of Andrew Cards who was incarcerated for a year by the Bush Administration. They claimed she was a "spy". Her crime was trying to convince the Administration that there were no WMD's in Iraq.

Friday :: March 12, 2004
Accused Spy Susan Lindauer and Andrew Card

We've seen some criticism of the media's mention that Susan Lindauer, accused of spying for the Iraqis, is related to Bush advisor Andrew Card. Some accounts say they are distant relatives, others say they are second cousins.

It's obvious that Card is crucial to the case--he's the one who reported her to authorities:

The indictment said Ms. Lindauer delivered a letter early last year to a United States government official listing her access to and contacts with Saddam Hussein's government. Investigators said the official was Mr. Card, one of President Bush's closest associates and a participant in nearly every high-level Oval Office meeting. White House and law enforcement officials described Ms. Lindauer as either a second cousin or a distant relative of Mr. Card.

....Investigators said Ms. Lindauer had gone to Mr. Card's home in Washington around Jan. 8, 2003, more than two months before Mr. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, and dropped off the letter in what the indictment said was "an unsuccessful attempt to influence United States foreign policy." Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman, said that Mr. Card had not seen Ms. Lindauer since around the time of Mr. Bush's inauguration in 2001 but that Ms. Lindauer had tried to reach him a number of times subsequently. Mr. McClellan said Mr. Card "brought to the attention of the appropriate officials the various attempts by her to contact him."

The case sounds like much ado about nothing to us--so far:

Federal law enforcement officials said that despite Ms. Lindauer's extensive contacts with the Iraqis, there was little evidence to suggest that she had harmed national security by passing any sensitive intelligence to the Hussein government. Instead, she was largely perceived, even by some law enforcement officials, as a woman who fancied herself a peacemaker. "She thought maybe she could do more than she really could as an intermediary" between Washington and Baghdad, said a law enforcement official.

http://www.talkleft.com/new_archives/005626.html

[bleever]

1. It's called "back channel diplomacy".

Like all other diplomacy that might have forestalled invasion, Bushco needed it stamped out.

[shance]

3. They held her in prison on false claims of "insanity" for a year.

Truly unbelievable.

[MessiahRp]

2. Blood is only thicker than water to Republicans

if money is floating in the blood. They don't care about anybody but themselves which is why they send of the children of their supporters to be slaughtered for a few extra campaign dollars and stock option kickbacks.

Rp

[elehhhhna]

13. and oil is thicker than both

[Hugin]

4. As opposed to 'their guy' who was a spy for the Iranians?

:lol:

[izzie]

5. This is really crazy. What could have been going on?

A spy? It sounds like the Onion really.

[shance]

6. She was trying to stop our invasion into Iraq. Thats what was going on.

n/t

[izzie]

18. Well I figure any one that goes against Bush and Cheney are

in for it. But what they did to her is really crazy. Look what happen to the Navy Lawyer. Any one can see this is running the flag up the pole and you better do as the WH tells you.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Do you think this is what they mean by an enemy combatant?

Are they going to put people like Susan and Joe Wilson in detention centers because they disagree with the Administration's policy?

[cui bono]

8. yes. n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. We need to make Susan's story front page news.

If all she did was give them information the way that Joe Wilson tried to give them information, then we have us an enormous problem.

[elehhhhna]

11. WTF is it with these bastards imprisoning women named susan?

http://www.perkel.com/politics/mcdougal/

[shance]

16. Enemy combatant - anyone who disagrees with those abusing power

n/t

[slaveplanet]

10. They put her in a Military prison in Texas

For psych detention, claimed she was an Iraqi agent, she says the military detention center was a house of horrors, every woman drugged.


If this is what they do to their family, can you imagine what they in store for the average citizen?

[durrrty libby]

12. God I hate the pukes n/t

[elehhhhna]

14. Now Bush NEVER has to let her go, plus torture's an option...

what a delightful new set of rules by which they "pertect" us.

Good thing she's out. Now watch her disappear.

[shance]

15. Kick for Susan

n/t

[freeplessinseattle]

17. kick n/t