Plame was ‘covert’ agent at time of name leak

[nadinbrzezinski]

Plame was ‘covert’ agent at time of name leak
By Joel Seidman
Producer
NBC News
Updated: 1:24 p.m. PT May 29, 2007
WASHINGTON - An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame's employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was "covert" when her name became public in July 2003.

The summary is part of an attachment to Fitzgerald's memorandum to the court supporting his recommendation that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former top aide, spend 2-1/2 to 3 years in prison for obstructing the CIA leak investigation.

The nature of Plame's CIA employment never came up in Libby's perjury and obstruction of justice trial.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18924679/

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But, but, we cannot impeach becuase it will further divide the nation (latest talking point... I guess they figured out we ain't buying what they are selling)

[whistle]

1. VP Dick Cheney did that!

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. You are right

but the letter I got today from my US Senator (I sent one to the whole delegation on joining Dennis) had that lovely talking point

We do not want to divide the country further

[acmavm]

3. Yeah, the guy who had the Secret Service destroy all the records of

the visitors at his residence in Washington D.C.

[MannyGoldstein]

4. Old News

If you check the transcript from Fitz's press conference last year, he said she was covert.

Nothing has happened - and nothing will happen - because the Dems won't push it. The Dems won't push it because there are ZERO consequences for Dems behaving badly. Even DUers will bend over backwards to make excuses for the most heinous shit that there favored candidate does.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Yes but that transcript did not make it to the news

now it is.

Shall we play a rousing game of connect the dots?

Somebody wants that impeachment to go forwards... and our wonderful reps are missing it

WHOOOSHHHH

[MannyGoldstein]

6. It Made The News

But, seriously, nobody really gives a flying crap.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Ok let me corerct this

it made the news as he read his statement, after that it sank

Now it made the news in a little more obvioous way

And people give a fuck, or you and I would not be posting but watching American Idol

[H2O Man]

15. It is very important.

We are closing in on Scooter's sentencing date. The Scooter-supporters are lobbying for him to get off without any criminal penalty. The court documents are confirming for the public what DUers have known for years.

[blogslut]

17. Scooter is being sentenced next week

You can bet your boots Plame's covert status is going to be talked about. Just watch Victoria Toensing or some other neobot, state on CNN/Faux that "There was no crime!" or "She wasn't covert!"

The question is, will our media have have the mental capacity to remember from one week to the next? Will they recall that Fitzgerald released this statement? Or will they conveniently forget the recent past as they are prone to do? Will they let blowhards like Toensing or Vogons like William Bennett blather on and on about this shameful waste of the taxpayers money?

[kskiska]

7. It's also in Tenet's book.

Clearly stated.

[MannyGoldstein]

8. But Sadly

Nobody really gives a fuck.

All that matters is triangulation - suck a little less than the other guys, then we win.

Yee-ha!

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. And they will keep doing that until they pay a price

in my view that price will be a surprise, as in a third party... and not the usual suspects either

Why?

the people, we are pissed

And the ground is oh so ready for that

[FatDave]

20. Please, no third party.

I agree the democratic party is pretty crappy right now, but rather than split the democratic vote with a third party, let's fix our own party. We just need to get progressive candidates to run against the triangulating leadership. If they decide to pull a liebermann and run as independents, well, at least they're not polluting the democratic party any more.

[XOKCowboy]

11. Good time for this to get some news coverage...

Keep the Pardon Libby freaks a little quieter.

I'd also like to hear Victoria Tonsig's take on this. Now you talk about an Attention Whore.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Ah we can hope

:-)

But yes, and the timing of this story gaining some attetnion makes me go hmmm

Perhaps we should not look behind the curtain

[XOKCowboy]

13. lol Looking for the tinfoil hat?

Why would the timing worry you? Or is any positive news enough to make ya go Hmmm? :)

[KharmaTrain]

14. Scooter's Getting A Jump Suit Real Soon!!!

Now if we can get our hands on Mr. Rove's emails and that the donors to the Libby Defense fund are released, we could have some real fun.

Now let's see how the "executive" handles the images of one of their "Aspens" in the slammer. I suspect they'll let him cool and hope people forget about him. There's a Rove and Gonzo and other scandals to protect.

One can just imagine how long that midnight pardon list will be when it comes out on 1/19/09.

[H2O Man]

16. Nominated.

This is important.

[Tennessee Gal]

18. Nominated

Agreed. This is important.

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. kick

[Supersedeas]

21. Another one of those facts where the majority of Americans believe the spin--Media Accomplices