Another Valerie Plame?
Another Valerie Plame?
Buried inside the Washington Post today is a story, following up on a New York Times article yesterday, about a former CIA analyst who has asked the FBI to investigate allegations that the spy agency dismissed him for refusing to falsify intelligence.
The identity of the former CIA analyst, a 22-year veteran in the counter-proliferation department, remains undisclosed (but for how long?). The analyst’s lawyer, Roy Krieger, said his client had previously asked the CIA to investigate charges that other CIA officials had pressured him to alter intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war. So far, the CIA has refused to investigate.
The analyst reports to have had information from credible sources prior to the Iraq war which suggested that Baghdad had dropped a major segment of its nuclear program years before 2001, but CIA officials refused to distribute that finding to other agencies, as is typically done. Of course, we now know the truth — this former official was right and the Bush administration was wrong:
President Bush: “The evidence indicates that Iraq is reconstituting its nuclear weapons program Knowing these realities, America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof — the smoking gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.” [10/7/02]
VERSUS
Duelfer Report: “Saddam Husayn ended the nuclear program in 1991 following the Gulf war. [Iraq Survey Group] found no evidence to suggest concerted efforts to restart the program.” [Key Findings]
The CIA analyst was fired in 2004, and the analyst then filed a lawsuit in federal court in December alleging that the dismissal was punishment for his reports questioning the agency’s assumptions on a series of weapons-related matters. The complaint reads, “Plaintiff was subsequently approached by a senior desk officer who insisted that plaintiff falsify his reporting of this matter.” A few months later, the analyst was dismissed based on accusations that he had sex with one of his informants and stole funds that were meant for informants. Krieger says his client’s situation parallels that of Valerie Plame’s:
“In both cases, officials brought unwelcome information on W.M.D. in the period prior to the Iraq invasion [to the attention of the administration], and retribution followed,” said Mr. Krieger, referring to weapons of mass destruction.
This case has potentially huge implications. The allegations suggest the CIA was pressured to conform its pre-war Iraq intelligence reports to fit the assertions of President Bush and Vice President Cheney; that the CIA (and perhaps others) knew there was intelligence that undermined the case for attacking Iraq but ignored it; and that retribution was taken against anyone who failed to adhere to the Bush administration Iraq policy. Let’s keep our eyes on this case.
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Don’t forget Michael Scheuer, author “Imperial Hubris”. I hope we’re seeing the white caps of a CIA revolt against the Bush traitor Gov’t.
August 2nd, 2005 at 12:57 pmPeople in the Intel community here around Washington, D.C. were saying the same stuff as this guy.
People area here work in or with the government. Why do you think that Northern Virginia Republicans voted against Bush in 2004. Areas that never voted Democratic in their history did vote Democratic in 2004.
No one has looked at the voting history of the Northern Virginia and tried to explain it. How could the very people who work in the government support Bush knowing that he is laying every issue? Answer, they did not vote for him. But the heartland thinks they know more the the government workers.
August 2nd, 2005 at 12:57 pmRight on, brother.
August 2nd, 2005 at 1:00 pmDo you have info on N.Virginia, Easy?
August 2nd, 2005 at 1:02 pmHere’s the sequence of events that happened:
1) White House twisted intelligence and led country to needless war.
August 2nd, 2005 at 1:13 pm2) White House blames CIA alone for intelligence failures while suppressing any investigation into the administration’s exaggeration of intel.
3) White House appoints Porter Goss, leading to an exodus of top analysts. In effect, instead of punishing those who pressured analysts to slant their reports, they punish the actual analysts who were trying to present a clear picture.
4) HOPEFULLY – these ex-CIA analysts speak out and once and for all the TRUTH comes out…
I did. But I can get it again.
August 2nd, 2005 at 1:16 pmThe county election board has it in pdf files.
August 2nd, 2005 at 1:17 pmHe gave to Kerry, and probably has a “weird” lifestyle, you know what I mean?
Did you see where there’s another good looking caucasian missing?
August 2nd, 2005 at 2:01 pmI heard a bit of this news story last week, but as usual the MSM is too busy with other more important matters to investigate it.
August 2nd, 2005 at 2:33 pmThey have to send Anderson Cooper to the next hurricane site, so we can see how windy it is.
They have to interview Natalie Holoway’s mother again — talk about exploitation of a very sad and desperate mother.
They have to tell us how Aniston still oves Pitt.
They have to tell us that Cruise is giving Scientology a bad rap.
O’Reilly, Hannity, Hume are beyond the pale in fact-free information, so they continue to be useless.
On the topic of MSM being utterly confused about RoveGate, get a load of this exchange on July 31st :
CHRIS MATTHEWS: In fact, the vice president first raised the question with the CIA during his regular briefing as to whether there was anything to this Italian story that there was an arms deal — a nuclear deal to get uranium, yellowcake, from the government of Niger, because he wanted to find such evidence, and as you were talking earlier, you pointed out that initial report from Joe Wilson was murky, if not positive, that there was some kind of deal.
BOB WOODWARD: Exactly. I mean, here is the problem with this. We talk about — these words get thrown around: the effort to “trash” Joe Wilson, a “campaign.” I kind of like [New York Times reporter] Elisabeth’s [Bumiller] word: to “discredit” him. And there were reasonable grounds to discredit Wilson. In other words, he had said something in his reports a year before that contradicted what he wrote in an op-ed piece in The New York Times. So that means somebody was not fact-checking the op-ed piece in The New York Times.
You’re getting senile, Bob.. what do you mean “something in his reports” ? NOTHING in Wilson’s Op-Ed contradicts his CIA debriefings – speak up if you know something, or QUIT ruminating the Mehlman talking point lies…
August 2nd, 2005 at 2:52 pmNice find, Darth.
August 2nd, 2005 at 2:57 pmBernstein seems to have retained his testicular fortitude moreso than Bob. What a shame.
August 2nd, 2005 at 2:58 pmEasy,
Alexandria 67% against Bush
Arlington 68% against Bush
Fairfax 53% against Bush
Falls Church 65% against Bush
Thanks
August 2nd, 2005 at 3:53 pmKill the messenger of truthh is always always the tactic of fascism…
August 2nd, 2005 at 4:27 pm[...] UPDATE: More from ThinkProgress. [...]
August 2nd, 2005 at 4:37 pmAll aftrnoon and only 14 comments on this story. See what I mean? No one knows about it. Thanks MSM for your excellent journalism.
August 2nd, 2005 at 6:58 pmHarry Shearer has a 1 paragraph piece on Huffington.
August 2nd, 2005 at 7:03 pmMy daughter just hit some keys and now my text on this site is huge. Can someone help?
August 2nd, 2005 at 7:05 pmIf you shut down and re-start you might get your defaults back.
August 2nd, 2005 at 7:12 pmIt was on Yahoo News and MichaelMoore.com on Monday 8/01. That’s where I found it. MM copied it from the NYT.
August 2nd, 2005 at 8:11 pm#17 goto the View option on your toolbar and select Text Size. Resize as needed.
August 2nd, 2005 at 8:49 pmThanks spudge-boy. It was Ctrl,+.
August 2nd, 2005 at 9:07 pm[...] (via ThinkProgress.org) [...]
August 2nd, 2005 at 9:44 pmThomas Jefferson: “…we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to it’s true principles.”
August 2nd, 2005 at 9:50 pmBrian thanks getting the Fairfax 2004 vote against Bush. That does say something about the people working direct in or with the government knowing that Bush is dishonest about everything.
August 3rd, 2005 at 1:06 amMarie,
August 3rd, 2005 at 1:10 amNice quote but the criminals are counting the votes it willnot pass over. And the government will not be restored its true principles. These guys want to destroy it, just the Nazis did in 1933 to Germany. Very dark and criminals in power is very bad and difficult to overcome.
Easy Rider,
August 3rd, 2005 at 10:26 amI try to think of that quote to encourage myself, but underneath that stoic facade, I am as cynical as you. These guys are evil incarnate and it is going to take a lot more than wishful thinking and waiting for the storm to pass. I just need a thread of hope to cling to.
#25
I wonder if the internet had existed during the heyday of the democratic party, when they controlled both houses of congress, the white house and judiciary, if there would have been a Republican blog posting the same message about democrats?
August 3rd, 2005 at 11:15 amMore Links Than You Can Shake A Stick At
lotsa links from today’s 5:30 Report with Doug Krile. From the Ohio election, to Bill and Hillary, to Bill O’Reilly.
August 3rd, 2005 at 3:26 pm#28, you would follow shrubya over a cliff in a car. No doubt driven by someone the repugnicans have screwed over either by educational policies, illegal war, or maladjusted tax cuts for the rich.
You are an idiot.
Treason is far more of an issue than sex. Pure and simple.
I’ll agree, Bill Clinton should have told you…”It’s quite simply none of your business what I do with MY PRIVATE PARTS to whom or on whom. GET OFF MY BACK, AND TRY YET ANOTHER SMEAR TACTIC.”
But HE DIDN’T SEND THOUSANDS TO DIE FOR HIS LIES.
That sir is why you are an idiot!~
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