Joe Wilson on Rove’s resignation.
Joe Wilson on Rove’s resignation.
After Karl Rove’s resignation this morning, Ambassador Joe Wilson, a central figure in the CIA leak scandal and husband of former covert CIA officer Valerie Plame, issued a statement:
Karl Rove’s resignation signals the final chapter in the Bush administration’s betrayal of the identity of a covert CIA officer. When this breach of national security occurred, the President promised the American people that anybody in his administration responsible for the leak would be removed. Rove, identified by the prosecutors as one of the leakers, not only was not summarily dismissed, but has been allowed to leave on his own terms, to praise from the President.
This sordid tale of compromising national security to cover-up and distract from the false rationale for the invasion of Iraq will forever remain in history a black mark on the Bush presidency.
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Karl Rove is a genius. He single-handedly engineered the Democratic landslide of 2006.
Thanks, Karl!
August 13th, 2007 at 12:39 pmSeriously Joe, I think a “no comment” would have been the way to go.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:40 pmRove: So long to a TREASONOUS member of the Bush Administration.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:42 pmNow that Ive had my say, please buy my book.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:42 pmMr. Wilson serves a better purpose when banging his wife.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:42 pmKarl Rove is a genius. He single-handedly engineered the Democratic landslide of 2006.
And its been working out so well for you. FISA passed, war funding cutoff is stillborn, dems have more earmarks than ever..yep, quite the landslide!
Thanks Rove, I guess.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:44 pmSure it’s a black mark on Boy George’s history. Problem is, it won’t show up.
Bush’s entire history is black. Black like my shit after two bottles of red wine.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:44 pmBush’s entire history is black. Black like my shit after two bottles of red wine.
Bigot.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:46 pmTotally Off Topic.
Sick Culture Alert:
Twisted Plastinian childrens TV character abuses cats and throws rocks at lions while kids laugh…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ExZVimjST8&eurl=
August 13th, 2007 at 12:48 pmBush’s entire history is black. Black like my shit after two bottles of red wine.
Comment by nanlichi
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Classy.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:49 pmBush’s legacy will have so many black marks it will look like one of the redacted de-classified documents they eventually get around to turning over.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:51 pmMr. Wilson serves a better purpose when banging his wife.
Comment by CT_Version 2 — August 13, 2007 @ 12:42 pm
Anyone would serve a better purpose banging her-she’s HOT!!!
August 13th, 2007 at 12:53 pm“… Adolph builds a bonfire,
and Ringo plays with It…….”
(Peter Gabriel, “Games Without Frontiers”)
August 13th, 2007 at 12:53 pmI see the filter fairy has regained its sense of humour (Nanlichi =) and wiley ways.
Mr. Wilson serves a better purpose when banging his wife.
Comment by CT_Version 2
When a submissive mysogynist says that does that mean you beat up your wife or what?
Just askin’
August 13th, 2007 at 12:53 pm“… Adolph builds a bonfire,
and Ringo plays with It…….â€
Comment by Raven
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What?….What’d I say this time?
August 13th, 2007 at 12:55 pmIts not red wine causing your shat to turn black, its all those high school class-rings starting to corrode.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:57 pmComment by PICOT ORION — August 13, 2007 @ 12:53 pm
You’re a stupid one, lefty.
I’m too young to be married. Mr. Wilson is posturing, plain and simply.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:57 pmHere’s a look back at PlameGate and the results of the “Karl Rove Whack-a-Mole Contest.”
August 13th, 2007 at 12:57 pm“This sordid tale of compromising national security to cover-up and distract from the false rationale for the invasion of Iraq will forever remain in history a black mark on the Bush presidency.”
This is true. National security was compromised. There was a cover up for the false rationale for the invasion. And Iraq will forever be a black mark on this administrition.
There are trolls here that don’t like it or agree with it but that won’t change the fact it’s true.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:59 pmZooey would probably like to steal away Mrs. Plame’s husband.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:00 pmBush hates America.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:00 pmPlame’s been rebuffed by our Judicial system at least once, perhaps twice, in her publish a book.
As I recall, she can’t mention how long she worked at the CIA, or what she did.
Ironic that she’s remains ‘classified’ material while rightards harp on ad nauseum that she never was classified or NOC.
So, if I’m getting this straight, Novakula has more right to leak specific info about her than she does in her own book.
Of course, this all goes back to KKKarl & Dirty Dick, but Ms. Plame must be getting somewhat frustrated at the bizarro rule sets.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:01 pmActually, I wonder if George has finally had enough of Roves dirty tricks, theatrics, manipulation and non-stop fervent political partisanship.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:05 pmHELL, iF HE SHAVES OFF THAT HORRENDOUS BEARD, THEY ARE ONE HELL OF AN ATTRACTIVE COUPLE
August 13th, 2007 at 1:06 pmI’m glad Wilson keeps drawing attention to this issue. The more tantrums FOX throws every time Joe Wilson opens his mouth — the better. The sheeple are starting to wake up…..
August 13th, 2007 at 1:07 pmActually, I wonder if George has finally had enough of Roves dirty tricks, theatrics, manipulation and non-stop fervent political partisanship.
Comment by PICOT ORION
Nahhhh, it’s the only thing that got him where he is today, George knows no other way….
August 13th, 2007 at 1:08 pmKarl is just going to try to drop below the radar, he’ll end up in an office just down the street, next door to Donald Rumsfeld…
Actually, I wonder if George has finally had enough of Roves dirty tricks, theatrics, manipulation and non-stop fervent political partisanship.
Comment by PICOT ORION — August 13, 2007 @ 1:05 pm
Our Georgie doesn’t have enough strength of character to notice…..
August 13th, 2007 at 1:08 pmRWP,
How is drinking red wine associated with being a bigot? I drink too much white wine too. And Mexican beer. Hell, I have no prejudices when it comes to buzzing.
And Ringo, I wasn’t trying for classy, I was trying to paint a picture of my perceptions of Bush and his sycophants. There’s nothing classy about any of those evil bastards.
Something black and sticky and will be appropriately flushed in about a year and a half.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:08 pmSeriously Joe, I think a “no comment†would have been the way to go.
Comment by Badmoodman
Not possible with this guy. No frogmarch for Mr. Wilson. It’s over and he’s bitter. I thought his lawyers were saying it’s not over, not by a longshot.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:13 pmYou’re a stupid one, lefty.
I’m too young to be married. Mr. Wilson is posturing, plain and simply.
Comment by CT_Version 2
Your too young to be married…but not old enough to stop using third grade names. Figures. Mr Wilson is probably angry. Wouldn’t you be if a political operative used your wife as leverage point for hidden agendas?
Zooey would probably like to steal away Mrs. Plame’s husband.
Comment by CT_Version 2
Ahh yes, there is the young unmarried lemming with its highly intellectual banter and wild eyed projectionism.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:14 pm“Mr. Wilson serves a better purpose when banging his wife.
Comment by CT_Version 2 ”
So what, he serves a better purpose when banging your wife. I know, it’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it. And speaking of wives, how much did you pay for yours Ringo?
August 13th, 2007 at 1:14 pmAnd speaking of wives, how much did you pay for yours Ringo?
Comment by Bobwurst — August 13, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
Just postage, I bet.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:17 pmOur Georgie doesn’t have enough strength of character to notice…..
Comment by Zooey
Maybe he found some under the sofa!
lol, I dunno, I remember a while back when I was saying that sometimes even best friends need to part ways. Merlin, I think it was, told me it was wishful thinking. =)
August 13th, 2007 at 1:18 pmAhh yes, there is the young unmarried lemming with its highly intellectual banter and wild eyed projectionism.
Comment by PICOT ORION — August 13, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
Amazing, huh?
Sheesh….
August 13th, 2007 at 1:18 pmComment by PICOT ORION — August 13, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
Mrs. Plame can go manage a big-name department store or do some $$$$$modeling$$$$ as a succeeding career.
Mrs. Plame has no case because her suit was dismissed.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:20 pmlol, I dunno, I remember a while back when I was saying that sometimes even best friends need to part ways. Merlin, I think it was, told me it was wishful thinking. =)
Comment by PICOT ORION — August 13, 2007 @ 1:18 pm
I agree — I’ve recently parted ways with a friend. If my experience is any clue — one party (Bush) reads more into the “friendship” than the other party (Rove).
I think Rove will be behind the scenes of whatever evil deeds the neo-cons have in mind next.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:21 pmComment by Master P — August 13, 2007 @ 1:18 pm
Zup.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:22 pmComment by Master P — August 13, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
A real statesman, the name above.
Virginia carries a real statesman, lefties.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:23 pmI’m glad Wilson keeps drawing attention to this issue. The more tantrums FOX throws every time Joe Wilson opens his mouth — the better. The sheeple are starting to wake up…..
Comment by Zooey — August 13, 2007 @ 1:07 pm
Welcome back Spectacular Poster. You have to love these neocons, like the rapists they are, keep blaming the victim. Uneffingbelievable.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:23 pmMr. Wilson is posturing, plain and simply.
Comment by CT_Version 2
Actually and factually the whole yellowcake claim was debunked before Joe even left Washington by the African ambassador.
Mrs. Plame has no case because her suit was dismissed.
Comment by CT_Version 2
That may well be, but that didn’t stop God or Karma, whichever view you may follow, now did it?
August 13th, 2007 at 1:24 pmComment by Zooey — August 13, 2007 @ 1:07 pm
Valerie Plame will need to stop pushing false claims.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:25 pmAhh yes, there is the young unmarried lemming with its highly intellectual banter and wild eyed projectionism.
Comment by PICOT ORION — August 13, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
The only way CT will ever get married is if he buys a bride from some third world country who doesn’t speak, or even understand, Englis.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:28 pmtp is nixing all comments beyond a certain length..
August 13th, 2007 at 1:29 pmVirginia carries a real statesman, lefties. Comment by CT_Version 2
Virginia carries alot of statesmen, In fact all states do. Amazing eh?!!!
August 13th, 2007 at 1:30 pm“This sordid tale of compromising national security to cover-up and distract from the false rationale for the invasion of Iraq will forever remain in history a black mark on the Bush presidency.”
It’s more like: This Bush presidency will forever remain in history a black spot on the United States.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:37 pmThe only way CT will ever get married is if he buys a bride from some third world country who doesn’t speak, or even understand, Englis.
Comment by shane
Well, I hope, really, CT gets married someday. Maybe He’ll marry Mr P. And they can live happily ever after in Bunker Mentality, the statesmen state of their choosing while cowering from the mean old liberals and them big scary bearded Muslims.
I can see it now Mr P and CT hugging one another in fear, eternally, in Bunker Mentality the safety state!!
August 13th, 2007 at 1:38 pmMaybe this country will wake up one day like after the “Red Scare” and realize McCarthy and his fear is what needs to be addressed. We weren’t taken over by commies and freedom of speech was rediscovered as a strength.
It’s involvement (or lack of) that matters. A true democracy can only survive when all of it’s citizens take an active roll and not rely on the insiders to make the decisions for us.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:41 pmComment by shane
You can run along and continue beating your daughter, now.
C O U N T D O W N until the rebellious state.
Shut up, hag.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:43 pmComment by shane
Deport ’shane’ to a third-world country, since it possesses the mindset of a citizen there.
“Hate America, Hate America!”
Nice work.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:45 pmWell said Joe Wilson.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:50 pmHey CT, you can get a good deal in Mali right now on a young bride PLUS a huge dowry in gold!
August 13th, 2007 at 1:50 pmJust ask the Aussie sheep farmer on the BBC news site for all the bloody details!
Ennyhoo, all dreams of marriage and love aside of our dearly beloved trollips, I wonder when Karl will be penning his book.
We weren’t taken over by commies and freedom of speech was rediscovered as a strength. -HIB
Ya know, I thought the removal of the fairness doctrine was a mistake. Now I’m not so sure that it was after seeing Oreilly foam at the mouth about American citizen bloggers using their freedom of speech. I wouldn’t be surprised that the trolls and their pundit masters would now want it re-enacted. =)
August 13th, 2007 at 1:50 pm“the President promised the American people that anybody in his administration responsible for the leak would be removed.
Bush lied. Cheney is still there.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:53 pm>Appointed federal department heads, cabinet-level officials, Assistants to >the President (down to the “Special Assistant†level)…†(are called Honorable)
So now Karl is a “special assistantant”, huh?
Are you going to give me an example of ANYONE who was a deputy chief of staff ever getting called honorable except by nutballs like Daryll and yourself? Or are you just going to continue to cite some arcane correspondence guidelines with no legal weight whatsoever?
“Other sources expand the list of those that are style “Honorable†even further.. Still others, notably Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus, extend this down all members of local legislative bodies and municipal attorneys ”
seems to me you wanks are willing to use whatever definition you want to call the devil himself honorable..
August 13th, 2007 at 1:53 pmKarl Rove is another pea in the pod of Steven Renquist - first, keep anybody they don’t like from the polls, next, make sure the election machines are programmed to favor “their” candidates (even to the extent of not allowing votes for some candidates), make sure challenges to the elections are voted on by their friends, and never ever admit when there is a problem or that their spending unknown hundreds of billions on a failed war only helps the big businesses who profit from war. Can’t possibly spend a hundred million here or there to help the veterans, or the poor.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:54 pmComment by Raven — August 13, 2007 @ 1:50 pm
Suck a Muslim.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:54 pmBlack Marks!
August 13th, 2007 at 1:55 pmFinally, we’ve found something the chymp excels at!
tp is nixing all comments beyond a certain length..
Comment by nullishorty
It’s at least a start to some control here which I applaud.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:01 pm… next maybe they’ll put limits on length of screen-names, and a real filter, followed by registration…
August 13th, 2007 at 2:02 pmWelcome back Spectacular Poster. You have to love these neocons, like the rapists they are, keep blaming the victim. Uneffingbelievable.
Comment by shane — August 13, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
Hello, shane! The trolls are in their last throes. :)
August 13th, 2007 at 2:06 pmComment by Zooey — August 13, 2007 @ 2:06 pm
How?
August 13th, 2007 at 2:10 pmLook for Turdblossom to raise his head out of the cow dung just before the next Presidential election.
Whether it be Romney or Huckabee who gets the Republican nomination Rove will be there to ensure the votes get counted “correctly”.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:15 pmJust another reason for that fat lipped blowhole, lost Baldwin brother Joe Wilson to open his fat pie hole.
Covert….NOT!
We love ya Joey…By By!
August 13th, 2007 at 2:16 pmOnly demented trolls would read this thread and believe Plame and Wilson are the bad guys. There is no reasoning with the pathologically deranged. Please don’t try.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:25 pmI can see it now Mr P and CT hugging one another in fear, eternally, in Bunker Mentality the safety state!!
Comment by PICOT ORION — August 13, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
They are the same sick, twisted wingnut, and it will remain unmarried as long as it remains such a subhuman traitor.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:25 pmf…. Joe Wilson and what he thinks. I don’t like Bush and dislike the idiots who bash him more. I believe I ran across Joe W. path in front of the White House one evening. What a pompus prick …..he had nothing better to do than to monitor the crosswalks.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:27 pmMaybe, just maybe the heat in the kitchen was getting to close.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:28 pm186, She was covert. Look up NOC. Even if she weren’t covert, is it acceptable to release the name of a CIA agent? That is dispicable and all who support that view are worthy of contempt from the american public. Putting party above this country is justification for condemnation and public ridicule.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:28 pmscum always floats to the top of the pool, for some reason….
August 13th, 2007 at 2:30 pmRove’s resignation was most likely an agreement reached in return for silencing something that was about to be made public
..and was so bad, even Rove couldn’t spin it into being acceptable.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:34 pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ The_Honorable#American_Usage
August 13th, 2007 at 2:35 pm” Federal usage also notes that the style of “Honorable†is used for life. This would include persons convicted of crimes after leaving office, resigned under a cloud, or who were removed from office…Still others, notably Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus, extend this down to all members of local legislative bodies and municipal attorneys (though not “Special Assisants to the President”) “….Looks like the Websters Def conflicts with your “federal usage” exlaxley.
Congratulations, you’ve successfully proved that Rove theoretically deserves the ambigious title “honorable” just like people like felon Bob Ney and the local dog catcher do…
For poster “186,” who still believes right wing liars:
FITZGERALD (5/25/07): “[I]t was clear from very early in the investigation that Ms. Wilson qualified under the relevant statute (Title 50, United States Code, Section 421) as a covert agent whose identity had been disclosed by public officials, including Mr. Libby, to the press.”
August 13th, 2007 at 2:38 pmNow that Karl, the “Turd Blossom” Rove is out of the White House, who will he work for? Who will he acknowledge the next king of America with “huge amounts of charisma, swagger, cowboy boots, flight jacket, wonderful smile, just charisma - you know, wow!” Who will he share his joy with of tearing down the U.S. Constitution and “tearing the heads off of small animals?†Fear not, all Turd Blossom has to do is join one the ultra right wing churches and “delivering a set of car keys to his boss’s eldest son†and he’s in like flint.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:47 pmWell will you look at that. Evidence from the Col. shows that the status of Ms. Wilson was covert and that her identity was disclosed by public officials.
186, your notion of her not being covert is wrong.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:54 pmIf she were not covert the CIA would allow the publishing of her book.
August 13th, 2007 at 3:09 pmKKKarl: three words…CUT AND RUN
You fat tub of shit.
August 13th, 2007 at 3:19 pmAmerican People are thinking, and not being so “caught-up” by Demogogery ,( Derived
from Devil influenced), or the like. Unfortunately, this open-thinking and siscourses are
a bit too late to have offset the kingdom of the Big Four, ie Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and
Rowe! Yes, it is still possible to remove crooked voting machines, but it is going to take
a lot of letters and Emails to Senators and Congress! But can you stop or influence
the “Big Court” to weigh in on this? Get real! Aren’t we really residing in the Plutocracy
of the weathiest, rather than a Democracy, as was intended by our Founding Fathers! We
must. otf course, regain our Democracy for it’s citizens, by writing, writing, writing!!!
As for the Red Wine, etc, it is not that great an idea to mix Red Wine drinking with
drinking Mexican beer. You not only get real diarrhea, you are also prone to getting
verbal diarrhea!! Isn’t that the PITTS! Please, no puns!
Thank you, ” Rocky Mountain Dandelion”
August 13th, 2007 at 3:28 pmDoes dandelion wine complement anything?
August 13th, 2007 at 3:41 pmOr does it just give you the “fluffs”?
I have to ask: If Mrs Wilson was truly covert under the requirements of the law, and Patrick Fitzgerald had two confessions, from Richard Armitage and Karl Rove, that they had discussed her CIA assignment with reporters (Mr Armitage’s is on tape!), why is it that Mr Fitzgerald did not indict either of these gentlemen?
The real reason is simple: Mrs Wilson, though still classified as a NOC by the CIA, really did not meet the requirements of the law for prosecution of divulging her identity under the IIPA
August 13th, 2007 at 3:58 pmFunky P wrote:
All CIA officers, covert or otherwise, sign consent forms which state that the Agency has the right of prior review for any books or articles to be submitted for publication.
August 13th, 2007 at 4:10 pmNobody but the far left fringe of the democratic progressive party gives a damn about Plame! She was not outed. If she was, there would have been more fifrings and resignations. Get over it!!!
I do love the fact that the democrats failed miserably at all of their attempts to destroy Rove. He left on his own terms!! You could not “get him”!!! Strike up another victory for Bush, who is apparently smarter than you!!! Your not going to “get him” either. Please keep trying though. I love to watch you fail!!! The day just keeps getting better.
August 13th, 2007 at 4:29 pmThe entire covert intelligence community cares about Plame’s outing. It puts them all at risk, and they know they cannot trust their own government to protect their identities — or their lives.
August 13th, 2007 at 4:51 pmDana, please refer to Patrick Fitzgerald’s quote, #72 above. He is, after all, under our system of law, the last word on the legal details of this case. And, as I’m sure you are well-aware, but pretending to forget, part of the reason indictments were NOT issued was the obstruction of justice by Scooter Libby. That is why Fitzgerald asked for the maximum sentense, if you remember.
August 13th, 2007 at 5:29 pmIsn’t Johnny Swank just the cutest pissant ever? Check out this logic
“She was not outed. If she was, there would have been more fifrings(sic) and resignations.”
That ’s the problem we have little pissant, she was outed and there were no firings.
Typical Bushlicker logic, Bush says he is a good man and so therefore he is a good man. Dumbf*ck.
August 13th, 2007 at 6:25 pmWhat happened to Joe Wilson’s wife was treason, but I just can’t get on board with him because of his support for Hillary Clinton.
August 13th, 2007 at 7:11 pmRove outed Plame’s status as a covert agent. He broke the law. He should have gone to jail. Libby was made the scapegoat to protect Rove. Plus Fitzgerald gave him immunity in return for his testimony.
August 13th, 2007 at 11:01 pmAs if we can’t get him…Ha!
Killing him will now be 1000 times easier.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
Stick a needle in your eye.
August 14th, 2007 at 12:20 amAs for “honorable”
August 14th, 2007 at 12:24 amHello!
The reason the word Honorable was used at all, was because the political class all knew of the cracks, crevices and conundrums in the Constitution, but were HONORABLE men, in that they never forced those cracks open, thereby violating the Constitutional santicity. Bush et al, are NOT honorable for that very reason. They have twisted, and pried every fissure int he Constitution open in their vain attempt of one party domination. They all need to be arrest, tried and hung for Treason.
And Sharon, NO Unconsitutional Presidential signins statement can do what you claim. Those statement are meant as a way to supposedly tell the executive branch how to interpret the law to carry out the law, not make new law. THAT is the leg’s power.
Executive Dumbshiit does not make law. PERIOD.
“What happened to Joe Wilson’s wife was treason” ….Last time I checked “treason” was committed against a country…not a person.
August 14th, 2007 at 1:03 amJoe Wilson is a true American patriot.
His wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, is a true American patriot.
Karl Rove is the scum of the earth…er, or maybe a Turd Blossom.
Dick Cheney is the scum of the earth.
Scooter Libby is the scum of the earth.
George W. Bush is the scum of the earth.
In fact, anyone that participated in the outing of Valerie Plame Wilson, a covert CIA operative, in pursuit of some purely partisan political agenda are the scum of the earth…scumbags that are nothing more than latter day Benedict Arnolds…and about as unpatriotic as an American citizen can get.
Even though these scumbags will probably never serve any jail time for their betrayal of our democracy, hopefully future American history books will put an asterisk beside their names with an asterisk at the bottom of each page with the words “lying, unpatriotic scumbag” beside the asterisk…just so future generations of American school children will know who betrayed them.
August 14th, 2007 at 1:43 amWilson successfully debunked the false claim that Saddam tried to buy yellow cake uranium from Niger - the 16 words removed from the SOTU speech.
August 14th, 2007 at 1:49 amCol Jack Ripper (sure that’s not General Ripper from Dr Strangelove? :) ) wrote:
Actually, under our system of laws, the final word on the legal details are the courts — and Mr Fitzgerald was unable to even bring an indictment.
My friends on the left are all using the mantra that Lewis Libby’s obstruction prevented further prosecutions, but both Richard Armitage and Karl Rove admitted that they had discussed Mrs Wilson’s CIA connection with reporters, and Mr Armitage’s conversation with Bob Woodward is on tape. It’s difficult to see how Mr Libby could have obstructed anything there.
August 14th, 2007 at 8:44 amProbus wrote:
Not exactly, since the famed “sixteen words” referred to British intelligence.
However, the Honorable Ambassador Wilson was sent on his mission to Niger in late February of 2002, slightly more than a year before the invasion. Prior to the invasion (January through February of 2003), he wrote two op-ed pieces and gave two interviews in which he opposed the invasion, but completely accepted the idea that Iraq had banned weapons. We never heard a single word from the Honorable Mr Wilson about what he didn’t find in Niger until July of 2003, three months after the invasion, when his words would do no good — other than to undermine the administration — but also after he could be fairly certain that our troops on the ground weren’t going to find anything to contradict his claims.
He opposed the invasion, so where was he with his information concerning Iraq’s attempts to purchase “yellowcake” before the invasion, when such could actually have made a difference?
August 14th, 2007 at 8:52 amJust one black mark? Bush’s legacy is so full of black marks and failing grades that his entire presidency is one huge blackout.
August 14th, 2007 at 7:26 pm