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2006-09-08 Home Front: Politix
Armitage Says He Was Source in LamePlameNameBlameGame
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Posted by Steve White 2006-09-08 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Is he going to attempt to make it "right" for Libby?
Posted by 3dc 2006-09-08 00:29||   2006-09-08 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 I DEMAND an apology to the public for your actions media. Or, not. It is your pay, not mine. Think not that you have any moral standing right now, but I could sell ice cream for you. - PSYCHE.
Posted by newc">newc  2006-09-08 01:06||   2006-09-08 01:06|| Front Page Top

#3 REALCLEARPOLITICS related blog article > PLAME's job, fresh out of Penn State as a CIA NOC, was to recruit [covert]operatives for the CIA.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-09-08 01:22||   2006-09-08 01:22|| Front Page Top

#4 So what is happening to Libby? Is he still under indictment?

As far as being sorry, that does not cut it. If Armitage is the leaker, he should be nailed.
Posted by Alaska Paul at Homer, Alaska">Alaska Paul at Homer, Alaska  2006-09-08 02:34||   2006-09-08 02:34|| Front Page Top

#5 The more I read about this farce, the more I think that the real criminal, the real asshole of the entire episode, is Fitzgerald.
Posted by flyover 2006-09-08 04:48||   2006-09-08 04:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah, Fitz. I heard Army this mornign on the radio, but no mention of him cooperating.

If, in fact. he did cooperate, then a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate Fitzgerald.
Posted by Bobby 2006-09-08 06:25||   2006-09-08 06:25|| Front Page Top

#7 But he said he did not want to be accused of trying to get the story out during the summer's slow news cycle.

Right. We all know how the press loves to question the timing of everything.

Like W's latest speech initiative. Whotta coincidence it starts just before the election!

It's not a coincidence, you morons; it's a plan.
Posted by Bobby 2006-09-08 06:27||   2006-09-08 06:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Regards my #5, my reasoning is simple, unlike anything else about this circus...

1) There was no crime committed. Plame was not covert, period, so she was not outted, period. This could've been established as fact within a couple of weeks at most, had Fitz been worth a shit or honest in his charge. We figured it out in the blogosphere damned quickly without his privileged access and powers. No crime = no investigation required. Draw your own conclusions from that.

2) Obviously, Armitage was, indeed, known to Fitz from Day One. Again, inadvertant equates to no crime = no investigation required.

Everything that followed was political circus, job security, and pure entrapment. All totally unnecessary and a sham, not to mention waste of public funds on the bitch at the center, heh - not Plame, Fitz. Fuck him.
Posted by flyover 2006-09-08 06:45||   2006-09-08 06:45|| Front Page Top

#9 newc is right on this one! The media needs to be hauled out on the carpet (mostly NYTimes, not Novak or even Woodward). Even David Broder at WaPo has beat the MSM over the head with this and he's about as lib as they come. He demanded the media quit buying in to the whole black helicopters/conspiracy theories and JUST REPORT THE FACTS. How noble.

What I can't get is how completely obvious this now is. Everything to them is related to 2 issues they haven't gotten over....(1) domestic politicians (especially Repubs) all are masterminds (even though they're dumb as a brick) at conspiracies (so they see that in light of Watergate) and (2) ANY use of force is BAD (unless saving Muzzies under a Donk Prez), and they see any war in terms of Vietnam. Geez, I wish they'd quit reliving their "glory days" of the 60s/70s and just face the threat this nation now faces....Islamofacism.
Posted by BA 2006-09-08 10:14||   2006-09-08 10:14|| Front Page Top

#10 This mess goes deeper. Fitzgerald knew there was no crime committed, but he went along with the investigation. What did the close and constant companion Chuck Schumer have to do with this scam investigation ?
Schumer has no power to run an investigation. Fitzgerald had no power once he determined no crime had been comitted. These two should be 'detained'.
Attempting to undermine the president during time of war is treason. Make ready the firing squad.
Posted by wxjames 2006-09-08 10:33||   2006-09-08 10:33|| Front Page Top

#11 I'd like to see the principal targets sue Plame, Wilson, Fitzgerald, Armitage, NY Times, WaPo, the Democratic leadership. If nothing else, it will get plenty of news coverage (though NTY and WaPo will try to bury it) near the elections, much like the media frenzy during the 2004 elections.
Posted by ed 2006-09-08 10:55||   2006-09-08 10:55|| Front Page Top

#12 Here we get to see the difference between 'democratic scandals' and 'republican scandals' over the last 30 years.

Dem scandals actually happened. Laws were broken, public trust broken, abuse of power and obstruction of justice actually occurred.

Rep scandals for the most part are made up out of whole cloth.

And the undiscerning lemmings in the general public get to say, "Ah, hell. See? Both parties are corrupt."
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-08 11:50||   2006-09-08 11:50|| Front Page Top

#13 Humbug! Contains only a partial reading of the facts. Armitage went to the Justice Department with this issue long ago, in fact almost at the time of the initial release. He was questioned by the Federal Bureau of Idiots and his testimony archived. No charges were ever brought because NO LAWS WERE BROKEN. Armitage owes nobody anything. He served his country with honor and distinction, a US Navy veteran with at least a couple of tours in Vietnam and later service to the State Department. Anybody that can stomach and survive that nest of diplo-verts, vipers, and feather merchants should treated with the upmost deference and respect. This was purely a media and democratic production. Had Val Plame been a Janet Reno look-alike, the story wouldn't lasted longer than a squirrels fart.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-09-08 20:51||   2006-09-08 20:51|| Front Page Top

#14 Armitage wouldn't make a good pimple on any mans' behind. This scumbag let the whole affair play out for over 3 years, then apologizes to his buddy Colon, his friends at State, and his family.

No where is there an apology to President Bush, VP Cheney, Scooter Libby, etc.

Remember the brillant job he did in Syria before leaving State, and the peek-a-boo testimonies he gave to the donkss on Congress
Posted by Captain America 2006-09-08 22:54||   2006-09-08 22:54|| Front Page Top

#15 Wrong, Besoeker. He kept quiet about it. Powell was told, and he kept quiet about it. Hence the freaking circus that distracted and damaged the war.

Being a veteran doesn't give you a pass.
Posted by Pappy 2006-09-08 23:08||   2006-09-08 23:08|| Front Page Top

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