It depends on what your definition of IS is. She did not send him. He was under contract from the CIA. She may have recommended him for the job. But she did not hire him. He was very familiar with the area, having served multiple assignments there at all levels with the state department. Moreover he did have no little expertise in disarmament. And this only happened when he had the temerity to disagree with the current administration.
She did not scream for an investigation over her outing, the CIA did. So where is the conspiracy? How about a vindictive action by White House staff and a subsequent coverup. On 7/18/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So if it's not a crime then what's the problem? Listening to the whole > thing, and I'm not a Bush or Karl Rover supporter, but if she did actually > send her own husband, a Democrat, to investigate these claims, then it does > kind of stink of some sort of conspiracy, whether or not he's right. So if > Karl Rove did in fact commit a crime, then it of course is wrong. If he did > not commit a crime, then he was trying to play the spin game which is normal > and done by everyone. So what's your beef? > > - Matt Small > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:13 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Step in the right direction - Bush Vows to Fire Anyone > Convicted of Leak > > And left so many loopholes that it won't be hard at all to weasel out > of it while still appearing noble about it. > > for instance Rove claimed he never mentioned Plame by name. So > technically he did not commit a crime. > > how convenient for both him and bush. > > larry > > On 7/18/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > President Bush today appeared to raise the threshold for firing any White > > House official who leaked the identity of a covert CIA agent, saying he > > would dismiss anyone who "committed a crime" in the case. > > > > In a White House press briefing after a meeting with the visiting Indian > > prime minister, Bush stuck to his insistence on waiting until an > > investigation is complete before substantively commenting on the case of > > Valerie Plame, whose identity was leaked in July 2003. Plame was > identified > > as a CIA agent working on weapons of mass destruction issues and the wife > of > > an administration critic, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, in a > column > > by syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak, who cited "two senior > > administration officials." > > > > - > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071800 > > 689.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165174 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
