a) the fact that they are married does not make it nepotism. b) What facts of Wilson's were false?
c) who cares if it was *criminal* wrongdoing, simple wrongdoing is enough for me.... d) it's highly unlikely that a reporter for the NY Times would share a story she was checking out with two of her competitors. Dana On 7/22/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But that's exactly my point. The Dems and the whiners at the CIA have plenty > to complain about when a leak comes from the White House, but when the leak > comes from the CIA itself, they say nothing. What has been going on at the > CIA for four years is a concerted campaign of leaks intended to damage the > White House and subvert the democratic process (whereby elected officials, > not spooks and analyst wonks at Langley, determine foreign policy). > > Apparently someone in the White House got fed up with the leaks, they found > something legitimately wrong with Wilson's story, i.e. nepotism by Valerie > Wilson and false public statements by Joe Wilson, and they decided to stick > it to both the Wilsons and the CIA. Personally, I believe that if a crime was > committed, the person responsible should be charged and fired. But how to > figure out who the culprit is? The President isn't going to fire someone just > because the Dems want him fired. He will want some proof of criminal > wrongdoing. > > I bet the only two people on the planet who know the source of the leak are > Judith Miller and the leaker. I don't think Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, Matt > Cooper, or Bob Novak have any idea who leaked the story. I suspect that the > culprit leaked it to Miller, who checked with someone else at the White House > (maybe Libby), and I think she also shared the story with Novak and Cooper, > perhaps indirectly, but there you have it. All of which is why Miller is > sitting in jail on contempt charges and Rove, Libby, Cooper and Novak are > enjoying the summer in Washington, DC. > > So before you jump all over the President for condoning wrongdoing, let's > take a step back and see if anyone can figure out: > > 1. whether there was in fact a crime committed > 2. who committed it > > I think that's what the President has been waiting for all along. > > >Gruss wrote: > > 2.) We're talking about a President who is endorsing not only > > unauthorized leaks to the press by random members of his staff, but > > the outing of undercover CIA officers. > > > > How can anyone possibly defend > that? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166178 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
