Court rules against Wilsons in Cheney case

[red states rule]

The Wilson’s never had a case in the first place


Court rules against Wilsons in Cheney case

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. District Court Tuesday upheld the dismissal of Joe and Valerie Wilson's civil suit against Vice President Dick Cheney and other White House principles.

Writing for the majority of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Judge David Sentelle agreed with the lower court that top White House officials can't be sued for leaking the identity of former CIA covert operative Valerie Wilson, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a legal watchdog group, said in a release.

The leak was apparently retaliation against Joe Wilson for his op-ed article in the New York Times (NYSE:NYT) undermining the Bush administration's argument for invading Iraq.

The court ruled the only remedy available is the Privacy Act, even though it isn't applicable to White House officials. Judge Judith Rogers dissented, saying a constitutional remedy should be available if there were no other alternative.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/12/Court_rules_against_Wilsons_in_Cheney_case/UPI-43801218578838/

[theHawk]

There was no "leak". The fucking moron Joe Wilson was sent to Niger by his wife, when he lied about who sent him the TRUTH eventually came out. If he hadn't LIED reporters would had never traced it to his wife. Its not like he kept his wife's identity a secret either, he bragged about her CIA status at cocktail parties all the time.

[red states rule]

There was no "leak". The fucking moron Joe Wilson was sent to Niger by his wife, when he lied about who sent him the TRUTH eventually came out. If he hadn't LIED reporters would had never traced it to his wife. Its not like he kept his wife's identity a secret either, he bragged about her CIA status at cocktail parties all the time.

You know it. I know it. Maybe now the Bush haters will admit they know it

But do not hold your breath

[April15]

When an executive branch of government is lying through its teeth so badly that it needs to discredit someone who is telling the truth, the nation is no longer worth rooting for until that executive branch is cleaned out by whatever means are necessary!

[red states rule]

When an executive branch of government is lying through its teeth so badly that it needs to discredit someone who is telling the truth, the nation is no longer worth rooting for until that executive branch is cleaned out by whatever means are necessary!

Being a liberal who gets his "news" from liberla sources - the so called leak did NOT come from the executive branch

It came from Richard Armitage

[April15]

Being a liberal who gets his "news" from liberla sources - the so called leak did NOT come from the executive branch

It came from Richard ArmitageMy god you are dense! It came from Bush himself! Dump the republican talking points and open your eyes.

[red states rule]

My god you are dense! It came from Bush himself! Dump the republican talking points and open your eyes.

and you are full of it. I know you hate Pres Bush but at least try to get a few facts right every once in awhile



Armitage says he was 'foolish' to leak CIA agent's name

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The man who revealed that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA said that he was "extraordinarily foolish" to leak her name.

Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in an interview broadcast Sunday that he did not realize Plame was a covert agent when he discussed her with syndicated columnist Robert Novak.

Novak, a former CNN contributor, wrote the July 2003 column in which Plame was named as a CIA employee. He later cited his sources as Armitage and Karl Rove, then President Bush's top political adviser.

Armitage said he had seen a memo that said Plame was publicly chairing a meeting, so he assumed her CIA employment was not a secret.

"There was no ill intent on my part, and I had never seen, ever in 43 years of having a security clearance, a covert operative's name in a memo," he said. Watch Armitage explain why he leaked Plame's name »

Blitzer asked Armitage if he "simply assumed that she was not a clandestine officer of the CIA."

"Well, even Mr. Novak has said that he used the word 'operative' and misused it," Armitage said. "No one ever said 'operative.' And I not only assumed it, as I say, I have never seen a covert agent's name in a memo. However, that doesn't take away from what Mrs. Plame said. It was foolish, yes."

http://topics.cnn.com/topics/richard_armitage

[April15]

Amitage is a stooge for this regime.

Bush claims executive privilege in Valerie Plame Wilson case

Attorney_general_mukasey

The concept of executive privilege rings a special bell with readers of a certain age. It was relied on by the Richard M. Nixon White House seeking to shield documents and personnel from inquiring congressional committees and prosecutors during the Watergate investigations.

President Bush quietly claimed executive privilege on Tuesday, after Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey requested the shield. Mukasey is seeking to avoid delivering to congressional investigators documents dealing with interviews of Vice President Dick Cheney and members of his staff regarding the unmasking of CIA covert agent Valerie Plame Wilson.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the accounts of the FBI interviews, as well as notes about President Bush's 2003 State of the Union address in which he said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was seeking uranium for a nuclear weapon -- an assertion that proved wrong.

"The claim of executive privilege is ludicrous," said the committee's chairman, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills).

On Wednesday, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined the fray. He noted that the claim of executive privilege exempts the attorney general "from complying with a subpoena," and wrote to Mukasey:

This executive privilege claim, and your justification for it, appears to turn the privilege on its head. The purpose of executive privilege is to encourage candid advice to the president, not to cover up what the vice president and White House staff say to investigating authorities when that information is requested in the course of congressional oversight.

-- James Gerstenzang

Photo: Mark Wilson / Getty Images


This reeks of coverup!

[red states rule]

Amitage is a stooge for this regime.

Bush claims executive privilege in Valerie Plame Wilson case

Attorney_general_mukasey

The concept of executive privilege rings a special bell with readers of a certain age. It was relied on by the Richard M. Nixon White House seeking to shield documents and personnel from inquiring congressional committees and prosecutors during the Watergate investigations.

President Bush quietly claimed executive privilege on Tuesday, after Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey requested the shield. Mukasey is seeking to avoid delivering to congressional investigators documents dealing with interviews of Vice President Dick Cheney and members of his staff regarding the unmasking of CIA covert agent Valerie Plame Wilson.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the accounts of the FBI interviews, as well as notes about President Bush's 2003 State of the Union address in which he said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was seeking uranium for a nuclear weapon -- an assertion that proved wrong.

"The claim of executive privilege is ludicrous," said the committee's chairman, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills).

On Wednesday, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined the fray. He noted that the claim of executive privilege exempts the attorney general "from complying with a subpoena," and wrote to Mukasey:

This executive privilege claim, and your justification for it, appears to turn the privilege on its head. The purpose of executive privilege is to encourage candid advice to the president, not to cover up what the vice president and White House staff say to investigating authorities when that information is requested in the course of congressional oversight.

-- James Gerstenzang

Photo: Mark Wilson / Getty Images


This reeks of coverup!


Please loosen the tin foil hat April

It is a FACT he was the leaker - get ove rit and move on

[April15]

Please loosen the tin foil hat April

It is a FACT he was the leaker - get ove rit and move onWhen a president stops an investigation at the request of AG it sets a pattern of lack of ethics. I will never get over it.

[red states rule]

When a president stops an investigation at the request of AG it sets a pattern of lack of ethics. I will never get over it.

The Dems are still holding hearings April. You can wallow in a pool of hate - but you can't toss out your own facts