July 22, 2005
Is it conspiracy, obstruction of justice, perjury or all of the above?
by Liza Sabater
As Jeffrey would say over at FrameShop : Babyface Roberts won't be able to knock Rove off the rags for too long. The trail of slime is everywhere : Tenet, Flischer, Hughes, Powell, Rice, and of course, her hus ... I mean, her employer, Dubya.
Bloomberg.com: U.S. | Rove, Libby Accounts in CIA Case Differ With Those of Reporters
July 22 (Bloomberg) -- Two top White House aides have given accounts to a special prosecutor about how reporters first told them the identity of a CIA agent that are at odds with what the reporters have said, according to people familiar with the case.Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, told special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald that he first learned from NBC News reporter Tim Russert of the identity of Central Intelligence Agency operative Valerie Plame, the wife of former ambassador and Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson, one person said. Russert has testified before a federal grand jury that he didn't tell Libby of Plame's identity, the person said.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove told Fitzgerald that he first learned the identity of the CIA agent from syndicated columnist Robert Novak, according a person familiar with the matter. Novak, who was first to report Plame's name and connection to Wilson, has given a somewhat different version to the special prosecutor, the person said.
These discrepancies may be important because Fitzgerald is investigating whether Libby, Rove or other administration officials made false statements during the course of the investigation. The Plame case has its genesis in whether any administration officials violated a 1982 law making it illegal to knowingly reveal the name of a covert intelligence agent.
Couple this with Bush's approval ratings ... and you know he will never get impeached. The man is the anti-Clinton. Even if he got caught performing voodoo sex on Condoleeza on a bed of slaughtered spotted owls and after signing away 20lbs of uranium to Osama Bin Laden, he'd still wouldn't be booted out of office. No wonder people have to resort to revolutions to overthrow tyrants.
Can someone get him a really dry pretzel? Maybe he'll choke on it --giving Cheney a heart attack and making Rove go totally insane.
Then again, wouldn't that leave us with President Rice? Perish the thought.
See also :
For Two Aides in Leak Case, 2nd Issue Rises - New York Times
The Raw Story | Bloomberg reveals Rove, Libby gave false testimony
Posted by Liza Sabater in Accountability, Conspiracy, Corruption, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Republicans
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Say it loud, say it proud!
All of the above. And for anyone who could honestly entertain the idea that Bush had no knowledge of any of this, wake up! Rove doesn't do anything unless it has been ordered or approved by his dark master, Darth Bush.I also agree that there is no impeaching Bush. As good old uncle Stalin said, "It's not who votes that counts. It's who counts the votes."
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Comment by: BetaCandy at July 22, 2005 03:08 PM
And yet, people - anti-Bush liberals, even - still wag the guilt finger at you if you diss voting. In full view of how little our vote really counts, they still think that's the extent of their duties as citizens.
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Comment by: Peter O at July 23, 2005 02:56 PM
Bush probably won't get impeached, but it won't be because of his approval ratings are very high. I believe they're close to be historically low for a second term president, at least in recent history.
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Comment by: Blog 4 Truth at July 22, 2005 06:58 AM