"In the world which is upside down, the true is a moment of the false."
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Monday, September 29, 2003 grab a chair and butter that popcorn, kiddos. the show's about to start. CIA seeks probe of White House The CIA has asked the Justice Department to investigate allegations that the White House broke federal laws by revealing the identity of one of its undercover employees in retaliation against the woman’s husband, a former ambassador who publicly criticized President Bush’s since-discredited claim that Iraq had sought weapons-grade uranium from Africa, NBC News has learned. Bush Administration Is Focus of Inquiry The operative's identity was published in July after her husband, former U.S. ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, publicly challenged President Bush's claim that Iraq had tried to buy "yellowcake" uranium ore from Africa for possible use in nuclear weapons. Bush later backed away from the claim. .... Yesterday, a senior administration official said that before Novak's column ran, two top White House officials called at least six Washington journalists and disclosed the identity and occupation of Wilson's wife. Wilson had just revealed that the CIA had sent him to Niger last year to look into the uranium claim and that he had found no evidence to back up the charge. Wilson's account touched off a political fracas over Bush's use of intelligence as he made the case for attacking Iraq. "Clearly, it was meant purely and simply for revenge," the senior official said of the alleged leak. this promises to be one hell of an interesting couple of weeks. the left side of the blogoshpere is abuzz with this story. some oustanding coverage can be found here, here and here. this one is big. i'm really curious to see if the mainstream press has the stomach for this story. the only way ashcroft's DoJ is gonna lift a freakin' finger is if the majors start to bang the hell out of this particular drum. tomorrow's white house press briefing should be damned interesting, to say the least. briefly, as it is very late: who leaked the story of the referral to the DoJ? the consensus seems to be george tenet at CIA. i think that's probably correct. i think they forwarded this info to justice months ago and grew weary of the fact that it was becoming apparent that they were content to let the bushies slide. this was a wake up call. thanks, boys. who burned a CIA agent working undercover in an area of supposedly immense import (WMDs and their proliferation in south asia) in a demonstrably treasonous effort to smear their spouse, a bearer of bad news? i think this one's got karl written all over it. the man is scum and this has been his MO for decades. ask john mccain. ask senator dick durbin. ask the openly gay and flamingly canadian reporter who dared report the fact that some grunts on the ground in iraq were less than happy with the civilian leadership at the pentagon. hell, ask shrub's daddy. karl rove is a fucking snake and has been pulling shit like this forever. as for the second "senior administration official" who helped commit this felony? my guess (and it is not much more than a wild ass guess) is ari fleischer. atrios notes that ari's last day on the job as white house press secretary was july 14, the day novak's story hit the wires at town hall. coincidence? maybe. maybe not. regardless, there are some heads that most certainly should roll for this crap and some should go to prison. burning an undercover CIA operative is not only a major felony and an act of treason, it is also incredibly, stupendously, prodigously stupid. as i have said before, one fucks over the CIA at great risk. good luck, ya dumb sons o' bitches. the decemberists: "shanty for the arethusa" "say goodnight, boys, goodnight..." posted by downtown | 3:17 AM |
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