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Russert reporting that conversations with Goss began several weeks ago with John Negroponte, with the full knowledge of the WH. Goss began changes previously, but that there needed to be a new person to oversee those changes so that there could be "healing" within the CIA after those changes.
Russert says Negroponte will be deciding on the person to be appointed to the Director of the CIA job, recommend that person to the President and that Bush will then appoint. Remind me again, who is in charge of this government? The CEO model of governance continues. Heckuva job, Bushie.
Russert says that he's learned this from a senior WH official. Sure, this is some damage control spin, due to the shocked reaction of the press to a surprise Friday afternoon resignation announcement -- and all the more disbelieveable given the fact that if Negroponte has been talking to Goss "for weeks," why not have the replacement ready to go today? That's how they've done things with most replacement announcements where there was some actual lead time for preparation. You know. But hey, spin isn't necessarily always fully plausible.
O'Donnell reporting that Gen. Hayden wants the job. Earlier reports that Joe Lieberman was also being considered have been poo-poohed by Lieberman's office. The AP has more.
NOTE: This is completely off topic, but I noticed while booking my YearlyKos room today, that the deadline for the conference rate reservations is May 15th. Thought anyone who was interested in going would like a heads up on this.
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MSNBC Reporting Kennedy to go into treatment tonite for pill addiction. Good for him.
They say Mayo clinic, but Hazelden is next door so….
Walsingham !!!
OT again, as usual, but the Rude Pundit cracks me up:
“Zacarias Moussaoui, the Pete Best of al-Qaeda”
cinco de mayo clinic
here goes kennedy presser…
clinic time will affect Patrick Kennedy’s voting percentage…not good for re-election
So it’s Friday, Take Out The Trash Day. TOTTD is living up to its expectations.
Goss needs to resign to spend more time with his lawyers. Hope he has some good ones.
Republicans, a permanent employment program for trial lawyers.
What other trash will be coming out?
Man, this “Watergate II” meme must make Repubs break out in a cold, cold sweat. It’s too bizarrely, poetically ironic not to capitalize on.
(But I imagine the Dems will find a way, so it’s up to us angry leftwing types.)
The Goss has been tossed… again.
Brilliant maneuver by Patches Kennedy. How will the Limbaugh apologists attack him now?
As with Limbaugh, he is sick and needs help.
Good luck kid. Maybe he and Rush can be in the same group therapy unit.
-GSD
If this has been coming for weeks - why the sudden announcement? Goss had a meeting scheduled with the Pentagon this afternoon - why not cancel it.
This smells. Of course, the MSM will repeat and repeat the republican spin. Until the polaroids come out.
Of course Russert’s news was a spin control leak. I’m wondering, how did he present it? With any skepticism, or with his usual doe-eyed credulity?
Here’s hoping for an entertaining Hookergate!
Bummer, there goes the press cycle.
Good for him,though. He seemed honest. Don’t know if I have ever seen an honest pol. ?!?!?!?
God, he’s my age, and has been a congressman for 15 years. I’m such a loser.
but patrick kennedy has a drug problem.
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Gawd I hate the New York Times. Here is their lede right now:
“The unexpected resignation was the latest move in a second-term shake-up of President Bush’s team.â€
Yeah, I’m sure this was just the “latest move†in a “second-term shake-upâ€. Just Andy Card’s replacement shaking things up.
Never mind that this is not a mere staffing matter but rather involves the director of the CIA.
And never mind that there are real questions out there about Goss’s involvement in bribery and prostitution scandals within the CIA.
And never mind that Goss quit with no replacement in sight.
No, forget all those indications that something bigger is going on here. The NY times says this is just a part of the ongoing shake up. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Nothing to see here, please move along.
And did I mention that Kennedy Jr. is on the web site front page for the Times?
Comrade Goss forgot that the first responsibility of a zampolit is to the Party, not his pecker.
Well, with Negroponte choosing the replactement this could get interesting.
There were *surprising* reports recently that Negroponte is firmly against the rush to use the “military solution” to deal with Iran.
Does that mean he could be less inclined to “cook the books” for Georgie and Dick? Would Georgie (or more importantly, Dick) be willing to accept such a replacement?
Negroponte, the new puppetmaster for the Deciderer.
Oh Cheney, we hardly knew ye…
It’s not only that there’s no replacement that is fishy. It’s also that it is effective immediately. They could have announced that “DCI will be leaving on June First, by which time we will have named a replacement”. That, for instance, is basically what happened with Scotty.
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Larry Johnson just put up a post on Porter’s demise but so far only links to what’s already out there (e.g. TPM, AP, etc.) Presumably he’ll eventually have some inside skinny.
http://noquarter.typepad.com/m.....s_res.html
250+ posts in the last thread in a little over an hour. Hope the admins have some extra bandwidth laying around for when the big one hits! :)
Why does Goss leave now with no replacement ready to be named? How about they escalated the resignation so that it would be drowned out by the Kennedy flap?
Democrats need to get out front on this and demand a hearing for the next CIA chief. They need to demand it, and when Bush appoints someone with no hearing they need to ask why he is playing politics with national security.
Primordial Ooze @ 5
Patently unfair to the memory of Pete Best
I have nothing to add on l’affaire Porter Goss except either:
1. Something real bad will be tied around Goss’ neck real soon.
2. Our grandchildren will find our what really happened today.
Were I a betting man, I would take #2.
Either way - only a fool would believe that this has been ‘in the works’.
That would be the 32% backwash.
(Fly on the wall)
Negroponte to Cheney/Rove while Bush watches cartoons - “where can we find a sucker to take this job by next week?. Better come up with a distraction.”
Rove - “better have an extra medal of freedom minted”
Instead of twists and turns, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to speak of the ins and outs of this case?
Either way, Bush’s Goss is cooked.
Holy Cow! From break time to lunch time the sheet hit the fan!Over 250 comments on the last thread.Goss getting the hell out before the perfect storm?lots of speculation going on. I loved whoever said it wasnt the wheels falling off, the whole damn transmission just fell out. Good one.
Occam’s razor people, Occam’s razor–Goss resigns as Fornigate heats up, case closed. “Bridge into Hellish Darkness” may be pushing Goss out but Goss is only going because he’s about to get bitch-slammed–not slapped–by Foggo investigation.
That picture kinda sums up the whole thing, doesn’t it? If you look at it one way, it looks like something flushing down a toilet. Look at it another way, and it must have been a Goss-eye view of what was happening at the Watergate.
the Director of the CIA needs Senate confirmation which goes through the committee system which means a public hearing…
It’s a bit of a shame that this couldn’t have happened BEFORE Colbert’s routine….
xyz @ 25
“playing politics with national security”
Gee, when did *that* start?
wow i just wrote something similar to Russert…asked him where the preperations to face the media were IF this has been in the works for weeks…there is none….but thats whats being fed to the corporate owned media by the white house…a filmsy claim of “oh yeah, we knew about this for weeks” meme
does russert really believe that? if so he is an idiot.
zeppo: You mean they’re not bringing Colbert back for an encore this weekend??
Evidently there is a Libby hearing today. Byron York is reporting from it, and his big news is that Team Libby says they have five witnesses who will say under oath that Joe Wilson told them his wife worked for the CIA. One is presumably Paul Vallely, perhaps another is Cliff May’s source, and who knows who else. I bet Barbara Comstock has been spending Team Libby’s money judiciously on this.
Man, this “Watergate II†meme must make Repubs break out in a cold, cold sweat.
The Repugs were in cold sweat fearin’-for-their-lives before this — what fetid scandal is up next?
Damage control? Well, maybe — if sinking the ship to put out the fires can be considered damage control . . .
ThinkProgress has some useful background info.
Mack #26,
I’m more optimistic re your #1. All indications are that career CIA realy despised Goss and they won’t hesitate to see to it that comes out of this slimed up to his eyeballs with whatever’s available.
Happy Stinko De Mayo Indeed ! ! !
Can’t a gal take to her bed on a lazy afternoon without all hell breaking loose !?!?!?
Guess I’d never make it as some pol’s flack - ‘cause I’d have told Congressman Kennedy to take 2 STFU’s and call me in the morning -
Conversely, think of how bad things must be for Porter Dross, to have made this announcement against all the noise about Kennedy - someone’s got something and is in a hurry for the show n tell
thanks to whomever upthread mentioned the lost kids over @ The Corner - made my friggin’ week !
my, my, my, so glad the Gods wrought an encouraging sign to communities like this one
Oh, and did someone say there’s some kind of hearing this afternoon ?
Fly Little Woodsteins, Fly !!!
from HuffPo : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....20444.html
We’re Hearing… Resignation Of A Pentagon Under-Secretary Also Imminent…
The Huffington Post | Posted May 5, 2006 01:20 PM
*ilson46201 @ 32
“SIGNING STATEMENT!”
;>)
the goss story is going down the memory hole. cnn has devoted the entire last half hour to patrick kennedy. and bill schneider is now reciting the long sad tales of the ‘kennedy curse.’ is hit you not. unfuckingbelieveable.
OT (but not really)
Meanwhile, in England, there’s big trouble for Bush pal Blair (see the familiar “rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic” quote…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukla.....67,00.html
Labour loses out in elections
Friday May 5, 2006 5:28 PM
In Labour’s worst electoral bloodbath since Mr Blair came to power, the party is expected to have lost more than 250 councillors across England as well as control of more than a dozen town halls.
The disastrous results led to calls from Labour backbenchers for Mr Blair to set out a timetable to hand over the premiership to his presumed successor, Chancellor Gordon Brown.
Former health secretary Frank Dobson said the reshuffle would amount to no more than “rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic” and insisted the party needed “new management”. And a close ally of the Chancellor, former minister Nick Brown, suggested Mr Blair may not be the man to reverse Labour’s “drift”.
I think we need to hope that the hookers were female. That may get some play in the MSM, although Republicans have been playing with hookers forever, and that seems to be all-American. It’s when you don’t pay for it that it’s a problem. Free enterprise and all that, you know.
If the hookers were male, I suspect there’ll be major resistance in the MSM to covering the story. Just makes too many preconceptions too uncomfortable. A lot of MSM folks will be sitting there looking like they did at Steve Colbert’s performance, not knowing what to do.
It doesn’t play to readers, especially the homophobes on the right. And it plays into the insecurities of too many male reporters. We’ll see some interesting fallout if the hookers were provided by Jeff Gannon.
Maybe they’ll have to hand it to Dana Priest and Elizabeth Bumiller.
Goss and Kennedy certainly steps all over Comstock’s petit petards…
chisholm @ 12:14 pm (#30) - Occam’s Razor is most useful when there are no unanswered questions. Here, there are still quite a few.
Tony Snow is going to have a jolly-good first day at the podium on Monday, you think? Scotty had his swan song, said his goodbyes (to tepid applause from the assembled press)– he is so out of there.
Think snowjob is having second thoughts now??
I said it before and I will say it again. John Negroponte is an evil facist.
He was the Us ambassador to Honduras during the bloody reign of the death squads, Iran-Contra, and was in charge of the Reagan administration covert straegy to crush the legally elected Sandinistas government in Nicaragua.
Negroponte also oversaw the construction of infamous El Aguacate air base in Honduras where right-wing/facits Nicaraguan Contras were trained by the United States, and were widely thought to have been used as a secret detention and torture center during the 80s.
I won’t be able to enjoy the Goss story until I’m sure that it has nothing to do with clearing the decks for Iran.
Democrats need to get out front on this
Actually, no — this is so far beyond Nixon’s “don’t interfere when your opponent is hanging himself” that there is not much the Dems can do.
So yesterday we were told that W. was celebrating Cinco de Mayo a day early because he had prior commitments today.
You know, someone asked in the previous thread how many media people might be involved not to report the hooker angle right away.
Gee, we’ve said the media was in bed with the Republicans all this time. What a scream if it’s been literally!
Minnesotachuck
I have little doubt that this resignation is resultant from Company push-back.
And little doubt that the next appointee will be blessed by those powers.
But I don’t think that those powers care much what we know - and they operate better in half-light.
That said, they could be pissed off enough to opt for a little sunshine on their enemies.
timewarp @ 50– he is not only an evil fascist, but also a war criminal.
bush thought of naming joe lieberman to replace goss but then reconsidered because joe’s too close to israel so he’s going to name binyamin netanyahu instead
Possible headlines:
Goss says shlong to job
Goss: Emission accomplished!
Goss leaves his post in a tight spot
OK, sorry
Jeff said:
“Evidently there is a Libby hearing today. Byron York is reporting from it, and his big news is that Team Libby says they have five witnesses who will say under oath that Joe Wilson told them his wife worked for the CIA. One is presumably Paul Vallely, perhaps another is Cliff May’s source, and who knows who else. I bet Barbara Comstock has been spending Team Libby’s money judiciously on this.”
Hmmm… They could try to take this approach, but it really won’t undercut the perjury charge. I suppose they will try to point out that it is possible that the reporters all heard via Wilson as the original source somehow.
But what is the likelihood that all of the journalists involved are lying or forgot where they originally heard of Plame’s identity?
And who are these witnesses who claim Wilson told them of Plame’s identity?
Wapo says Blair fired Jack Straw. Is this going to be a Saturday Afternoon Massacre or what?
angie, he is and I said that in the last thread. He belongs at the Hague, in the goal.
At the convention, I was gonna wear a J-Lo Mold name tag but now I’m considering Porter Goss’s Secret.
Resignation Of A Pentagon Under-Secretary Also Imminent
Ew. The thought of anyone under Rummy’s fetid corpse is disgusting!
First Aftershock: Huffington Post says: We’re Hearing… Resignation Of A Pentagon Under-Secretary Also Imminent… (no link)
I think I agree that if you’re in the WH and you’ve been working on this for weeks, you sure as hell don’t step on the “drunk Kennedy” story. There will be another Friday afternoon in a week.
I find it very hard to think there will be a confirmation hearing on the next DCI. The Boy King loves recess!
So in regards to Wilson/Libby. Wilson was blabbing to everyone and their brother about his wife being an agent. Yet, no one in the highest echelons of power knew who she was?
Did Wilson describe his wife as a “partisan pencil pusher”?
Smelly stuff.
-GSD
If goopers would quit naming their kids with names like “Porter”- maybe they would have fewer problems.
Whoever heard of a guy named “Porter”?
#48 Time will tell.
Unless the DCI nominee is squeaky clean or Jomentum, there will be a recess appointment — no way is Clusterfuck going to face the wrath of Senate Confirmation hearings.
Jeff - where is this Byron York article? link please?
ck @ 12:23 pm (#52) - The only thing the Democrats should get out in front on is suggesting what they want to see in a new DCIA - things like respect for the intelligence process, respect for the Constitution, and maybe just a hint of independence from the President.
On all the scandals, they should probably keep their mouths shut other than to call for investigations when they’re warranted.
From the AP story: White House counselor Dan Bartlett praised Goss’ character and said, “This man has impeccable integrity.”
I guess that is to set up the, “We had NO IDEA,” comment later in the month.
2,415 US dead — no problem.
Sex with ___________ (intern, professionals, etc.) BIG problem.
WTF? Is sexual gratification the last taboo?
Did anyone see the press conference? I’m wondering if he really did have panties on his head…
Chisholm @ 60:
Not Straw, Charles Clarke. Straw’s the new Commons leader.
I dunno, Cujo.
I believe in kicking them when they’re going down. Don’t worry. They’re probably used to that! Wasn’t Guckert a dom?
The person with the best intelligence runs the country. That would be our boy John Negroponte.
Again, keep the nuns AWAY from the helicopters…
Democrats need to back off and let this scandal run its course without comment?
Actually, F-that. They should go on the attack. That is what the Republicans would do, and that is what the situation demands. It is also the right thing to do. Use this situation as a teaching tool and an opportunity to cut Bush off at the kneecaps regarding national security. Attack, attack, attack. Ask the question: Why the resignation? What else is there to know? Mention the possibility of bribery, etc. Get it out there in the public consciousness.
Condi on Goss: “No one could have forseen that the DCI was a whoremonger prevert!”
Oooo looky here
Nice to see there are still a few REAL Republicans in the land of the living.
The Friday Dump.
Aragoncillo admits to spying.
http://www.philstar.com/philst.....060401.htm
-GSD
Fun Porter Goss Quote, from 2003, wrt Plame:
The Herald Tribune reported his take on the Valerie Plame leak in October 2003: “Somebody sends me a blue dress and some DNA, I’ll have an investigation” (a sarcastic reference to the Monica Lewinsky scandal).
ditto xyz at 78
CNN is reporting that both Goss and Negroponte statements do NOT say why Goss quit. They point out how odd that is …
xyz - It’s over at the Corner. No link, thanks very much.
“In Washington, when there’s an information vacuum there’s certainly enough rumor to fill up the space” - Kelli Arena CNN
On Goss’s resignation.
Prof Foland 65
So is there a way that the dems can keep the congress from declaring recess. If it is done by unanimous consent as most things are, all it takes is one of ours to object.
If I were Harry or Nancy, I would plan to keep someone ready in the chamber at all times.
Me oh, my oh… another Friday dump.
Cue the graphic…giant melting ice cream cone and for the caption, Christmas Story’s Ralphie sayin’ “Oh, fudge…..â€
Reporter from WH on MSNBC just said that Goss had been at the CIA “for less than 2 years”!
What we have here is the Revenge of the Purged.
EPU’d OfT: Stephen Colbert fans: imo to Dana Milbank’s credit, he published a lot of very pro Colbert messages he received in today’s WaPo online chat. They were almost universally critical of Milbank.
I can’t decide if a drag problem is worse than a drug problem. I mean prescription drag, of course.
And the good news just does not stop!
timewarp and angie –
Thanks for reminding everyone of Negroponte’s history. He certainly IS an evil war criminal.
But that makes it all the more puzzling as to why he ISN’T on board for more war, war forever. Is it possible that while he’s deeply evil, he just isn’t stark raving insane?
I don’t know what to think about it. I suppose it’s also possible he’s just playing the “good cop” routine, but the notion of Negroponte in the role of “good cop” is a stunning case of miscasting…
83 immanentize - Thanks.
This is the time to deal a death blow to Bush’s credibility on national security. The democrats need to stand up and start asking questions now. Demand investigations. Ask for hearings. The CIA director doesn’t just resign with no replacement. What is going on here? And what is this about bribery and Foggo? Educate the public. Start by raising the questions if you want to start slow. Pound away at it.
Popping in to provide link to York’s report on Libby hearing:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/ (scroll down).
Have to add this now at top of page (from email to K-Lo):
It may have become clear to Goss that the W.H. will not allow the DOJ to pursue subpoenas or indictments in the WaPo/Mary McCarthy matter. If so, Goss may have reached the (reasonable) conclusion that he cannot succeed in rooting out leakers in the CIA if there’s not going to be a serious effort at prosecution.
MWAHAHAHAh…BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
To quote markfromireland: *poof*!
GSD #81, it is as if a signal flare has gone up. If you have bad news, dump it today. They can’t cover it all!
*ilson46201 says:
May 5th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
CNN is reporting that both Goss and Negroponte statements do NOT say why Goss quit. They point out how odd that is
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The Most Serene Deciderer’s staff has gotta be in full CODE BROWN shitstain damage control mode, working on how they’re gonna attenuate the stench that is sure to emerge.
It’s Hard Work.
David Ensor, CNNs security correspondent was just on blathering and bloviating. He even said it was sorta expected Goss would be out by September of this year.
The disjointed explanations (sans Hookergate) all point out how peculiar this resignation actually is … Mehlmans memos havent hit the blastfax system yet
Here’s the York piece, so you don’t have to go to the NRO:
Bulletin from the Libby Courtroom [Byron York]
Lewis Libby defense lawyer Theodore Wells told a federal judge a short time ago that the Libby defense team has located “five witnesses who will say under oath that Mr. [Joseph] Wilson told them his wife worked for the CIA.â€
Wells said he expects that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will call Wilson himself to the stand to rebut those accusations.
Today’s hearing concerning what evidence Fitzgerald is required to turn over to the Libby defense team turned into an extended discussion of whether jurors will be allowed to assess Joseph Wilson’s credibility vs. that of the administration as it concerns the reasons the U.S. went to war in Iraq. Prosecutor Fitzgerald told the court, “We don’t want to try the war. The courtroom is not a reasonable place to try the war. Judge Reggie Walton seemed to agree, saying, “I’m not going to let this case end up being a judicial examination of the legitimacy of the war.”
In the hearing, prosecutor Fitzgerald suggested that he would offer the Libby defense team some proof that Valerie Plame Wilson’s status at the CIA was classified. But as he had said earlier, Fitzgerald again said, “We will not offer any proof of actual damages” caused by the revelation of Plame’s identity, although Fitzgerald said “the issue of potential damage will come up several times” in the trial.
67: Porter Waggoner.
Reporter from WH on MSNBC just said that Goss had been at the CIA “for less than 2 yearsâ€!
jinny –
Good grief. Why don’t they just go for broke and say that Goss was there “for less than a decade.” That would be equally truthy.
Here is the entire York post ….
Bulletin from the Libby Courtroom [Byron York]
Lewis Libby defense lawyer Theodore Wells told a federal judge a short time ago that the Libby defense team has located “five witnesses who will say under oath that Mr. [Joseph] Wilson told them his wife worked for the CIA.â€
Wells said he expects that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will call Wilson himself to the stand to rebut those accusations.
Today’s hearing concerning what evidence Fitzgerald is required to turn over to the Libby defense team turned into an extended discussion of whether jurors will be allowed to assess Joseph Wilson’s credibility vs. that of the administration as it concerns the reasons the U.S. went to war in Iraq. Prosecutor Fitzgerald told the court, “We don’t want to try the war. The courtroom is not a reasonable place to try the war. Judge Reggie Walton seemed to agree, saying, “I’m not going to let this case end up being a judicial examination of the legitimacy of the war.”
In the hearing, prosecutor Fitzgerald suggested that he would offer the Libby defense team some proof that Valerie Plame Wilson’s status at the CIA was classified. But as he had said earlier, Fitzgerald again said, “We will not offer any proof of actual damages” caused by the revelation of Plame’s identity, although Fitzgerald said “the issue of potential damage will come up several times” in the trial.
Posted at 3:05 PM
Looks like Wilson said vs. kool-aid drinkers said. (Bet one of them is Cliff May). Would expect nothing less of Wells - try to muddy the water and swiftboat the victim. Walton seems to agree with Fitz again, though. :-)
*ilson46201 @ 12:33 pm (#84) - I guess they’re not sure whom Goss wants to spend more time with …
With all the scandal dumping today I would almost think that Fitz will announce an indictment today too.
OT–can anyone help me? It takes forever for me to type in my posts. Is there something I can do to my computer? Thanks!
Thanks xyz at 100…I didn’t want to go to the Corner and you saved me. I’m sending our Patrick good vibes right about now. Smart man: don’t try the war, just try your case. The war trial will follow.
at least CNN has had the common decency of not making that hilarious “Cinco de Mayo Clinic” snark ! still, they are flogging the Kennedy story real hard (but not breaking the skin!)
Seems like a whole lot of chickens coming home to roost all at once. I think the GOP is in for one helluva ninja dick-slapping in November. How do you damage control Mount Vesuvius? You can’t. You don’t. Enjoy.
Mrs K8 #94,
Negroponte is undeniably evil. But that does not mean he is suicidal (I mean, stupid).
anon @ 12:41 pm (#103) - This testimony seems irrelevant to the charges. Libby’s accused of lying about what he told to whom.
I won’t take that Cliff May bet. Find another sucker.
timewarp, thats funny. Icing on the cake!
O’reilly has lost almost 2/3 of the 24-54 audience since Sept.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
Oscar @ 12:42 pm (#106) - If you can, turn off your browser’s Javascript interpreter. On Firefox, that’s either a yes/no option, or you can get the NoScript extension to do it on a site-by-site basis.
Turning off Javascript stops the “preview” function. That’s what’s taking so much CPU time, in all likelihood.
We have charts showing that Wilkes directed prostitutes to Democrats, too.
anon 103 –
The “Wilson-outed-his-wife” defense is irrelevant — Scooter Libby has been charged with Perjury and Lying to the FBI.
That pig won’t fly . . .
Finally a chance to reward Harriet Myers for taking one for the team.
scooter out of court now and new fitz video on CNN!!!!!!!!!!!
#112 - Olberman will have fun with this.
CNN website -
Red bannered “Breaking News” lead story w/large pic and headline, “Kennedy entering rehab after crash”
Goss story, small link to the right “CIA Chief resigns”.
CNN - PLAME update comingup after break.
Hugh #58–ROFLMAO (sorry, can’t help myself!)
Oscar 106 –
Type your post in an open composing window — email, word, notepad, etc.
Then copy/paste your comment into the FDL comment window — quick and easy.
Republicans made a big deal wrt Monica, about the possibility of foreign governments using their knowledge of it to blackmail Clinton. If they choose, Dems could use this same excuse to investigate Goss’ involvement and give him a polygraph.
OT, when rumors about Goss’ involvement broke a few weeks ago, there were unconfirmed reports that the prostitutes were not all the same gender.
anon @ 12:41 pm (#103) - This testimony seems irrelevant to the charges. Libby’s accused of lying about what he told to whom.
Oh, I know it is completely irrelevant. Let’s assume a plausible scenario for this. Let’s say some reporter told Wilson they found out his wife worked at the CIA, and then Wilson confirmed it but asked them not to reveal that. So what? Has nothing to do with the fact that Libby lied and obstructed justice.
Good grief. Why don’t they just go for broke and say that Goss was there “for less than a decade.†That would be equally truthy.
the msnbc blond reporterbunny actually in the midst of questioning dana priest, asked about goss’ ‘8 years’ as director
The name Porter means gatekeeper or one who carries a load; Looks like Mr. Goss dropped his load…. Poor Preznit Bush-hog cringing in the offal office without his man at the CIA, and the whole agency headless and hating his guts. Things are looking up.
ShowMePatriot says:
May 5th, 2006 at 12:29 pm
From the AP story: White House counselor Dan Bartlett praised Goss’ character and said, “This man has impeccable integrity.â€
Bush went out of his way to use the same phrase. He looked like he was swallowing rocks, as he tried to remember his talking points.
Goss was chairman of the House Intel Comm., and the Cunningham bribers were getting fat contracts out of the DOD and CIA.
“At least five witnesses……..”