Digby reminds us that abusing the pardon/commuting privilege to cover up your own criminal tracks is a Bush family tradition:
But in a single stroke, Mr. Bush swept away one conviction, three guilty pleas and two pending cases, virtually decapitating what was left of Mr. Walsh’s effort, which began in 1986. Mr. Bush’s decision was announced by the White House in a printed statement after the President left for Camp David, where he will spend the Christmas holiday.
Mr. Walsh bitterly condemned the President’s action, charging that ‘the Iran-contra cover-up, which has continued for more than six years, has now been completed.’
Mr. Walsh directed his heaviest fire at Mr. Bush over the pardon of Mr. Weinberger, whose trial would have given the prosecutor a last chance to explore the role in the affair of senior Reagan officials, including Mr. Bush’s actions as Vice President.
What can you say. Like father, like son.
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Jane!
First?
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Genetics or environment?
This Democrat remains restive.
It’s good to be king!
Like Grandfather, like son. Good ‘ol Prescott Bush would be proud.
they are quite the crew, eh?
Elliott Abrams was also pardoned by Poppy and is still inflicting damage in the State Dept today.
Ed*ard Teller @ 7
;0)
tommy yum @ 6
I’d like to do with that king what I did to these Kings. – Smoke ‘em!
this one should probably be spotlighted to the members of Conyers’ Committee.
tommy yum @ 6
Just can’t wait…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGIoRUlzE2Q
Today, Tony Snow responded to criticism from the Clintons about the Scooter commutation thus:
“I don’t know what is Arkansan for chutzpah [1] but this is a gigantic case of it.”
We have reached a sad time when goyishe [2] Tony Snow is speaking Yiddish from the White House. Don’t we Jews have enough tsouris?[3]
Apparently, in this latest iteration of the “Bill Clinton did it, too” excuse, the White House is seeking to evoke the recollection of the Mark Rich pardon. Gay gezinteh heit. Chub a gutten yur. [4]
On Bill Clinton’s last day in office, he pardoned a refugee from the Nazis, Mark Rich, M.O.T., [5] a financier and philanthropist who had been falsely accused of tax evasion by Rudy Giuliani.
I say falsely accused because such is the opinion of U.S. tax professors Bernard Wolfman of Harvard Law School and Martin Ginsburg of Georgetown University Law Center. It was also the opinion of a panel of distinguished Republican lawyers including I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby. Be that as it may, these kinds of disputes are not unusual, and they are normally resolved in civil suits.
In the Republican orgy of recriminations against the Clinton administration that was the hallmark of the early days of the Bush administration, it was alleged that President Clinton pardoned Rich in return for favors paid to him. Indeed, the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, who had worked so hard with President Clinton to secure a lasting resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem, had made a clemency plea on behalf of Rich, as had numerous other Israeli officials.
Grasping at straws, Clinton-haters pointed out that Rich’s former wife and the mother of his three children, socialite Denise Rich, had made large donations to the Democratic Party and the Clinton Library during Clinton’s time in office. A Federal Prosecutor was appointed to investigate whether or not a crime was committed by Clinton’s exercise of the plenary pardon power. The conclusion arrived at by James Comey, who was to later become the Acting Attorney General under George W. Bush, was that there were no grounds to present to a Grand Jury.
Nobody, not even the most rabid Republicans ever suggested that the pardon of Mark Rich was a part of a conspiracy to protect members of the administration. Never was it suggested that Bill Clinton had a political motive for his decision to right a wrong committed by an over-zealous prosecutor, who now happens to be running for the Republican nomination for President.
Still want to talk about Mark Rich? Gai kakhen afenyam. [6]
“… and tell ’em Menachem Mendel [7] sent ya!”
Footnotes for the Yiddish challenged:
[1] lit. Nerve. Colloq: balls, as in “He had the chutzpah of a blind burglar.”
[2] Non-Jewish, and (when used in an otherwise English sentence) non-Jewish in a stereotypical way.
[3] troubles
[4] “Go and be healthy. Have a good year.” The equivalent to the dismissive “Knock yourself out,” you should pardon the expression.
[5] Member of the Tribe, (e.g. Rich, Libby)
[6] Go shit in the ocean.
[7] Big Mitch
I listened to KOlbermann tonight. Didn’t seem to me he or any guests caught the implications of commutation vs full pardon, as regards whether Libby could still [e.g., act as firewall for other administration officials by hanging onto his 5th amendment rights].
I sent a relevant note to KO’s blog, but don’t know if it will do any good. ianal(!)
Anyone else want to try to explain to him? He seems properly fired up, and making way more sense than Tweetie – latter back to sniffing around Clinton drawers for whatever nitwit reasons he deems it necessary…
Speaker. It’s up to you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWwkv4q-nTk
dakine01 @ 10
Did you see this from think progress, the achitects of war and and where they are now..
I don’t really understand the purpose of the upcoming Conyers hearings. The president has the power to commute sentences and issue pardons.
It seems to me, Congressional time could be better spent looking into the myriad of unanswered questions about the Plame case. Why not subpoena the entire WHIG roster and find out what they knew about the campaign to tarnish Wilson via his wife? What about that State Dept. memo? Haul those people in to testify. Why not try to get to the bottom of all this?
I fail to see why any time should be spent on the commutation of Libby’s sentence.
???
All too true, Jane.
Hey, think he’ll commute the sentences of anyone exposed by the DC Madam?
Some beautiful pictures from Freewaybloggers travelling from San Diego to Crawford:
http://freewayblogger.blogspot…..hwest.html
All roadtrips should leave such a trail.
Hey Mitch! Come on up – I’ll share.
Adie @ 15
He hit on it with John Dean either Monday or Tuesday night. Basically, the House or Senate can call Scoots before the committees and give him immunity and force him to testify and disrupt all the games by the Chimp and crew. Or Fitz can call Scoots and give him immunity before the Grand Jury and force him to testify.
lina @ 19
It is an Obstruction of Justice of an underlying crime that could not be investigated because Libby Obstructed Justice into the underlying crime.
Phoenix Woman @ 19
This is hilarious. She deserves a Medal of Freedom.
lina @ 18
It’s called obstruction of justice. Same reason the USAtty firings are within the Pres’ rights, but suspect nonetheless.
Eureka Springs @ 17
Where they are is still beating the drums for a pre-emptive strike on Iran. They want to continue the plan lined out at the Project for a New American Century and the Clean Break a New Strategy for Securing the Realm.
Regime Change in the middle east.
The Honorable Al Gore is on with Larry King as I write and is looking and sounding very Presidential.
ReElect President Gore in 2008! Accept no substitute.
Imagine the cabinet he would gift we the people with.
I would be thrilled if he chose John Edwards as his running mate and not simply because Edwards was just as robbed as Gore. Just cannot resist the spectre of pure poetic justice. ;~)
lina @ 19
I’m sure they will attempt to get testimony from WHIG also, but Libby’s commutation is an extension of the original cover-up. Let’s hope someone eventually gets to the rest of it.
lina @ 18
Undoubtedly, this will lead to the discussion of the leak case, as you have wished. But more importantly, the power of the President to pardon is plenary and nearly unlimited. But much hangs in the the word “nearly.”
It is, IMHO and the opinion of James Madison that if a president pardons an associate with whom he broke the law, then the president can be impeached.
lina @ 19
I’m sure they will attempt to get testimony from WHIG also, but Libby’s commutation is an extension of the original cover-up. Let’s hope someone eventually gets to the rest of it.newspaperbrat @ 27
I think he’s gonna run.
dakine01 @ 22
Oops! we missed that. Thanks for the update! ;->
lina @ 18
I suspect that all of that will be covered, Lina.
Yes indeed.. we have got to act fast or they will.
Cheney may be saying…I hope they impeach, I hope they impeach…
Yeah, 4thBranch, you!
LS @ 24
That’s a given.
Let’s find out more about that underlying crime and shut up all the wingnuts who say there was no underlying crime.
wrt the dc madam’s phone records:
Having now obtained permission to release the telephone records of the Escort Service for the entire history of its operation, Jeane is prepared to release without cost those records on the following terms:
1. Any American media or press outlet, published blogger or registered or incorporated public service organization or charity which wishes to obtain a set of the records is eligible.
2. All recipients will receive a complete set of years 1993 to 2006. There will be no partial distribution and there will be no exclusivity.
3. All recipients will abide by an agreement NOT to disclose the identity of any woman, who worked as an independant contractor of my former business, Pamela Martin and Associates, without that woman’s permission.
4. Furthermore, all recipients will agree as well NOT to publish the information online or in any way whatever, share/trade and/or sell the data to third parties. Note that each copy will be individually coded so identitiy of the source will be possible.
5. All recipients’ anonymity will be respected and they alone will divulge their identities only at a time, place and/or forum of their choosing.
Any interested party should contact Montgomery Sibley (mbsibleydjp@civilforfeiture dot com) with an email acknowledging acquiescence to these conditions and to arrange delivery of the records
What makes you think Gore’s going to run, LS?
ccmask @ 36
!!!
LS @ 30
Stop my pounding heart! I want to believe and continue to be heartened by the support I see throughout the blogosphere. Am just not sophisticated enough to figure out the timing – i.e., if he is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October how much longer could he wait to accept a draft or jump in to be included on the primary ballots in the winter of 2008.
Loo Hoo. @ 13
That was fun LooHoo!
Big Mitch @ 29
But unless you can prove the president broke the law, it’s all academic. And unless there is a taped phone call somewhere or a document stating that Bush is buying Libby’s silence with a commutation, it is again academic.
Loo Hoo. @ 37
He is leaving the door very open, and trying to stay out of the crossfire. He just mentioned there are many days left… If he wasn’t going to run, he would have said so.
Ed*ard Teller @ 21
Thanks! That’s a wonderful offer. Nice catch! Note to anyone who thinks dipnetting isn’t work: You are mistaken.
but Gore sez again on Larry King that he’s NOT gonna run. Are we to assume he doesn’t mean a word of it?? If he is holding out for some future time, why not use more equivocal language?
On the parole issue, I hope that the judge decides that Libby is in some sort of legal limbo — unable to start or finish his parole because he never entered the penitentiary system by going to prison. Therefore, the judge orders him to go sit outside his parole officer’s office for the rest of eternity. Or he has no legal rights and should be shipped off to Gauntanamo.
At very least, as a convicted felon, Libby can’t vote in Florida, right?
ccmask @ 36
Wowsers. But, I don’t understand point #4. Anyone?
oddmommy @ 44
I thought he just said there were many days left…Did he say he was NOT going to run? If I missed that statement, then I’m wrong. Maybe I just have too much hope.
lina @ 41
If you were Dick Cheney, and you knew that Armitage (famously hostile to Darth) was going to be a witness, and that Libby was going to be immunized (no 5th Amendment privilege) would you need to change your underwear? Depends.
Lately, I’ve been spotlighting these posts to journalists in the NYT and WaPo. Try to be very polite and point out the obviously rational and logical connections that they miss in their reporting. Somehow, I feel it’s probably an exercise in futility – but I feel better for having expressed my views.
The Bush Crime Family is like a drug resistant strain of TB. Every time they have been diagnosed, they were given an incomplete course of antibiotics, enough to keep the infection going. Anyone who has had a recurring infection knows that it can take several FULL courses of antibiotics before it is treated.
Each time they commit crimes and get caught, the punishment is not enough to wipe out the infection. It keeps coming back. And now it is back in full force.
The question is, do we have superdrugs strong enough to kill off the infection? I don’t think the dems in congress have it in them. If they are just waiting for this cabal to go away, it ain’t gonna happen. They will come back stronger than before.
Charlie Gibson in the Evening News – “meanwhile, Libby paid his fine by SIMPLY writing a check!”
HA! he was appropriately incredulous…
Fucking Dana Milbank is stealing my shtick!
oddmommy @ 44
I heard him say he had fallen out of love with politics and do not recall him saying he would not run – IIRC he has been consistent by not stating any of the usual disclaimers, i.e., “just not interested”, etc et al. It also occurs to me on this, the eve of his, world wide event, it makes sense he would not assent to get in the race until this unprecedented and brilliantly organized planetary weekend unfolds.
Big Mitch @ 48:
Well it sounds like you’re talking about getting into the meat of the case. I’m all for that. Although I don’t think Dick is worried about Scooter. He can just lie again with impunity.
ccmask @ 36
i wonder why she doesn’t want the names published online. once it’s on tv or in the newspapers, it’s in the public domain. but not publishing it online restricts it a lot. calling amy goodman: A-M-Y!!
Big Mitch @ 48
Hee Hee Hee!
greenwarrior @ 55
I wonder how she can hope to keep the names “off” line. They will be in every form of media within 30 minutes of the release.
Another stupid talking point by the Repukes is that Gore is fat and no one would vote for him. I think he looks great.
They dare say that while throwing moleface at us, or Ghouliani, or Cheney…or any of the other candidates (Romney excused)…What is up with that?
My intuition says to me that Al Gore is going to run.
RevDeb @ 50
Great analogy.
Twain @ 57
1. Any American media or press outlet, published blogger or registered or incorporated public service organization or charity which wishes to obtain a set of the records is eligible.
Big Mitch @ 48
Nice pun for the buns!
LS @ 59
He says its still too soon to be running and never says I’m not running.
Meanwhile in related news . . . Latest FaBlog: Cubic Zirconium in the Family Jewels
4. Furthermore, all recipients will agree as well NOT to publish the information online or in any way whatever, share/trade and/or sell the data to third parties. Note that each copy will be individually coded so identitiy of the source will be possible.
That would be the telephone numbers themselves, because that is the “inform”ation. The published bloggers would have to omit the telephone numbers, but the person whose number it is, is not within her information, it is the result of a search of her information by the recipient of the “information”.
newspaperbrat @ 53
I’ll confess I only heard the excerpt of the interview that you mention, earlier on CNN, not the whole thing…..I just thought that response sounded kinda discouraging.
lina @ 54
There is delicious irony in this scenario as it plays out. First, Irv didn’t think he could lie with impunity at his trial. But imagine him testifying in Congress. He could repeat the lies he told the Grand Jury, for which he has been convicted already. New crime, new trial, new conviction, new pardon. As it says on the shampoo bottle, repeat as necessary.
Or he could tell a different story. After all, he doesn’t have to remain in anyone’s good graces. He has already gotten the effect of a pardon.
By the way, he wrote a personal check for a quarter million. Let’s assume that was the biggest check he could write on one day’s notice. (Though we don’t know that this is true.) What do you think is the average of the biggest check that people here could write? I bet it is under $5,000. That’s about how big the fine was in Joe Sixpack dollars.
There must be an awful lot of cell phones being thrown into the Potomac River tonight…Honey, I just don’t know what I did with my phone, I’ll get a new one…and a new number too!!
Can we elect this guy? He pins rabid foxes quite well.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19619846/
LS @ 65
thank you.
As I said elsewhere on the intertubes, it would be very easy to determine if Al Gore is running. Just ask him a question about health care. If he has an answer, he is running.
Bush Commutation Flashback – Karla Faye Tucker:
when his allies on the religious right pressured him to spare murderess turned jailhouse born-again Christian Karla Faye Tucker, Governor Bush displayed his trademark resolve – and compassion. As Time recounted in 1999:
Tucker Carlson of Talk magazine described the smirk Bush wore as he mimicked convicted murderer turned Christian Karla Faye Tucker begging, “Please don’t kill me,” something she never actually did.
For the details, see:
“The Consistent Inconsistency of George W. Bush.”
LS @ 68
I imagine some very extended vacations are being planned maybe to Turkey or something.
Big Mitch @ 67
Yesterday, for me, it was $6.23.
Republicans lie and cheat
lead the army to defeat
can’t get water to babies across a street
and break the bounds of sheer deceit
treat the treasury like their private stash
and pay whores and buy drugs with our cash
treat the law like a foolish suggestion
and break the oath on every question
but its all ok
don’t complain
Or they’ll bringup Clinton’s sex scandal again
Twain @ 72
LOL
Big Mitch @ 67 – don’t know about you but the thought of writing a check for a quarter of a million dollars is unimaginable for this brat. Of course Cheney’s slush fund is also beyond my comprehension.
Is the Wilson/Plame civil suit ever going to take place or is the fix in on that front as well?
LS @ 65
Thanks and duh.
Honey…the phone’s ringing!!! I’ll get it!! (trips over coffee table)…
Who was it honey?
Nuthin’ Sweetie..just some Blogger.
Sweetie, I’ve got a present for you…some diamonds for my Sweetie….
newspaperbrat @ 77
It seems like the civil suit would be headed for a graymail road block.
Honey, sit down. There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you. You know how much I love you, right? It all started when…..It’s not really my fault…..
Loo Hoo. @ 69
What a hero that five-year-old is and I hope his rabies shots aren’t too traumatic. Thanks for sharing this – warmed my cold cynical heart dear Loo Hoo!
Any wife whose husband is in government who receives jewels from her husband in the next week or two (unless it is a birthday or anniversary…and even then) should be suspicious ;>
greenwarrior @ 55
I believe there has already been a suicide by one of the “contractors” who was also a professor at one of the DC area universities after she was outed.
Any wife whose husband is in government who receives jewels from her husband in the next week or two (unless it is a birthday or anniversary…and even then) should be suspicious ;>
lina @ 79
Is it possible that the money to pay the fine is coming out of our pockets? Dont’ know about how payoffs are done – silly me.
lina, what do you mean?
HAAAAA! Now Doolittle wants troops out of any combat roll in Iraq! The sleezeball. Via TPM.
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/258865.html
Loo Hoo. @ 87
The same thing Scoots was hoping would get him off the hook in the criminal trial: Demand large amounts of classified information and say it is necessary for the defense. No classified documents, no defense possible.
But since the standard in a civil suit is much less than in a criminal case, it probably won’t (shouldn’t) work. Criminal is beyond a reasonable doubt while civil is preponderance of the evidence. That’s why OJ is walking around free with a multi million dollar judgement over his head.
LS @ 68
good one :)
dakine01 @ 85
Where does she say she doesn’t want the names published? She says the “recipients” will remain anonymous and can choose when and how to release the information. She is protecting only the women who worked for her, and the data that she is providing. Not the result of investigating the data – that will be the problem of the recipient.
I am just watching the TIVO of Keith’s Countdown, and he gave the Worst Person award to Neil Bortz who said that Clinton was convicted of perjury. When corrected, Bortz repeated this inanity.
I heard a Repug on a different show (Tucker?) saying something similar, i.e. that the impeachment in the house was analagous to a conviction, and the trial/verdict in the senate was the sentencing.
Is this going to be the new revisionist talking point from the powerful Party of Privilege, Propaganda and Pardon?
Educated Plaintiff @ 90
dakine01 @ 89
I don’t get the connection between the lesser standard for the civil case and the classified info. needed for defense. ??
Its part of the foresight of the right that the mandate given Bush included an ee-special consideration of keeping an espionage trial side-tracked. Thats why the Dems will never amount to anything. No such foresight.
Because… hey guys working on that!, time to speak up… to pipe up about the ee-special privilege occurring here would be just so disrespectful of the Constitution.
Here is my question…
Since all sorts of bullshit is in play…
Is it unconstitutional to impeach the commander in chief during a time of war?
Twain @ 73
lina @ 94
I don’t see the connection at all. OJ was acquitted by a jury in the criminal case and found guilty in the civil case. Libby was found guilty in the criminal case.
tryggth @ 95
No. A president can be impeached at any time. That was really the only question I understood. Can you be more clear?
lina @ 94
OJ was found liable for killing Nicole and Ron at the civil trial even after being found not guilty in the criminal trial.
With Scoots having been found guilty in the criminal trial, there is already a large body of unclassified information available that should make the civil case that much easier for the Wilsons to win. IANAL, but would have to believe the civil judge will have a far easier time of it than Judge Walton just because of the differences in level.
LS @ 97
Libby’s conviction is admissible in the civil trial, and his guilt is a ‘res judicata” — a thing already adjudicated. He is prohibited (collaterally estopped) from attacking the conviction. However, it does not establish liability in the civil case. For that, I would think the Wilson’s would have to prove that he leaked her name. He was not charged with that, much less convicted.
Just because a civil case has a lesser standard for guilt, why does that have any bearing on classified documents to defend oneself in a civil case? If the Scooter crime group says it needs classified documents in order to put on a defense in the civil case, and the government will not release those documents citing national security, how do you go forward with a civil case?
LS @ 97
I think this is a piece of it. In most juristictions, if you win the criminal case, then that verdict can be automatically applied to the civil case because in the civil case the standard is lower (clearly it can’t be the other way around). However, in Libby’s case I don’t think that is gonna fly. Don’t forget Libby was not found guilty of outing Plame. So this criminal judgement cannot be used in the civil case. It’s effectively a whole other set of evidence.
tryggth @ 95
No one “gave” Bush a mandate. He claimed a mandate. That is what dictators do. He was dreaming.
His conviction — unless he is pardoned — would be admissible if he testified in the civil case because a conviction for perjury is relevant to his credibility which is in issue if he testifies.
lina @ 101
You don’t. It’s the “beauty” of the greymail defence. And I believe it’s one of the reasons why Fitz decided to try Libby for lying. He didn’t think he’d get pastthe greymail if they had to present evidence og Valerie’s status (and anything elsy Wells would have come up with). They tried it here and it did not work.
dakine01 @ 99
Yes, but Scooter was convicted of perjury and O. of J. The Wilsons are suing for a violation of their civil rights. It’s a whole different kettle of fish. Having said that, a lot of the evidence entered at the criminal trial will probably be helpful to the Wilsons, e.g., all those notes about Valerie, etc.
lina @ 101
Libby was not charged with leaking Valerie Plame’s name but there was testimony and evidence presented at trial and in the sentencing hearings that he in fact did leak her name to Matt Cooper, Judy Miller, and Walter Pincus. As well as to Ari Fleischer and Richard Armitage. Armitage then leaked to the Novakula and Bob Woodward. KKKarl also leaked to Novakula who was the “journalist” who first published the info. A strong case against Scooter AND the other defendants can be built from what is already on the record.
Helen @ 106
That’s why I don’t think the civil case will get very far.
Big Mitch @ 100
First of all. Her name was leaked, and she was covert. Second, the Wilson case is not aimed at just Libby. It is aimed, I believe, at Cheney, Libby, Rove. Perhaps others, I don’t know. Libby won’t be the only “star” in the Wilson trial. It is about a group of people conspiring to leak her name to the public in retaliation for her husband countering the lies by the Administration that led us into war with Iraq and the damages that have occurred to the Wilsons as a result of the leak.
dakine01 @ 107
This presumes that these witnesses will testify at the civil trial. Prior recorded testimony is admissible under some circumstances, but the court must find that the defendant had a similar motivation to cross-examine. Did he? (I don’t know the answer.)
Right now Cheney is claiming that he is bulletproof from lawsuits, just like the president. I believe that is what is being decided now.
What in the hell is ee-special?
Folks, Scoots is not the only defendant in the Wilson suit. IIRC, Rove, Fleischer, Armitage (and maybe POTUS and VP) are all defendants as well.
Rove et al are on the record from the grand jury and the Libby trial. They still testify under oath and perjury is still attached if they lie. Again, IANAL but from the public record, the Wilsons have a viable case. And there is a strong possibility of a p*ss’d off judiciary sending a big f*ck you back to the ChimpCo for their actions and bringing documents forth that not only prove the Wilson case but prove the original crime.
Pretty much, I agree with everything LS said @109
Loo Hoo. @ 111
Saw’right!! Git back in yor boks.
You’d think Libby would be thankful for his time in jail instead of being rightfully executed for treason in a time of war.
Good point, cc. Maybe he knows he’s up for a chat with judges at the Hague anyway…
Does anyone know if UAE and/or Paraguay has extridition treaties with us?
Per CNN: Gore’s son was arrested for “suspicion” of possessing pot and illegal drugs…WTF
The drugs were there or they weren’t.
Loo Hoo. @ 116
I believe they do not.
Hey!
This just in from Wayne Madsen!
July 5, 2007 — BREAKING –Judge Gladys Kessler vacates court order against “Washington
Madam.”
Now the DC press corps can dig up numbers of Cheney, Bush and White House staffers and interview the DC Madam about their preferences for prepubescent boys and corpses.
(Ripped off from somewhere else. It was posted just after 6:00 pst.)
.
gassoholictraitorconcompoundfreud!
Wasn’t there a scandal at the same time involving child sex abuse?
Here is what they covered up. They exposed a US spy ring. By fingering Valerie everyone that worked with them or helped them was also exposed. The cost in money and human effort over how many years she was investigating WMD was lost and that protection of our nation along with it. High treason from the highest office of the United States from a family that was in the business!!! Please tell that story. Now who wants to serve our clandestine services? This beyond anything I have heard on the blogs yet. This is what the American public should understand. Profiteers sell your safety in the name of national security. Dastards.
LS @ 58
Okay, this is yesterday’s news………but Romney excused??? WHAT? He has televangalisticlly BAD HAIR, and gives me the TOTAL CREEPS even more so than this entirely creepy cast of old, smelly, in-denial……….
G(ross) O(ld) P(erverts)……thank you very much!