The Bush Old Guard Shows Its True Colors

The Treasonous Lies of Bob Novak and Karl Rove


10-5-3


As the saying goes, you cannot serve two masters. Bob Novak and Karl Rove, representing the most arms of America most subverted by the NeoCon regime - the White House and the media - are making it emminently clear who they serve, and it isn't the American public.
 
I watched "Meet the Press" on Sunday (Oct 5), a show that more accurately should be called the "Tim Russert Kiss-ass Hour" (or TRKA - which, appropriately, sounds like the title of one of the more knuckle-dragging species of college fraternities). The show's sole purpose for being is to allow Bush administration officials and other darlings of the rightwing to drop by for coffee-and-camera time each Sunday morning and present their slanted version of the latest outrage they have committed on America while Russert smiles, nods and simpers.
 
This week's episode of the TRKA Hour was dedicated to spinning the Valerie Plame story. As you will recall, Valerie Plame is the CIA operative who was outed in a collusion between, mostly probably, Karl Rove and, most definitely, Bob Novak, a blustering, pompous old coot who remains on the payroll of the "Chicago Sun-Times" for God knows what reason (maybe he has accumulated sufficient dirt on the folks who would probably LOVE to fire him). Novak has the distinction of being about the last dedicated Bush administration apologist out there amongst the "major columnists" who make regular rounds of shows like the TRKA Hour.
 
First up with Russert was Joseph Wilson, husband of Valerie Plame, who, like a gallant husband and good citizen, is enraged by the outing of his wife. Outing a CIA agent is, as I have said before, tantamount to attempted murder, not mention felony theft of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of taxpayer dollars. To establish an effective cover for an agent may take years and a great deal of resources - all paid for by American citizens. An agent like Plame, who worked with overseas contacts, may have people in several different countries whose confidence they have laboriously worked to gain. Those contacts, in turn, have contacts, and so forth. Once an agent is outed, this entire network is compromised, as is the safety of everyone involved who can now be linked to Plame by the "bad guys." Not only that, but you may as well flush those taxpayer dollars spent to construct the cover down the toilet.
 
Wilson was not intimidated by Russert, who enjoys bullying anyone not in his Kalorama Kocktail Klub (the new KKK) circle, a mutual admiration society centered in the swank Kalorama neighborhood where Cheney and Russert dwell as chummy neighbors. Confronted by Wilson, Russert did what he always does when someone has a good point: first he interrupted Wilson mid-statement, then, when Wilson failed to be cowed, merely lapsed into silent sulking. Wilson stood by his guns. Although he of course could not be absolutely sure Karl Rove was behind the leak, Rove pushed the leak for days after Novak first wrote about Plame. It should also be pointed out that Karl Rove was FIRED by Bush I in the early 1990s for leaking damaging information about someone else to a reporter. And guess who that reporter was? His good buddy Bob Novak. Wilson also stood by his assertion that, should Rove be proven guilty, he should be frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs.
 
Next, Novak himself appeared. Russert simpered and snickered and rapturously listened to every comment of this sellout "columnist," careful not to bring up any "difficult" points such as questioning Novak about his previous episode with Karl Rove in the early 1990s. If I were a Republican PR person, the last person I would have wished to have appear on the TRKA Hour was a character as unsympathetic in looks and manner as Novak. This sour, jowly, hound-dog-eyed old geezer looks like someone sent over from central casting to play the role of the Evil Bank Manager in a movie in which the bank forecloses on Sunnybrook Farm and Rebecca is evicted. Worse, Novack's only defense was bluster and the repeated claim: "I've been in this business 40 years" (repeated four times that I counted).
 
Let's take a look at the gaping holes in Novak's story:
 
NOVAK STORY: He claims he had absolutely no idea that the information about Plame was a big deal. He says he got the impression that she was a paper pusher in one of the CIA's DC offices. He said the comment about Plame working for the CIA was "just an offhand remark" at the end of the conversation.
 
HOLE: The fact that the White House informant called several other journalists looking for a place to plant the leak is, by itself, enough to blow this story out of the water. But even more damning to Novak's case is that in his article on Plame, he referred to her repeatedly as a CIA "operative." Since when would anyone - even the slowest-witted among us - describe someone who files papers in an office as a "CIA operative?"
 
NOVAK STORY: "I've been in this business 40 years."
 
HOLE: Anyone who has been a journalist for 40 years, unless they are senile (maybe that's Novak's best defense!) would know the difference between "CIA paper pusher" and "CIA operative."
 
NOVAK STORY: He claims he is not revealing his source because that is his prerogative as a journalist.
 
HOLE: That prerogative is supposed to apply only to sources who, at the time of imparting the information, made the journalist promise not to reveal the source. In the case of Turner vs. Dolcefino, for example, the issue was that the reporter had vowed silence in exchange for the information given by the source.
 
In addition, journalistic prerogative usually involves PRIVATE CITIZENS. The protection of White House officials is, to say the least, overstretching prerogative by most anyone's definition. Why? The press is supposed to be in the business of PROTECTING the public from unethical officials, not protecting the unethical officials! Once Novak knew that he had been induced to out a CIA agent, it should have become his duty as a journalist to expose the perpetrator. In any case, Novak claimed that the comment about Plame was "an offhand remark" made at the end of a regular conversation. Since when does an "offhand remark" at the end of an "ordinary conversation" involve swearing the listener to secrecy? C'mon, Novak. It was either leak and you KNEW it, or it was a casual conversation and needn't be kept secret.
 
NOVAK STORY: When Tim Russert asked Novak is he was afraid he might go to prison for refusing to reveal his sources, Novak smirked smugly and said he hardly thought that would be a danger.
 
HOLE: If Novak takes his own story about journalistic prerogative seriously, then he SHOULD be worried. Why isn't he worried? First, because he doesn't take his own line seriously - it's bullsh-t and he knows it. Second, because he knows in any case that his good buddy John Ashcroft would never put him in jail. That treatment is reserved for young women (Vanessa Leggett) without friends in high places who aren't jeapordizing national security and who aren't officially even journalists!
 
NOVAK STORY: The CIA called Novak and told him not to use Plame's name because it would make things very difficult for her, especially when she went abroad. Novak claims that this didn't seem strong enough to compel him not to reveal Plame's name.
 
HOLE: As Novak is so fond of sayinghe's "been in this business 40 years" and knows how Washington works. It this is true, then he KNOWS that the CIA cannot provide him with any details about an agent and the nature of her work (like mentioning that she could be killed in retaliation) because to do so would further compromise her.
 
NOVAK STORY: Incredibly, Novak tries to justify his injustifiable act against Plame by saying that he thinks Wilson was too left-leaning to have been entrusted with investigating the Iraq WMD issue.
 
HOLE: Novak proves here that he is anything but a patriotic American citizen. In our system, we are supposed to have an unbiased jury, an unbiased judge, and, ideally, a government that represents the check and balance of two parties. When we are talking about going to WAR, then it seems critical above all things to have an unbiased "jury" examining the evidence. Who would think it was "American" to have a jury trying a black man, for example, stacked with white racists? We have worked decades to root out that kind of injustice. If Novak were a patriotic American, he would applaud Wilson's role, especially as Wilson's take on the WMDs has been confirmed by David Kay.
 
But the fact of the matter is, Novak and Rove -regardless of whether Rove was the direct leaker or merely the highest-level (short of Bush) "leak condoner"- are NOT good citizens nor are they patriotic Americans. Here are the crimes against Democracy, the American public, and private individuals they have committed:
 
1. Undermining of national security by exposing a CIA operative and by creating a rift of trust between the White House and CIA.
 
2. Attempted murder. That is what outing a CIA agent amounts to, purely and simply. In the 1990s, an agent named Welch was outed and, within a short time, found murdered outside his home. Some of the people in the chain of contacts of which Plame was a part may be murdered, even if she is not. Sadly, these retaliatory murders may never be revealed because of the secrecy of the chain.
 
3. Subversion of the American press. Novak allowed the American press to be used as a tool by the White House for revenge. This is not "free speech" or "journalistic prerogative." This is premeditated abuse of the press, just as surely as the Mockingbird program, through which the CIA planted phony, damaging stories in the press to help gain White House and Pentagon objectives. Just as no one would call the Mockingbird program "the right of free speech," no one would consider what Novack did his "right." What possible public"need to know" was there in revealing Valerie Plame as an agent?
 
4. Theft of American tax dollars. By refusing to come forward with the leaker, both Rove and Novack are forcing the need for an investigation - a very expensive investigation. The right thing to do, the selfless thing to do, would be for Novak to come clean about his source and/or for the leaker to step forward for the good of the country. The fact that this is not happening is glaring, incontrovertible proof that Novack and Rove's self interest outweigh all other considerations, including the welfare of the American people they are supposed to serve.
 
5. Advocation of a dictatorship: The fact that Wilson's report on the WMDs was considered reason enough to make he and his wife targets at the expense of American security and tax dollars shows a despotic - in fact murderous - intolerance of dissent that is appropriate only to the most oppressive fascist dictatorships. That is certainly not the America that real patriots want to be a part of or to uphold.
 
In future history books when they list those who made constructive contributions to America in the early 21th century, missing from the list will be Karl Rove, Bob Novak, Tim Russert, Rush Limbaugh and all the otherr hypocritical, treasonous losers who have made it their personal mission in life to tear down the American ideal so many thousands have given their lives over the past 250 years to build.
 
This White House Scandal Finally Tips the Scale!
http://www.apfn.org/APFN/LEAKGATE.HTM
 
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism" - Thomas Jefferson
 
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be...
The People cannot be safe without information." -- Thomas Jefferson
http://disc.server.com/Indices/149495.html

"NOVAK STORY: When Tim Russert asked Novak is he was afraid he might go to prison for refusing to reveal his sources, Novak smirked smugly and said he hardly thought that would be a danger.
 
HOLE: If Novak takes his own story about journalistic prerogative seriously, then he SHOULD be worried. Why isn't he worried? First, because he doesn't take his own line seriously - it's bullsh-t and he knows it. Second, because he knows in any case that his good buddy John Ashcroft would never put him in jail. That treatment is reserved for young women (Vanessa Leggett) without friends in high places who aren't jeapordizing national security and who aren't officially even journalists! "

Novak has no fear of Prosecution because as his Master's Bitch he will be taken care of. One way or another. If he becomes inconvenient he will simply "have an accident".

The rantings of the Angry Left continues.

That the Bushies would burn one of their own Spooks to make a Payback shows just how corrupt this illegitimate pResidency is.

Their primary interests are their own personal well being, financial and otherwise, first.

Who gives a shit how many people have to die to make a buck.

Certainly Spooks and Grunts don't matter to them.

Treason: Any action performed by conservatives which is contrary to the wishes of liberals. NOTE: Liberals are inherently incapable of treason.

"Certainly Spooks and Grunts don't matter to them."

One only needs to take a look at the CIA scandal and state of affairs in Iraq to see how obviously true that statement is.

I stand in utter disbelief as Bush Admirer says:

>>How soon they forget that we're coming off eight long years of the worst President in US History, the worst Cabinet appointments in US History, the fewest achievements of any administration in history; the most corruption of any administration in US History, etc.

Bush is such an upgrade. It's amazing that these lefties are able to turn a blind eye to Clinton and criticize Bush with a straight face.<<

You have got to be kidding me-what has the Bush admin. accomplished-besides allowing the most heinous "attack" on the American public, going into Iraq ONLY to oust Saddam and find WMD:

No Saddam and no WMD = Failure-why can't you people understand that ?!

Did they "accomplish" allowing the most heinous "attack" on the American public, and then not assign any blame ? Yup.

Will you refute the FACT that poverty is at an all-time high ?

Will you deny that hundreds of thousands of people are losing their jobs ?


Or the FACT that the amount of people without healthcare has dropped EVEN MORE this year ?

Will you refute the fact that We have not yet found Osama bin Laden ?

Can you refute that the government is ASKING THE UN for 86 billion dollars in aid ?

And as far as Clinton goes, he was not the most mORAL man (that was a joke-oral, see?) but no one ever questioned the man's intelligence. George Bush in not only his public speaking, but conversation in general is a bumbling idiot-the man literally "bumbles."

And CORRUPTION ??

Yeah, I guess leaks concerning covert agents in the CIA possibly being perpetrated by people in the Bush Admin doesn't count, right ?

I'm not cracking on republicans, only people who'll try to deny the allegations listed above. Outside of saying that Shrub is a "bumbling idiot", I haven't said anything that can be debated. Have fun telling me I'm lying.

Brandon, you must be new to la.indymedia.
The postings under "bush admirer" or under many other aliases come from our long-time embedded conservative troll. The guy lives in such a clinical state of denial that he would like you to believe that under bush, the economy is doing great, that the Afghani and Iraqi escapades are a success, that it's all the fault of these godless liberals, that a dogpile is caviar.

The guy is simple to operate. Just get him going by poking holes in capitalism, defending Workers Rights, expressing doubts about Fox "coverage" or by ridiculing his fetish for the dribblings of Ann Coulter.
He'll go in a posting frenzy of Pavlovian reactions; all reflexes, buzzwords, party lines and no debate. Logic is not his forte, purposely when can't make his point. He's also pretty imaginative at twisting statistics. Don't debate with him, it is pointless. Look around for the 25 rules of a propagandist, you'll see that his postings fit every single one. It doesn't take much effort to get him spinning... a lot of bang for the buck!
You know you got him when he gets all smug and indignated, invoking "values" and trying to appear of a superior moral stature.

So, in a nutshell, lay back, relax and enjoy the chickenshit coming from the guy, it truly has an entertainment value.

P.S. Now that his fascist friend is in Sacramento, stay tuned for tons of adolescent triumphalism to come!

"The postings under "bush admirer" or under many other aliases come from our long-time embedded conservative troll."

Hee hee!

You guys are so afraid of us, you'd rather think we were only one person.

Whatever gets you through the day, Skippy.

1-Enron Corporation, Houston
Enron is one of the country's No. 1 buyer and seller of natural gas with power plant and pipeline projects in Argentina, China and Puerto Rico. Enron is a top soft money donor to the Republican party. Enron's chief executive officer, Kenneth L. Lay, who served on President Bush's Export Council from 1991 to 1993, is a Bush fundraiser as is his predecessor Richard Kinder. $572,350

2-MBNA Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware $369,691

3-Sanchez family, Loredo, Texas
A.R. "Tony" Sanchez Jr. and his family own large shares of International Bank of Commerce, a chain of banks based in Laredo, Texas, that was founded by his father in 1966. Sanchez is also chairman and chief executive officer of Sanchez-O'Brien Oil and Gas, a natural gas supplier he started in 1973. Governor Bush appointed Sanchez to the University of Texas Board of Regents. $323,650

4-Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston
Vinson & Elkins is one of Texas' largest law firms with 600 lawyers on three continents. Joe B. Allen, Thoman P. Marinis, Robert H. Wilden Jr., three partners in the firm's Houston office are Pioneers, a group of fundraisers for Bush's presidential campaign who pledged to raise $100,000. The firm represents Enron and Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation. $322,700

5-Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated, Dallas
Hicks, Muse is a leverage buyout firm that owns Chancellor Media, the nation's 2nd largest chain of radio stations. Its founder and Chairman is Thomas O. Hicks. Hicks owns the Texas Rangers baseball team, which he bought from Bush and his partners in 1998. He is also the Chairman of the University of Texas Management Company, which manages the assets of the state's public universities. $316,650

6-Bass family, Forth Worth, Texas
The Bass brothers inherited their millions from grand uncle Sid Richardson, a Texas wildcatter. Robert and Lee Bass joined President Bush's Team 100, a group of $100,000 donors to the RNC. The family agreed to finance Harken Energy's drilling in Bahrain in 1990 when George W. Bush was a Harken director. In 1995, Bush appointed Lee Bass Chairman of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. $275,927

7-The Sterling Group, Houston
Sterling is a merchant bank that buys up ailing chemical companies. Petrochemical executives Gordon Cain and Frank Hevrdjes created it in 1987. Toxic emissions from the Texas City plant of one of its subsidiaries, Sterling Chemical, has sent nearby residents to the emergency room more than once. Sterling Chemical president J. Virgil Waggoner has been a top donor to both the Governor and his father. $262,000

8-Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina $237,000

9-Farmers Insurance Group, Inc., Los Angeles
Founded in 1928, Farmers Insurance Group is the nation's third largest seller of homeowners and automobile insurance. The company operates in 31 states including Texas. In 1995, Farmers Insurance contributed $50,000 to Gov. Bush's Inaugural. Since then, the company has seen its profits grow in the wake of Bush-backed legislation to restrict personal injury law suits. $235,250

10-Pilgrim's Pride Corporation/Lonnie Pilgrim, Pittsburg, Texas
Pilgrim's Pride is the nation's fourth largest poultry producer. Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, now the company's Senior Chairman, started the company with his brother Aubrey in 1946. Over the last decade, Pilgrim's Pride has been fined more than $500,000 for pollution violations. In 1989, he gave out $10,000 checks on the floor of the state Capitol while lobbying lawmakers on workers compensation reform. $230,750

11-Sam M. and Charles J. Wyly, Jr., Dallas
Brothers Sam and Charles Wyly oversee a sprawling empire that includes: Maverick Capital Ltd., an investment fund, Sterling Software, a computer software company based in Dallas, Texas, Michaels Stores, Inc., the nation's largest arts and crafts retailer, and GreenMountain.com Company, a marketer of electricity from environmentally friendly sources. Both were members of President Bush's Team 100. $222,773

12-Arter & Hadden L.L.P./Thomas G. Loeffler, Cleveland $221,050

13-Andersen Worldwide, Chicago $220,575

14-Baker & Botts, Houston $210,621

15-Locke, Liddell & Sapp, Dallas $184,867

16-Union Pacific Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska $183,600

17-Denitech Corporation, Irving, Texas/Dennis Berman $177,500

18-Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas $176,550

19-Beecherl family, Dallas $169,000

20-Peter and Edith Jones O’Donnell, Dallas $158,000

21-Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., St. Louis $152,500

22-Texas Utilities Company, Dallas $151,549

23-Robert McNair and family, Houston/ Cogen Technologies $149,000

24-Crescent Real Estate Equities Company, Fort Worth, Texas $146,500

25-Hixon Properties, Inc., San Antonio, Texas/ George Hixon $141,000

"Hee hee!

You guys are so afraid of us, you'd rather think we were only one person.

Whatever gets you through the day, Skippy."

See? It already working.

...Ralph is a perfectly adequate loon.

See his post above where he's convinced he's scored a point, when in fact he's merely proven he thinks we're all the same guy...simple because we disagree with him.

I haven't studied enough psychology to know the proper terminology, so I'll settle for "nutcase".

Seriously, Ralph...what evidence do you have we're all the same guy?

>it truly has an entertainment value

No, no, no, no ,no

I'm the one who came up with EV. EV has everything to do with the left-wingers and conspiracy theory whackos on Indymedia. I point out the EV, I hand out the EV Grand Prize, EV belongs to me. I share it with my conservative friends because it is mine to do with as I please.

If you're going to come up with something, as least be imiginative enough to come up with it on your own. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I can appreciate your desire to come up with the brilliant ideas like I have (activist community, debate coach, annie & libby, & circle, just to name a few). But find your own niche. Quit stealing mine.

A lot of bang for your buck, indeed.
As predicted, a single posting generated FOUR childish vituperations from the conservative zoo.
Let's see, we have:
"You guys are so afraid of us, you'd rather think we were only one person." from nonanarchist.
Right, someone lusting about imaginary intimidation powers, I guess. I am terrorized and running for cover!

"Ralph is experiencing severe delusions of adequacy - a common problem with lefties." from bush admirer.
And bush admirer is experiencing the-world-revolves-around-me syndrome. Just like his daddy, he believes that merely emitting sanctimonious statements turns them into reality. Didn't work for WMDs, won't work for you either. Do I really need your opinion to feel "adequate" ?

And we keep diggin' in the trash with another posting from nonanarchist, asking me to prove the multiple personalities of the coward(s) hiding behind the many aliases. And my answer is: I don't owe you anything. For way too long at LA IMC, whoever posting under these aliases has displayed the most blatant intellectual dishonesty. By their conduct, these persons have lost their entitlement to a courteous, honorable debate. Is it your own admitted ignorance of psychology that keeps you from grasping this ?

And to end on a lighter note, the pearl from the last genius. Here is a guy who's really showing some mighty insecurity. He starts with "Ralphy Boy", apparently in an attempt to elevate himself to adulthood, a state he's obviously struggling with. Then he comes with this strange idea of copyrighting words or sentences, pretending he's not only the inventor but also the owner and exclusive distributor! I've read your posting at least 5 times before my ribs started to hurt from laughing. Do you also have a patent on misspelled words like "imiginative"? Let me reassure you, I don't give a fuck about your pretentious claims; the only "niche" I don't care letting you feel ownership of is the idiocy one.

You guys made my nightly entertainment; I think I'll watch Fox for some more. Don't delay your answers; I am definitively developing an appetite.

Seething anger with a touch of childish temperament. A half-hearted first attempt but certainly not up to the standards of many left-wing and anarchist posters here. You'll need to greatly improve in order to qualify for the EV Grand Prize. A sprinkling of indignant hate would be a plus. Adding a conspiracy theory to the mix never hurts either.

But don't fret. This week's contest doesn't end until this Saturday, so you have plenty of time.

[LEAKGATE] Judge Holds Second Reporter in Contempt http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?disc=149495;article=67851;title=APFN Judge Holds Second Reporter in Contempt By Curt Anderson The Associated Press Wednesday 13 October 2004 http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/101404V.shtml WASHINGTON - A second reporter was held in contempt Wednesday by a federal judge for refusing to reveal confidential sources before a grand jury investigating the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity. U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan ordered Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper jailed for up to 18 months and the magazine fined $1,000 a day for refusing to comply with a grand jury subpoena seeking the testimony. Hogan suspended the jail time and fine pending the outcome of an appeal. The ruling was nearly identical to one issued last week by Hogan in the case of Judith Miller, a reporter for The New York Times who is also refusing to name her sources. Miller and Cooper, both represented by lawyer Floyd Abrams, are expected to join together in appealing their cases on First Amendment grounds. "No reporter in the United States should have to go to jail for simply doing their job," said Cooper, who is Time's White House correspondent. Hogan repeatedly has cited the Supreme Court in ruling that reporters do not enjoy special protection from providing testimony to grand juries unless they can show prosecutorial harassment or bad faith. Hogan said he could find no evidence of either on the part of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who was appointed special prosecutor in the investigation. "I'm convinced this is not a fishing expedition or an improper exercise of prosecutorial authority," Hogan said. The investigation concerns whether a crime was committed when someone leaked the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame, whose name was published by syndicated columnist Robert Novak on July 14, 2003. The column appeared after Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, wrote a newspaper opinion column criticizing President Bush's claim that Iraq had sought uranium in Niger - a claim the CIA had asked Wilson to check out. Wilson has said he believes his wife's name was leaked as payback for his outspokenness. Disclosure of the identity of an undercover intelligence officer can be a federal crime, if prosecutors can show the leak was intentional and the leaker knew about the officer's secret status. Novak, who cited two senior administration officials as his sources, has refused to say whether he has testified or been subpoenaed. Fitzgerald declined comment Wednesday. Prosecutors have interviewed President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell and other current or former administration officials in the investigation. At least five reporters have been subpoenaed. In August, Cooper agreed to provide limited testimony about a conversation he had with Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, after Libby released Cooper from his promise of confidentiality. Fitzgerald then issued a second, broader subpoena seeking the names of other sources. "The prosecutor came back a few days later and basically asked for everything in my notebook," Cooper said. Abrams said he expected legal filings in the appeals of both Miller and Cooper to be completed by Nov. 10 before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which would then likely schedule an oral argument. That means the CIA leak criminal investigation, which began in September 2003, could drag on into early 2005. ------- CLICK: Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confidential Government agents) http://foi.missouri.edu/bushinfopolicies/protection.html --------------------------- Controversy surrounds the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. THE LEAK: The White House's retraction of the uranium claim in the president's State of the Union address is the only time it has admitted a flaw in its case for war with Iraq. It came after former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson undermined the Iraq-Africa connection, saying he was sent to investigate the claim a year earlier and found no credible evidence. A short time later, the identity of Wilson's wife as a CIA operative was leaked to several journalists. The White House denies being the source of the leak, and the Justice Department has opened a full-blown investigation. MORE:>> http://www.apfn.org/LEAK-GATE/leak.htm The leak of a CIA operative's name has also exposed the identity of a CIA front company, http://www.apfn.org/LEAK-GATE/CIA_firm.htm 482 GRAND JURY WILL SOON ISSUE EXPLOSIVE INDICTMENTS APFN klvnetacom Mon 6/28/2004 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LEAK-GATE/message/482 495 TIME Magazine: The War Over the Leak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LEAK-GATE/message/495 GOOGLE: Results 1 - 7 of about 47 for APFN LEAKGATE CIA IRAQ WMD.