Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Wilson on Olbermann-laid it all out

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU
 
Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 07:57 PM
Original message
Wilson on Olbermann-laid it all out
Such a distinguished guy. More class in his left toe than Bush's whole body.

Olbermann brought up my POINT at the end:(yeah!)what would it change your credibility or the findings- even if it were true that your wife was the one to send you to Africa to investigate?

It wouldn't. Suspect something more Keith? Ahh..that that could be speculated upon in prime time.

The media will never touch this. The point of Plame was to get Plame- nothing else makes as much sense. Of course they wanted to get Wilson-but this doesn't get him except to hurt his wife personally. It doesn't change the facts. NO yellow cake.

I know maybe they just wanted to put Joe Wilson's wife out of a job-but she still has a CIA job just no longer a covert one in WMD.

They risked so much-it is a crime-when they could have found another avenue to smear Wilson and leave the wife out of it.


Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:01 PM
Response to Original message
1. lets just say their ambitions got the better of them and I hope they go
DOWN!!!!!!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:09 PM
Response to Reply #1
5. The hearings today were really interesting. Larry Johnson and the others
were fantastic. Lang was great. The chess game is about to come to check-mate, methinks. Rove/Scooter/Cheney are SOOO outclassed.

What worries me is Cheney is a wounded animal backed into a corner. He has no moral fiber what so ever. God help us. Hope the spooks have the military brass in on the game and nobody pushes any buttons on Dick's orders. The bastard would not hesitate to start WWIII to save his own stinking hide.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:05 PM
Response to Original message
2. Wilson's wife was working on WMD proliferation at the time of her outing
Kill two birds with one stone, IMO.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:19 PM
Response to Reply #2
9. Right. Who's done more illegal arms dealing than Bushes and their cronies?
After proliferating every type of weapon that exists for DECADES, did anyone think the Bushes, Bath, Khan, Khasoggi et al, just decided to STOP one day?

Bush's close pal, Menem was caught dealing arms to Iran in recent years.

No way did they stop because it's the arms dealing that guarantees unrest in countries all over the world which forces large nations to BUY MORE and BIGGER arms in an effort to avoid being overthrown by guerillas and terrorists.

They're all getting their arms from the same sources for the most part.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
nicknameless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 11:09 PM
Response to Reply #2
24. They killed a third bird as well:
They sent the clear message that they will do ANYTHING to get revenge on those who dissent. There is no level to which they will not stoop.

According to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., (heard on "Ring of Fire" a week or two ago), another person involved with the "front company" lost her live as a result of the leak. Wish I had more information about that, but I've only heard it from him.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:05 PM
Response to Original message
3. I always wondered; was getting her "out of a job" the intended end
result, or did they actually put her life in danger? I guess we'll never really know what all she was involved with at the time, but her status at the CIA, her location, and her specialty (WMD trafficking) seems like the sort of thing that might lead to risky associations-"desk job" or not. Was the real intent one that was more akin to a mafia kingpin putting a hit out on someone to "send a message" to others who might be considering disloyalty? I don't put anything beyond Rove and Co., but then again, maybe I've seen too many movies. :shrug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
katsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:13 PM
Response to Reply #3
7. It's not just you who wonders...
I believe they were sending a message and we're dealing with slugs here who would hurt a person's family. The Wilson's have 2 small children. WTF were these criminals thinking?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 12:24 AM
Response to Reply #3
27. It is good to ponder about that
But I think they just wanted to get rid of Plame as a CIA agent and her information. I don't think they were expecting this to come back out and about but luckily it did. Of course with these people nothing surprises me.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Samantha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:07 PM
Response to Original message
4. Wilson's words "a breach of trust" will reverberate
Whether ultimately or not a crime is proven, the breach of trust between the intelligence community and the Bush* administration, as well as the breach of trust between the Bush* administration and the American people, will stand. That's it -- the bottom line. There very well might be proven to be a crime prosecuted by Fitzgerald, but regardless, the breach of trust will stand.

Wilson was articulate, credible, to the point. Yes, he has a lot of class, but most of all he and his wife have a lot of courage. That's something that has been missing among many of our so-called leaders.

He made an extremely fine point when the said, not one Republican politician has stood up and said what Rove and Libby did was wrong. Not one. Unbelievable, isn't it?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:36 PM
Response to Reply #4
12. Yeah, where's lincoln d. chafee?
susan collins, olympia snow..I'm trying to think of honorable ones?

mccain already lied his fatass off on tweety regarding this..not that I think mccain is honorable, cause I don't!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:12 PM
Response to Original message
6. I also thought Wilson was eloquent and agree
that Plame is the real target; Wilson was the way to get to her, though careers were ruined-
Per Wilson:
- good names were besmirched despite their public service.
- "They knew" as far as Top Secret texts and non-disclosure agreements.
- The president is responsible for a breach of trust between the American people and the CIA
- this is a national security issue
- KO said to Wilson they "ruined your wife's usefulness."
And finally, from Wilson, the president had a responsibility to fulfill his own orders.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:44 PM
Response to Reply #6
13. I think Plame was a target, but I think the REAL target was the
people she was working with; they were getting way too much information about Cheney/Halliburton dealings in the Middle East which would have fallen under the heading of "illegal" had the American people known. Cheney is Fitzpatrick's target and I hope he gets him.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 12:26 AM
Response to Reply #13
28. Exactly
These people WILL kill for anything dealing with money and power. Just follow the oil.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 09:37 PM
Response to Reply #6
17. Perhaps the administration's team players in the CIA
needed to replace Plame in her WMD role with someone of their own smarmy character to carry out their sordid business. Was she a target before Novak's article came out?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 12:28 AM
Response to Reply #17
29. Good point!
Right after last November in December Bush purged the CIA. Anybody who wasn't a loyalist and a "yes" person got fired. He really screwed up the CIA big time.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 01:33 AM
Response to Reply #29
31. Being surrounded by yes men certainly curtails any chance for
straightforward, honest intelligence information, doesn't it. Yes, I remember the CIA purge scandal well.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Jazzgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:15 PM
Response to Original message
8. Joe Wilson was great on Olbermann.
He is the epitome of class. I knew his LTTE would be the catalyst smack-down of this misadministration. I'm gonna sit back with my :popcorn:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
savemefromdumbya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:28 PM
Response to Original message
10. Republicans are focussing on Wilson
in case you haven't noticed LOL! what else to can they do?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 08:34 PM
Response to Reply #10
11. Tell the truth
I am learning, however, that isn't a Republican value.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 09:22 PM
Response to Original message
14. Kicked and Nominated
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 09:23 PM
Response to Original message
15. On "Hardball", John Podesta did make the point
that the administration's concocting (my expression) the story about Plame sending Wilson to Niger was to justify bringing Plame's name out in the open.

But whether the media will carry that excellent point is anyone's guess.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 09:28 PM
Response to Original message
16. When we know the difference between V Plame & David Kelly, we will ...
... know the full truth of the situation.

It may just be that Ambassador Wilson's article saved his wife's life.

Just a thought.




Peace.

www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists their cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 10:03 PM
Response to Reply #16
19. No doubt about it. We know how BushInc operates.
.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 12:41 AM
Response to Reply #16
30. Whoa.
I never connected those dots.

The Sunday Telegraph has the headline: "Kelly's last cry for help: 'I'm haunted by many dark actors playing games.'"

It says: "The mystery of Dr. Kelly's death deepened with the revelation that he sent friends e-mails hours before his death, talking of being haunted by 'many dark actors playing games
The newspaper also says the ministry of defense has admitted it privately gave Dr. Kelly's name to three newspapers on July 9, despite assurances to Kelly that his identity would be kept secret.

"This contradicted earlier claims by Geoff Hoon, the defense secretary, that there had been no such breach of confidentiality," the newspaper says.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/20/blair.kelly.sunday.press/


http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,3604,1131833,00.html

As specialist medical professionals, we do not consider the evidence given at the Hutton inquiry has demonstrated that Dr David Kelly committed suicide.



Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
julianer Donating Member (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 07:56 AM
Response to Reply #30
34. Kelly was also 'outed'
by the Ministry of Defence, possibly at the insistence of government. This was on the 8th/9th July 2003 - at about the same time as Plame, also a leading WMD expert, was outed.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
vickitulsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 07:22 AM
Response to Reply #34
35. Outed -- and then assassinated?
Peace Patriot on another thread has drawn attention to the very revealing timeline of the Plame outing, her front company's exposure, and the Kelly "suicide." He asks some important questions about the whole Kelly side of the story re WMD investigations in Iraq, what Kelly knew and *could* reveal.

I hope we learn more about this part of the puzzle -- the conspiracy? -- and soon. If the MSM gets a strong whiff of what might be cooking re Kelly's "coincidental" death, more layers of the onion could be peeled back quickly and reveal much....

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 09:46 PM
Response to Original message
18. kick
kick
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 10:03 PM
Response to Original message
20. .
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 10:22 PM
Response to Original message
21. Not All, But I Really Want to Know How Most Talking Heads
Sleep at nights. David Corn, David Gregory have stood in the last week or two, but the way some of these spinners do just that - spin the questions and even the answers. Is it any wonder the public doesn't get it. Sorry, but sometimes I think Keith could stop with the satire and know when it's time to get serious. Then again, maybe it's the best he can do for us. And that's worse then sad.

Money now equates to honor, and the issue is about yellow-cake/niger/no WMD/lies/faus war/death/destruction/fascism/dictatorship/all the NOCS/CIA outed meaning how many have lost their lives, living in fear, or may never come to the aide of this country.

And I dare say I'd not blame them, sadly so.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Nothing Without Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 10:35 PM
Response to Original message
22. READ THIS THREAD TO SEE WHY THEY WANTED PLAME OUT OF WORK:
It will curl your toes. The picture is beginning to come together;

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4169890
Thread title: Niger forgeries: SISMI, OSP, Ledeen, Feith, Iran-Contra - It's ALL here!

They had and have a LOT to lose if the lid is blown off the full extent of their crimes. The Plame outing and the Niger uranium forgery and its use to justify Iraq invasion - it's all connected.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 07:44 AM
Response to Reply #22
33. There's only ONE STORY.
All the dots connect. It's amazing.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
rainman99 Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 10:47 PM
Response to Original message
23. Repeat after me: Motive. Who has the motive to lie?
We have to keep pounding on this because they are already
saying the reporters lied during their testimony, which is
totally ludicrous.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Narraback Donating Member (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 11:50 PM
Response to Original message
25. Kick
nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 12:20 AM
Response to Reply #25
26. The Bush Regime will say and do anything...
to stay in power. We should be worried.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Paradise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 07:12 AM
Response to Original message
32. the repercussions are deep and wide... n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Wed May 01st 2024, 02:42 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC