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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 02:36 PM
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What lies behind CIA leak scandal
An excellent article that seems to shed a lot of light.
Very encouraging to me, and well worth the read.
trof


By Howard Fineman
SPECIAL TO MSNBC.COM

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 — I’ll stipulate that it is a felony to disclose the name of an undercover CIA operative who has been posted overseas in recent years. That’s what the statute says. But the now infamous outing of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson’s wife isn’t primarily an issue of law. It’s about a lot of other things, like: the ongoing war between the CIA and the vice president’s office; the long, complex relationship between George Tenet and the Bush family; the tinge of arrogance among some (as yet unidentified) members of Bush’s team; and, ominously for the president, a breakdown in discipline among his spin doctors, who, in the old days, always wrote the same prescription.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/974912.asp?0na=x22046R6-


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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 02:44 PM
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1. it's also about the lies told so they could invade Iraq
which is the biggest crime of all.

Thousands dead, children and women butchered, hundreds of American soldiers killed and continuing to die, and billions of dollars flushed down the toilet into a growing black hole.

That's why it's a big deal.
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janekat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 02:49 PM
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2. WH Staffers now fighting, leaking to press....
This could really be good....

"But many government veterans outside the White House suggest trust could soon begin to fray, especially with presidential staffers pitted against one another in newspaper stories as anonymous sources."
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NoKingGeorge Donating Member (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 02:56 PM
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3. Act of TREASON. not political infighting.
Ok in a minute I will take my meds, but right now I want to point out that there has been a breech in the wall of our National Security. Screw the infighting. This is not about politics.

Two Traitors in our Country have compromised our security.

and yes there are accomplices, and obstruction of justice charges and interstate violations in the commiting of a felony.
BUT

TREASON has been comitted !!!!!

Where are the protectors?
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 02:58 PM
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4. Rate This Article at the bottom of page
:hi:
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 03:46 PM
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5. just did
and e-mailed Fineman.
Thanks for the nudge.
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