KENNEDY ON REPORTS CHENEY AUTHORIZED LIBBY TO LEAK CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

http://kennedy.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/06/01/2006209932.html
February 9, 2006


KENNEDY ON REPORTS CHENEY AUTHORIZED LIBBY TO LEAK CLASSIFIED INFORMATION


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These charges, if true, represent a new low in the already sordid case of partisan interests being placed above national security. The Vice President's vindictiveness in defending the misguided war in Iraq is obvious. If he used classified information to defend it, he should be prepared to take full responsibility. President Bush has clearly said he would 'clean house' of everyone who had anything to do with the Plame leak.

The American people are also entitled to know whether the President knew that classified information was being used for this purpose, and whether he authorized it himself.

In addition, they are entitled to know that the case will not be scuttled by the administration when the decisions are made on declassifying documents necessary for the trial.

NOW!

and give Jeb or Tom DeLay the job. Brownie would do a heckuva job too and he's looking for work I think.

shredding docs is HARD WORK!!!

Peace.

it yourself at one of those home-style shredders. My pile of stuff that needs to be shredded is six months old. Maybe we should have a law that says politicians that order shredding have to do it themselves using one of those little shredders. That would slow things down at least. :)

NOW!

Wouldn't it be great if DU could issue press releases? Americans would be so much more informed.

"BREAKING NEWS LIBBY FLIPS ON CHENEY
CHENEY AUTHORIZED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO BE LEAKED
HERE WE GO GUYS:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/2/9/133459/2492
some more from Raw Story
http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2006/0209nj1.htm#
BREAKING: Libby's Flipped. He's Dumping On Cheney. by Phoenix Woman
Thu Feb 09, 2006 at 11:34:59 AM PDT
Rorschach of No Capital tipped us off (from an Eschaton comments thread):

Cheney authorized leaks.

Libby is rolling on them (no specific word on Plame, per se):

Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby,
testified to a federal grand jury that he had been "authorized" by Cheney and
other White House "superiors" in the summer of 2003 to disclose classified
information to journalists to defend the Bush administration's use of prewar
intelligence in making the case to go to war with Iraq, according to attorneys
familiar with the matter, and to court records...."
Posted: Today, at 2:25 pm
at:
http://www.unfilterednewsnetwork.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=3471
:thumbsup:

allows himself to be impeached.

the Bush administration scramble like the rats they are in its wake.

False alarm TERROR ALERT (covert NSA op) last night.

K&R

If the idiot was BRIEFED on that Africa trip and Fitz can get his hands on the COMPLETE PDB....buh bye! The House of BFEE FALLS.

Go Ted! Give 'em hell!

he is the best, this is what a Democrat looks like

an effort that, despite Cheney's september 2003 denial of knowing Wilson or who sent himg to Niger, began in late winter


2003.http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020906J.shtml

Keep it up, Ted.

This is great that he is jumping on this. We need to spread the word to EVERYONE!

K&R!

:)

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:popcorn:

Spread it,...and burn these crooked bastards-in-charge!!!

:bounce:

:woohoo:

You, 'me', are eligible to go home if you want. My reply was, you had to ask me that, take it for granted. I was on the first plane after nixon said he was bringing the troops home, Oct. '70. yes, I can barely contain myself right now.

And thanks for being one of those veterans smart enough to be posting on DU!

freefall

Why didn't you come home after 13 months?

to it's own room. yes. I extended for seven months so I would be eligible for a 6 month cut in my service. then tricky dick started bringing the troops home and if you had less than a year left in the Navy you were cut free. I wound up spending a total of 37 months and one day in the navy, not one day on or near a ship. I spent 18 months in warner springs california at survival training school, S.E.R.E. survival, evade, resist, escape training camp, as an aid. from there went to Vietnam. I had to go through the survival school to be stationed there and all the time I couldn't figure out why I was having to be taking this training. At the completion of training and as the rest of the students, navy seals, udt, pilots and anyone who was going to be a commander of a ship or base were boarding the bus to return to North Island Naval base to be shipped to their new duty stations, they told me I would be staying there with them. It was great duty except it was a long way out in the boonies. Everyone except myself and one other fellow sailer were Vietnam Vets. When my tour there was up I volunteered for vietnam and the rest is history. I felt it was my duty. Needless to say I came home a very changed man with a whole new appreciation and love for life.

I was drafted into the Army in 1969, which was a 2 year active duty oblication as you may recall. I got lucky and was sent to Korea instead of Vietnam. Both assignments were 13 month hardship tours, and we got an early out if we came back stateside with less than 5 months to go. I served 19 months and 5 days, but who's counting?

Lasher

...and I'm NOT a supporter of capital punishment except in very rare instances.

Cheney is the spawn of the Devil so I am definitely for ridding the planet of this evil hate monger & supporter of mass killings.

I'd be willing to make an exception just this once.

This guy really raises the ire of even the most passive people huh?

The Spawn of Satan will tend to do that.

that was sooooo careful that he not divulge anything about the NSA wire taps on the Newshour a couple of days ago.

Thank you!!! :patriot: you are :patriot:

:kick: :kick: :kick:

It should be Cheney first.
Bush appoints McCain as VP.
Impeach Bush.
McCain as pres.

Hey, that's a better scenario than Pres. Cheney or Pres. Sensenbrenner or Condi.

Then McCain pulls a Ford and Dems take office in 08.

I can't believe for a moment that Little Lord Pissypants would turn the reins over to him. It's hard to fathom. Shrub couldn't take it. He'd explode!

Peace.

John McCain, Hypocrite
by Doug Ireland

John McCain, the media's darling, has found a clever way around his own campaign finance reform law to take big corporate bucks in furtherance of his political ambitions while carrying water for the corporate mammoth providing the dough. But the national press is ignoring the story.


The Associated Press first ran the story of John McCain's odorous but lucrative Senatorial service to the communications giant Cablevision on the afternoon of March 7. But, while some local papers in McCain's home state (like the East Valley Tribune) have run the story, nothing has as yet made it into the print editions of the New York Times, the L.A. Times, the Washington Post, or any of the half-dozen other big city dailies I checked (although, if one searches the hundreds of AP stories available on the Post's website on its Politics page by clicking on "Latest Wire Reports," one can find it there--but how many readers would bother to do that?) One notable exception: the Kansas City Star.


Here's what the AP's investigation found:


McCain repeatedly intervened on behalf of a policy Cablevision favored -- one which "congressional and private studies conclude could make cable more expensive" -- while his chief political adviser, Rick Davis (who's masterminding McCain's probable '08 presidential rerun) solicited $200,000 in contributions from Cablevision to an institute that promotes McCain and pays Davis a $110,000 annual salary.


The Reform Institute was set up to promote McCain and his issues--especially campaign finance reform, embodied in the famous McCain-Feingold law. This Institute is "a tax-exempt group that touts McCain's views and has showcased him at events since his unsuccessful 2000 presidential campaign," and it "often uses the senator's name in press releases and fund-raising letters and includes him at press conferences," the AP says. And, of course, it provides a cushy sinecure with no heavy lifting for McCain's main man, Davis, as he prepares the pontificating Senator's next presidential run. Cablevision's contributions account for a whopping 15% of the Institute's budget.


http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0309-35.htm

That's how I think it will go as well. Cheney will be forced out first. Congress will force Bush to appoint McCain as VP. Then Bush is impeached. McCain is sworn in and he appoints Lieberman as his VP. I also predict that McCain will kick Rumsfeld out and appoint a new Defense Secretary (Wes Clark perhaps?).

and have no more patience. Thank Goodness Kennedy is speaking out.

Thanks again BR_Parkway

He'd take better care of us than the current administration.

Can't we just ALL march on the White House (like they did in the the Balkans?)and have Bush & Cheney removed? Would the National Guard and Capital Police fire on 2 million angry citizens?

You can always count on him. :)

Jaysus, what is WITH these Dems? What does it take to light a fire? Wake them the fuck up?

Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted! Ted!

and you keep proving that on a daily basis.
Thanks Ted, you're a true believer.

Impeach this administration now.

They have broken enough laws.

They have lied one too many times to Congress

They have lied one too many times to the American People

They have lied one too many times to the soldiers they have sent into battle

They have lied one too many times about the economy

They have lied one too many times about bribery from K-Street

We The People want the truth!

They have to impeach.
He won't resign.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2449388

What is worse is that they are planning to stay.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x374299

I wonder if they could be convinced to scuttle the Administration. Just sink the whole goddamn thing. There is no salvaging Bush's presidency.

The horrifying crimes of this WH require more immediate punishment - the House neocons will not vote for Impeachment.
Reports of imminent attack - possibly nuclear - on Iran by * will allow him to declare US under Martial Law in perpetuity, if his actions don't create total planet destruction by Russian/Chinese/European/Israeli et al nuke retaliation launches!!

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You know, as I read this thread just now I was thinking how odd it was that Libby would give Cheyney up in this way. I hope this isn't part of a grand scheme to achieve another Republican presidency. Although it might be that the Bush admin, if Cheyney was forced to leave, would be rather effectively discredited for '08 considerations.

Excellent point you raised at any rate, caligirl.

I've been assuming that Cheney would probably kick the bucket before Bush's term is over, but I think there's hope yet that the Bush/Cheney cabal could be impeached (and hopefully, convicted!) No wonder why the Freepers hate Ted! He sticks it to them where it hurts!

This helps expose Bushco as the duplicitous hypocites that they are. They whine about media exposure hurting their illegal wiretapping program but they aren't above endangering national security to cover their political asses.

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He's got to go. But Rumsfeld is the mastermind. I call him "the Lurker." Here's what I think they're up to: SOMEONE replaces Cheney now (Rice? McCain? Maybe some fresher face...) to salvage Bush (or rather the Bush aura and Bush policy). That person runs against Hillary in '08, and loses (by pre-arrangement with Diebold and ES&S*). Hillary's in for four years--gets them a military Draft, preps for full scale invasion/occupation of the Middle East, preserves the newly asserted, illegal executive powers (doesn't use them, or doesn't use them much, but doesn't disavow them either), and has to deal with civil unrest (anti-Draft protests, veterans' protests, food riots...). The war profiteering corporate news monopolies start blaming the Democrats for Bush's financial and foreign policy disasters (Day #1 of her term, mark my words). Then--with everything falling apart--they install the real Hitler in '12 (I'm more and more thinking it's Rumsfeld--he's got Hitler on the brain--just called Hugo Chavez Hitler the other day).

*(Diebold and ES&S are the most dangerous corporations in our country, bar none. They are connected through Howard Ahmanson to the far, far rightwing Chalcedon Foundation--'Chalcedon' an ancient reference to 451 AD, when church and state were finally welded together, with the emperor enforcing one faction of 'Christianity' on all, by the sword, prep to pogroms against all other 'Christian' sects, Pagans and Jews. What followed was ONE THOUSAND YEARS of darkness: ignorance, loss of all learning and literacy, including scientific and medical information, sickness and plague rampant, witchburnings, book burnings, inquisitions, serfdom/slavery for most, an "Iron Curtain" over the human mind. These are the people who are now "counting" all of our votes with 'trade secret,' proprietary programming code in electronic voting systems, with virtually no audit/recount controls. THEY will choose who "our" candidates are the primaries, and who gets "elected.")

This is THEIR plan (my guess at it)--that is, the plan of the fascist cabal that's running Bush & Co. Rob the country blind, and send it into penury (as in Germany 1930s), stir up trouble on the left (with a Draft, for instance), and take over in the ensuing chaos. Doesn't mean it's going to happen that way. I think Hillary's already made a deal with them, but may be overly confident about her ability to handle the consequences. In any case, I think our major hope for derailing their long term intentions is to convince Hillary to support real election reform, which would help us implement election reform quickly. Election reform--transparent elections, with vote counting back in the public venue (as they now have in South America) is essential to recovering our country, or what's left of it. Our vote = our sovereignty as a people. And if we can't get presidential backing for real election reform (or if I'm wrong about the cabal's intention to install a War Democrat for four years), we just have to keep slogging away at the state/local level, to get as much transparency in our elections as possible.

:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:

Ted Kennedy has repeatedly insisted that the Democratic Party be the Opposition party and stop playing "Republican Lite" - the DLC defenders accuse dlc critics as being "left fringe" - but they never ever explain or define what that means, except with the "ideological purity" mantra with absolutely nothing to back this meme up - so then I pose the question to these defenders: would Ted Kennedy be an living example of what is meant by "Left Fringe"? never a response to that question.

We have a few highly principled, true blue Democrats in the Senate. We need to throw all of our support and backing to these Dems, like Kennedy and Feingold and others. And we need to join our voices with theirs, backing them up in Washington and in our local communities...

and we need to do this now.

:kick:

and proclaim democracy is unpatriotic and punishable by death.
and pardons are granted for all Rethuglicans.

bump>

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I don't think he will be letting go. Kennedy is out for justice and has had it with these crooks. They knew this administration was a bunch crooks when Kerry said in 2004 thinking the mics were off... I hope Kennedy takes a big ass bite out of this administration...