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Originally Posted by stevo
but they won't stop there. They want Rove's head and bush to resign.
After a 2 year investigation all they have is an indictment for Libby lying to investigators. Still nothing on who leaked plame's name...wonder why.
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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/006882.php
(October 28, 2005 -- 03:26 PM EDT // link)
Remember, I. Lewis Libby doesn't just work for the Vice President.
From the beginning of the administration, a key root of Libby's power at the White House is that he works both for the Vice President (as Chief of Staff and National Security Affairs Advisor) and the President (as Assistant to the President).
-- Josh Marshall
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/006881.php
(October 28, 2005 -- 03:04 PM EDT // link)
Overlooked in the current discussion.
Go to page 5 of the <a href="http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/documents/libby_indictment_28102005.pdf">indictment</a>. Top of the page, item #9.
On or about June 12, 2003, LIBBY was advised by the Vice President of the United States that Wilson's wife worked at the Central Intelligence Agency in the Counterproliferation Divison. LIBBY understood that the Vice President had learned this information from the CIA.
This is a crucial piece of information. the <a href="http://www.cia.gov/employment/clandestine.html">Counterproliferation Division</a> (CPD) is part of the CIA's Directorate of Operations, i.e., not Directorate of Intelligence, the branch of the CIA where 'analysts' come from, but where the spies come from.
Libby's a long time national security hand. He knows exactly what CPD is and where it is. So does Cheney. They both knew. It's right there in the indictment.
-- Josh Marshal
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If you consider yourself an American, why aren't you asking yourself why your president permitted Libby (and others....possibly including Cheney) to remain in his government, attending sensitive meetings in the White House, while retaining their access to secret information and their security clearances, right up until the day of indictment? In any other government department, suspicion of a serious security breach, especially coupled with recent news coverage, would have resulted in revocation of clearance and suspension of employment, long before an indictment was actually handed down.
This did not happen in the "War President's" White House !! How come?