Armitage Into the Trick Box by Larry C Johnson

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Wednesday, 13 September 2006
Armitage Into the Trick Box

by
Larry C Johnson

Joe and Val Wilson filed an amended complaint today that adds Richard Armitage to their law suit. The media spin is that Armitage is the guilty party and everyone else in the Bush Administration are off the hook. How so many media mavens can exhibit such profound stupidity on a collective level escapes me? They must have reading disabilities. The complaint filed by the Wilson's repeats the facts laid out originally by Patrick Fitzgerald when he indicted Scooter Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice.

The silly spin that because Fitzgerald did not indict under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIPA) ignores the behavior of Libby. Libby's lies and obstruction prevented Fitzgerald from being able to determine whether or not he had an IIPA case.

The wishful thinking of the Washington Press Corps that this case go away is ignorant and self-serving. The facts of the case and, most importantly, the timeline demonstrate that Armitage, while a player in the drama, is not a lone actor nor a bumbling fool. A conspiracy rooted in the office of the Vice President was unleashed against American citizens who dared to point out the naked ignorance and prevarication of the President.

This much we know. The White House, specifically Vice President Cheney and Scooter Libby, were investigating Joe Wilson and his wife in late May 2003. The White House had Valerie's name before Richard Armitage got it. Armitage was not the only one talking to reporters about Valerie Plame. Here are the facts from the complaint:

Events Leading up to July 2003 ...........

[global1]

1. If Armitage Was The Leaker From The Beginning Then Why Did Libby.....

lie and obstruct justice? Why didn't he and the WH just sacrifice Armitage early on to get Fitzgerald off their back? What else is going on here? To me it looks like they just recently got Armitage to agree to take the fall.

[lyonn]

2. My Gawd, who in the White House at that time didn't know?

Cheney made sure word got around. Memos were laying around all over the place apparently.

Was Plame an undercover agent? Was a covert company uncovered? These are the questions many of us would like to know. If they were not then why all the investigating? So, we must assume they were covert and apparently bushies don't know or care about covert intel on any level. Stick to the Chalibis and "Hardballs" in the pipeline for really good intelligence, sarcasm of course.

[WhiteTara]

3. I have wondered if part of this wasn't due to Plame's

work. She was working to find out if there WERE any weapons. Not only in Iraq, but was (as if I understand it) was also working to remove the weapons lying around Russia.

But, since *co KNEW there were no weapons, they couldn't have that stupid company snooping around and working to find out the truth! They were going to war, God Said So, spoke the monkey and the lowly Christian soldiers followed him as though he was Christ on a stick.

:shrug:
edited for syntax...I've been listening to * too much!