Corn: Is the Potential AIPAC/Neocon Scandal About to "Blow Up"?

[kohodog]

I'm ready for one of the many scandals to break. Maybe the pot is finally coming to a boil.

I haven'y been a big fan of David Corn but thought this was interesting:

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I am often surprised that some investigations in Washington draw much (leak-fueled) attention in the media and others proceed far below the radar. The intricacies and overall shape of Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation of the Wilson leak affair has eluded Washington reporters. What does draw coverage is his very public--and seemingly maniacal--pursuit of reporters Matt Cooper (of Time) and Judith Miller (of The New York Times). What progress he has made in determining which administration officials leaked the identity of a CIA undercover official to columnist Robert Novak is unknown. There also are no good indications of whether he has pressed Novak--rather than reporters who are peripheral to the alleged crime--to reveal his sources. Compare this to Kenneth Starr's investigations of Monicagate and Whitewater, the confidential details of which were in the newspapers practically every day.

Another under-the-radar investigation is the AIPAC inquiry. But, I'm told, this may soon change.

>snip<

..Meanwhile, I'm told that more than a half-dozen officials in the Bush administration who are apparently suspected of leaking classified information to AIPAC have had to retain defense lawyers.

Six Bushies on the run? That sounds like major news. But no details have leaked out. So let me contribute in my own small way. A reliable source of mine reports that he recently chatted with one of the principle figures in the investigation and that this fellow said the AIPAC scandal was about to "blow up," meaning there would be new, noteworthy developments that presumably would generate headlines. The person talking to my source was in a position to know and in a position to hope for the opposite. Consequently, I would assign a fair degree of confidence to this person's prediction. If that comes to pass, perhaps the Washington media will finally get around to providing more thorough and penetrating coverage of this potential scandal.

http://www.davidcorn.com/2005/03/is_the_potentia.php

[riverwalker]

1. Scooter Libby

was one suspected to be involved in this, I recall.

[Kensingtonian]

2. Stay tuned.....

What is Doug Feith doing these days?

Hey Doug . Come on back. We neeed you to testify.

[rox63]

4. This might be the reason

that Doug Feith had a sudden urge to step down so he could "spend more time with his family". :eyes:

[seemslikeadream]

6. Dov Zakheim is spending more time with his family too

instead of telling us what happened to the 2.5 trillion dollars!

[paineinthearse]

5. He spoke at Harvard last week

I'm sure he was given a WARM reception.

[Goldeneye]

3. Who is David Corn?

I've never heard of him or this scandal before...but its interesting.

[kohodog]

7. Corn writes for The Nation, among other things.

And the scandal broke a while ago and was pushed under the rug by Ashcroft. But I believe Fitzgerald uncovered some stuff during the Plame investigation and widened his net. Some of this relates to Chalabi and the fact that the US had broken Iran's communication code and he let them know. The info came through AIPAC and the neocons.

Sorry if this is a bit sketchy but all these related crimes start to blur into one another.

edit: spelling

[Goldeneye]

9. Thanks.

I'm surprised this wasn't on the list of the Bush regimes scandals from Salon.

[MADem]

8. Oh, Christ, INVASION IS IMMINENT!!!

Quick, pick a country, any country, gotta get this in section C, page 111, right behind the notary public releases! Fill up the news with sabre rattling, Michael Jackson, Baretta killing his hoochie wife, drag out Scott Petersen's relatives, wave that flag, cookie, anyone?? Look away!!!

Now, to be serious, and to reference the Fitzgerald-Plame investigation-Novak business you touched on, I have been studying Novak VERY closely every time I see him on TV. What I see is that the FIRE HAS DIED. It ain't just the effects of that mysterious, sudden, broken hip in the shower business, it's down to his soul.

I think he knows it's only a matter of time before all of his press brothers and sisters (and it IS a special secret decoder ring club, even if they hate each other on a political level, there's that Jimmy Olsen loyalty thing going on) find out. They find out he ratted out a source, probably put the prosecutor on to other reporters who were passed the info, gave everything up to keep his wrinkled old ass out of jail. He did it--the BIG, chickenshit weak thing.

In one moment of cowardice, he became a shameful footnote for his descendants. He's gotta know that he disgraced the family name, first by being a rat, and second, by being a coward. Never mind his fucked up political viewpoints, those don't resonate through history like PERSONAL qualities do. He's toast to his colleagues, and probably less attractive to his family too, seeing as his earnings potential will plummet--no one likes a rat. Who knows, maybe they'll use his last name the same way they did Monica's--but instead of "She gave him a Lewinsky" it'll be "The bastard Novak'd me out to the cops." Benedict Arnold's ghost is probably standing by, waiting to hand off the Traitor of the Era crown.