When Will Armitage Be Charged And Arrested?

[ThomWV]

When a man admits to a crime, particularly a crime that his been in the limelight for years, particularly a crime involving the security of the nation, particularly a crime that has cost the taxpayers substantial money in an abandoned intelligence gathering operation, particularly a crime that caused Government employees to be put in harm's way, isn't it customary for that person to be charged with the crime, arrested, and put before a Judge?

Isn't it the duty of the Executive Branch to follow up on such a crime? Isn't the Attorney General required to take action?

Prediction: You will never see Richard Armitage 'frog marched' out of anywhere.

[driver8]

1. He will probably be promoted for "doin' a heckuva job!"

The Attorney General will probably defend him in court!

The day that Gonzales prosecutes or takes any action against these thugs is the day that hell freezes over.

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. Oliver North was a wonderful role model. Best scapegoat I've ever

witnessed. Willing and ready.

[acmejack]

14. Gonzales' plate is full identifying potential eco-terrorists!

And other disruptor's. People who may disturb the fabric of an orderly society are the number one threat to the economy and as such the entire resources of the United States Justice System must be focused upon them. These dangerous anarchists, including the ever dangerous Sailor Mongerers, are an insidious threat, requiring constant vigilance and ruthless suppression by the combined agencies of the Federal Government to keep the Homeland safe.

[Olney Blue]

2. Yet, Novak made a cryptic comment on one of the talk shows... that

his source should come clean now. Sounds like there is someone else.....

[warrens]

18. Hardly cryptic

He said he will never out a source promised confidentiality, but the time was WAY past for the guy to out himself.

[LA lady]

3. He isn't in the government anymore

MSNBC news personality Keith Olbermann later suggested that Armitage discouraged Novak from writing about Plame,<2> and has been a cooperative witness in the investigation

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12936560/

[HereSince1628]

4. Won't happen.

He can't be charged with outing a secret agent cause he didn't know at the time she was (cough, cough, wink, wink).

He also "came clean" during internal investigations. So no obstruction or perjury charges.

It was all a legitimate mistake. A slip of the tongue during friendly chit-chat between a high-ranking administration official and a rw media ally.

[ThomWV]

5. Didn't He Testify At Fitzgerald's Grand Jury

One would imagine at some point he would have been asked if he was the one who leaked the name. So do I smell perjury here too?

[KittyWampus]

6. Armitage was probably cooperating with Fitzgerald thus won't be. Again,

why the fuck DU'ers seem intent in HELPING shift focus off of Cheney/Libby/Hadley etc is beyond me.

It is totally counterproductive to justice.

[H2O Man]

7. Yep.

It would take less energy to read the easily accessable information available and to know exactly why Armitage was not arrested, than to post a message that at best shows little more than a lack of understanding about what Armitage's role was.

[ThomWV]

8. Focus Should Be Shifted To The Guilty Party

Look, if Libby didn't do it I don't want his ass in jail for having done it. Lock him up for a while for the lie, but that doesn't for a second forgive the original crime, which was apparently Armitage's doing.

I don't buy the 'cooperation' argument either. You do not forgive a burglar because he was good enough to tell the police how he gained his illegal entry under questioning.

[DoYouEverWonder]

12. Armitage is a minor player

with a big mouth.

For some reason, he has chosen now to come out and fall on his sword for his bosses. Wow, I'm not impressed.

In the meantime, the key players stay in the shadows hoping no one pays too much attention to them.

Try not to fall for their distractions.

[H2O Man]

13. Can you please

identify exactly what "he has chosen now to come out and fall on his sword for his bosses" means to you? I would hope you could include how that lines up with: {1} his going to the investigators within less than a month of the beginning of the investigation of the leak; and {2} his not making any public comment on the case from that day on, including now?

Also, for those advocating he face legal charges (a concept that is surely worthy of consideration), the question I would ask is: what specific charge(s) would you want pressed? And if by chance it is revealing the identity of a NOC, I would suggest reading that statute, and identifying what is in it that might apply to Armitage, and what does not?

I think that we will find that Armitage's role is neither minor nor central. It is an important part of a complex affair. Rather than distracting us from what is important, we should use it to focus (or re-focus) on a couple things that are absolutely key to unlocking some of the secrets of the administration.

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. I was referring to the latest 'revelations' in the M$M

and the fact that they have been prepping the public for the last couple of months that Armitage is the leaker and everyone else is off the hook.

Since Armitage has not come out to counter these rumors or to clarify his role in the leak and investigation, he is allowing himself to be the fallman for BushCo. That's just my take.

Should Armitage be charge for wrongdoing? I hope someday they all are charged for the Plame leak and all their other crimes.

[janx]

17. The M$M is merely speculating,

as usual.

[mmonk]

9. When someone files charges.

This will probably be after he receives the Medal of Freedom.

[mikelewis]

11. You're not going to find too many prosecutors rushing to tangle with..

ole "Death Squad" Armitage. To say he's above the law is an understatement. Most politicos quiver over the mention of his name, so I doubt they're going to do anything to him any time soon.

[Demeter]

15. Right After Dubya Is Arrested

Got to follow protocol, you know.