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  • Cheney May Be Entangled in CIA Leak Investigation, People Say
    17 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A special counsel is focusing on whether Vice President
    by Richard Keil
    Dick Cheney played a role in leaking a covert CIA agent’s name, according to people familiar with the probe that already threatens top White House aides Karl Rove and Lewis Libby.
    The special counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, has questioned current and former officials of President George W. Bush’s administration about whether Cheney was involved in an effort to discredit the agent’s husband, Iraq war critic and former (…)

  • Vice President’s role in outing of CIA agent under examination, sources close to prosecutor say
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Jason Leopold
    Cheney’s role in CIA outing not known
    Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is trying to determine whether Vice President Dick Cheney had a role in the outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame-Wilson, individuals close to Fitzgerald say. Plame’s husband was a vocal critic of prewar intelligence used by President George W. Bush to build support for the Iraq war.
    The investigation into who leaked the officer’s name to reporters has now turned toward a little known (…)

  • RUMOR: 22 Indictments in Plame Case — Rove is a Target
    9 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by David Edwards
    The D.C. Rumor mill is thrumming with whispers that 22 indictments are about to be handed down on the outed-CIA agent Valerie Plame case. The last time the wires buzzed this loud - that Tom DeLay would be indicted and would step down from his leadership post in the House - the scuttlebutters got it right.
    Can it be a coincidence that the White House appears to be distancing President Bush from embattled aide Karl Rove? “He’s been missing in action at more than one major (…)

  • FAA Believed Second 9/11 Plane Heading Towards NY for Landing
    9 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Michael P. Wright — Norman, Oklahoma USA mpwright9@aol.com
    This document is posted at the George Washington University website:
    It states:
    "Ten minutes after American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) controllers in New York saw United Airlines Flight 175 heading "right towards the city," [p.13] but thought it was aiming for an emergency landing at a New York airport, according to FAA (…)

  • Pentagon Analyst Pleads Guilty to giving classified info to Israeli official
    7 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A top Pentagon analyst with expertise in the Middle East pleaded guilty Wednesday to giving classified information to an Israeli embassy official and members of a pro- Israel lobbying group.
    Lawrence A. Franklin, 58, said during a plea hearing that he was frustrated with the government and that he had hoped the two members of the lobbying group could use their connections at the National Security Council to influence U.S. policy.
    He also admitted giving classified (…)

  • Italy orders 22 further CIA arrests
    6 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Italy orders further CIA warrants The cleric is said to have been flown out of the US base in Aviano An Italian court has issued three more arrest warrants for suspected CIA agents accused of helping to kidnap a Muslim cleric in 2003. The authorities have already ordered the arrest of 19 people suspected of being involved in the abduction of Egyptian Osama Mustafa Hassan.
    The suspects are accused of abducting Mr Hassan, also known as Abu Omar, and flying him to Egypt for (…)

  • Will Harriet Miers vote to overturn Bush’s conspiracy conviction?
    5 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Harvey Wasserman
    October 4, 2005
    An angry groundswell has risen against the appointment of George W. Bush’s personal attorney to the US Supreme Court.
    One key question must be asked: as a Justice, would she soon be asked to rule on a conspiracy conviction against her present boss?
    In light of the new indictments against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, the question may not be so far fetched.
    DeLay was originally indicted on charges of violating campaign finance law. His (…)

  • Conspiracy Charges in the Plame Case?
    5 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Posted by Mark Kleiman on October 04, 2005 05:43 PM
    Jim VandeHei and Walter Pincus report that lawyers close to the Valerie Plame investigation (identified as lawyers for witnesses, but presumably those would be potential defendants) say that Patrick Fitzgerald is pointing toward conspiracy charges.
    "Many lawyers in the case have been skeptical that Fitzgerald has the evidence to prove a violation of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, which is the complicated crime he first set (…)

  • Packing the Supreme Court in Anticipation of a Constitutional Showdown
    4 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Packing the Supreme Court in Anticipation of a Constitutional Showdown
    October 3, 2005 — Packing the Supreme Court in Anticipation of a Constitutional Showdown. The Kabuki dance between George W. Bush and Special Prosecutor on the CIA leak case Patrick Fitzgerald continues with Bush’s nomination of his one-time personal lawyer and current White House Counsel Harriet Miers, a person who has never served on the bench, as the replacement for outgoing Associate Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day (…)

  • 21 Administration Officials Involved In Plame Leak
    4 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The cast of administration characters with known connections to the outing of an undercover CIA agent:
    Karl Rove I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Condoleezza Rice Stephen Hadley Andrew Card Alberto Gonzales Mary Matalin Ari Fleischer Susan Ralston Israel Hernandez John Hannah Scott McClellan Dan Bartlett Claire Buchan Catherine Martin Colin Powell Karen Hughes Adam Levine Bob Joseph Vice President Dick Cheney President George W. Bush
    (Comment on this page here.)
    Karl Rove Senior Advisor to (…)