While much hasn’t been coming out of the inquiry into who leaked Valerie Plame’s identity to Robert Novak, the press is keeping the story alive. Yesterday, the LA Times published a time line and very in depth look into the entire case and what we know now. Today Murray Waas has an excellent piece in […]
Perjury? Obstruction of Justice? Sounds like charges that are being talked about in the Valerie Plame leak case. These same charges could come to Ohio though. Governor Bob Taft was convicted of four counts of failing to report donations and gifts yesterday. Now he could face the same charges that are being talked about in […]
Today marks the 31st anniversary of the resignation of Richard Nixon. On August 9, 1974 at noon eastern time his resignation took effect, following the announcement to the American people the night before. To read the resignation speech of Nixon, please visit CNN’s All Politics site. This should signify an important date and hopefully we […]
From Newsweek Leak Investigation: An Oversight Issue? Newsweek Aug. 15, 2005 issue – The departure this week of Deputy Attorney General James Comey, who has accepted the post of general counsel at Lockheed Martin, leaves a question mark in the probe into who leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. Comey was the only […]
While we are not near the end of President Bush’s time in the Oval Office (very unfortunate), his latest approval rating shows him as being in the dump. I decided to look at some previous polling data for past President’s and found some interesting numbers. While searching, the only resource I could find was ABC […]
According to aWashington Post article today, Patrick Fitzgerald is also looking into how the infamous 16 words got into the President’s state of the union address in 2003. This kind of reminds you of the original Matrix when Morpheus told Neo “You take the red pill…..you stay in wonderland…and I show you just how deep […]
White House press secretary Scott McLellan said today that Bush could appoint John Bolton as UN ambassador for a recess appointment. This would be nothing less than a detrimental blow diplomacy as we know it. John Bolton has been the center of a heated, long time debate in Senate. Rightfully so, his past tactics are […]
Well I had to have some fun today. I saw the following post on Crooks and Liars: Lunatic Fringe on Valerie Plame From: “[email protected]” <[email protected]> Sent: Jul 23, 2005 9:02 PM To: LCJohnson Subject: Valerie Plame is just another CIA scumbag. You really shouldn’t shoot your mouth off about Valerie Plame. She’s no angel. She’s […]
On Face the Nation, Attorney General Gonzalez told Bob Schieffer that when he was informed of the investigation into the Valerie Plame leak, that he immediately notified the White House chief of staff. He was notified at 8 in the evening and they decided to wait notifying the rest of the staff and the President […]
Last week on Meet the Press, Tim Russert asked RNC chairman Ken Mehlman if he would stand by any findings that Pat Fitzgerald concludes in the Valerie Plame leak. Mr. Mehlman danced around the question and would not give a straight answer. Later this week we saw Republican Strategist Rich Galen started calling Pat Fitzgerald […]