10/17/05 Insane GOPUSA Propaganda: Judith Miller Exonerates Bush Officials

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Special Report: Judith Miller Exonerates Bush Officials
By Cliff Kincaid
October 17, 2005



The true facts in the CIA-leak case are now becoming astonishingly clear. New York Times reporter Judith Miller's testimony, as she describes it in the Sunday edition of her paper, proves that the wrong people are under investigation. It's not really a story about Bush officials Lewis Libby and Karl Rove and their conversations with the press. Rather, it's a story about a CIA bureaucracy working to undermine the Bush administration through the media and cover up for its own mistakes.

It's now obvious that Bush officials are spending time before a grand jury and big money on lawyers for the alleged "crime" of trying to use the press to get out their side of the story. They trusted the press and got burned. Now, if the media have their way, these officials may be further punished by being indicted by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. This would be a gross miscarriage of justice.

The case has been a revealing and disappointing look into how Bush administration officials tried to work with various reporters, in order to counteract false accusations about the administration's Iraq policy that had appeared in the press. In the end, they failed. It's a failure that demonstrates the folly of trying to curry favor with the liberal press.

Journalists, by contrast, may come out of this drama with special rights. Senator Arlen Specter's Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on Wednesday on a proposed federal media "shield law" to protect some journalists from disclosing sources to a grand jury. Miller will be the star witness. Accuracy in Media has been denied the opportunity to testify in person against the bill because of opposition from Democratic congressional staffers.


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http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/ckincaid/2005/ck_10171.shtml

[jaysunb]

1. this, must be that, other reality, these folks live in

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[jaysunb]

2. self delete

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[Solly Mack]

3. how novel...blaming the "liberal" press

lol

[LonelyLRLiberal]

4. OMG - I want some of whatever mind-altering drugs he is on . . .

Here's an interesting paragraph in this parallel universe story:

"In other words, Wilson was denying something that he had actually confirmed. In fact, there had been an Iraqi attempt to procure uranium from Africa. No wonder Libby was upset with Wilson's article in the Times and the CIA's role in arranging his trip. Libby had every reason to believe there was a campaign underway to undermine the Bush administration and he must have been desperate to counter it. So desperate that he would talk to Judith Miller and other reporters. That was a big mistake."

Let's hope that Scooter's talking to reporters really turns out to be "a big mistake" for him when he is indicted.

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. Not Parallel

Perpendicular. Causality does not function there.

[niyad]

5. two questions--what are they on? and do they share?

[DemInDistress]

6. Will arlen specter also support

Federal Whistleblower Protection Act?

[fearnobush]

7. Wow, living in shit and believing they like it is astonishing.

How amazing it is to see hoard's of people detach themselves from reality and from the corner stones of democracy - liberty and justice. They hate liberty because they hate Liberals, the hate justice - to obvious to explain.

[shenmue]

8. That is *completely* bonkers

What color is the sky in his world?

:+ :crazy: :silly: :freak: :wow: :shrug: :hide:

[Neil Lisst]

10. The worse it gets, the madder the right will get ....

Mad as in angry, and Mad as in Hatter.

THE WHIGS ARE WIGGIN!!

[emulatorloo]

11. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT BUSH ADMIN ADMITTED 16 WORDS

SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE SOTU ADDRESS?

Lying Lies and the Liars Who Tell Them. . .give me a break.

[Kablooie]

12. Who's to say this won't be Fitzgerald's interpretation?

I just have little faith that such a clear cut case will turn out anything but clear cut once all the politicians masticate it.