Neocons Busted! (w/ interesting rumor)

[Sliverofhope]

by Justin Raimondo

As I pointed out in my last column, the President's attempts to provide cover for the War Cabal may prove fruitless in light of the Justice Department's investigation in the Plame affair. Two figures at the very heart of the neocon network are very close to being indicted: the Vice President's chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby (as I predicted in a special article, posted in early October of last year) and John Hannah, in charge of Middle East policy in the Vice President's office. Hannah is a former deputy director of Washington Institute for Near East Policy, widely known as the thinktank division of Israel's amen corner in Washington.

By going after Libby and Hannah, federal prosecutors are homing in on the command center of what Borger in the Guardian calls the "shadow government" that pushed us into war.

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And there's more good news to report: rumor has it that Richard Perle, the neocons' Prince of Darkness, is next to be indicted. (Whether in connection with the Boeing tanker deal, the Hollinger brouhaha, his paid speaking engagement at a terrorist fundraiser, or yet another of Perle's multifarious business investments that somehow cashed in on his government connections, remains to be seen.)

http://www.antiwar.com/justin

Take it with a grain of salt, or a great deal of salt, but it IS an interesting rumor, and justice well served...

[aquart]

1. What a pleasant rumor.

Let's spread it.

[Sliverofhope]

3. I agree

Perhaps a self-fulfilling prophecy will emerge. What do we know for sure?

- Scooter Libby is surely a target of investigation

- Cheney is under a probe in France for Halliburton dealings

And of course Perle is just about as corrupt as an ideologue could be. What happened to just having passion for a goal. Why do you have to get rich off of it, too?

[Virginian]

2. So, what will the punishment be? A week for four at Disney World?

Can we expect the prosecution to be as rough on them as the prosecution is on Martha Stewart, or are they going to get a pass?

After all, it is treason.

[Dr.Phool]

4. In the traditions of great Republican Presidents

They'll all get presidential pardons, so that they'll have no reason to cop a plea to testify against Bush and Cheney.

[Virginian]

5. So the timing is important.

They won't be indicted until after the election so that they can serve out their term of office before they get their pardons.

Are pardons all saved to the end of the President's lame duck term, or does he issue them at any time he wants?

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

6. be very careful about anything Justin Raimondo says:

http://www.jdl-ny.org/raimondowatch.htm

[ex_jew]

7. So the JDL, a convicted terrorist organization, is concerned about

Raimondo ? My, my. That is telling.

[megatherium]

8. A bracing bit of homophobia

Raimondo might be anti-Semitic but I'm afraid I take exception to the tone of this raimondowatch page. One of their raps against Raimondo is that he is "He is a Homosexual, like Adolph Hitler". He is also labeled a "Cross dresser" and his given name is rendered "Justin(e)".

[indepat]

9. How sweeeeet it would be