Armitage was THE leaker, BS!

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Romney replied: "This is one of those situations where I go back to my record as governor. I didn't pardon anybody as governor, because I didn't want to overturn a jury. But in this case, you have a prosecutor who clearly abused prosecutorial discretion by going after somebody when he already knew that the source of the leak was Richard Armitage. He'd been told that. So he went on a political vendetta." http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0607/4533.html

1). Armitage was not Novaks two senior administration officals.
2). Plenty of people in this administration were involved:


http://oversight.house.gov/Documents/20070316173308-19288.pdf

3). July 14, 2003, was when Novak article was published, the first time the leak was printed. Yes, Armitage was the first to tell a reporter this information but Woodward did not report it to the public. Thus, at the time Libby was disclosing Plame's name and status to reporters (beginning in June 23, 2003 - Miller) the information had not been made public.

[Fresh_Start]

1. If 2 people rob bank, is only 1 person guilty?

No, everyone who leaked was guilty.

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2. Esp those that did so prior to the information being made public by Novak

[Patsy Stone]

3. And that's just smoke and mirrors anyway

The same misdirection and deflection. Last I checked, just because someone did something illegal, that doesn't excuse you from doing something illegal.

I still want someone to ask one of these bozos what the difference between Bill's impeachable perjury and Libby's "eminently pardonable" perjury is. I'm still looking for Bill's underlying crime -- unless they consider committing adultery, in violation of the Ten Commandments, the law of the land.

[Catherine Vincent]

4. They say that because that's what works for them.

If no one comes out forcefully and correct them, they will continue to say that. And I know Fitzgerald just shakes his head in disbelief everytime he hears a right winger repeat this lie.

[mmonk]

5. Exactly

My McClatchey "newspaper" has been peddling the same thing. Armitage is NOT responsible for 20 leaks.

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6. MSNBC just had a libby aide on making this same arguement!

Krimminy!

[Kingshakabobo]

8. That f*cker Ron Christie. I'd like to smack him in the head till his eyes un-cross.

He tried it on the wrong guy though. Schuster, who knows that case inside out, smacked him down pretty good.

[choie]

7. and still the question is..

who requested the I & R report?

[Me.]

9. Armitage Revealed His Role In The Leak

3 months before Fitzgerald was even appointed and, yet the case was considered important enough that it was moved forward and Fitzgerald was given the dirty job. Furthermore, Armitage would never have even thought of Plame if Scooter hadn't started asking questions and writing memos about her. Every aspect of the leak leads back to Libby.