Same situation the GOP 'handled' by holding Iran off from releasing by promising (promises they kept) weapons via third party?
Same ol guys involved in THIS administration, and remember bush 43 shutting the door on viewing a lot of Presidential Papers from the past.
http://www.btinternet.com/~nlpWESSEX/Documents/coupreaganbush.htm <--- lots about Iran hostage, Iran Contra players at link too.
"The US president, George Bush, last night signed an executive order that allows either a past or sitting president to block access to White House papers, a move that has angered historians, journalists and former president Bill Clinton. The order amends - and some argue, reverses - a 1978 law that allowed journalists, historians and other interested parties to read presidential papers twelve years after the term of office finished. The law, known as the Presidential Records Act, was the result of a lengthy legal battle over the papers of Watergate president Richard Nixon. Under the terms of Mr Bush's order, any sitting or former president could veto the release of presidential papers. The current president could not override a former president's veto, nor could a former president override the decision of sitting president....The immediate provocation for last night's order is believed to be an outstanding request for 68,000 pages of former president Ronald Reagan's papers, which should have been opened to public scrutiny in January. The Bush administration has delayed that release three times, and yesterday White House counsel Alberto Gonzales would not say when or if the Reagan documents will be placed in the public domain. Some historians have voiced suspicions that the Bush administration is worried about what the Reagan papers might reveal about officials now working for Mr Bush.... the order would also mean that Mr Bush's personal papers detailing the decision-making process in the current war on terrorism could remain secret in perpetuity."
Same rat bastards then as now, just changed office locations. Larceny & treason to protect previous larceny & treason.
Haven't had time to read through all the materials linked on this page
http://consortiumnews.com/archive/xfile.html I DO
remember a lot of it from back in the day though. Back then, when media consolidation was just getting legalized, we still had SOME news being reported. Looks like that link has some mighty good reads and resources.
The current junta hates Joe Wilson because of what he know about them. They have the papers locked up but Joe is one loose end they haven't tied down.
Ms Plame ran a network that tracked weapons materials. She/her people would be able to disprove the bush/cheney lies about Iraq WMD prior to the latest war, but she couldn't step up as her network would be destroyed and they were still watching all the other REAL threats in the globe (some of which the junta masters are STILL reaping profits from via continued wars and threats of wars). Valerie Plame's work was a threat to the bush/cheney junta. Hard for them to sell lies so long as Plame's network could provide the truth about weapons to the CIA.
Wilson & Plame were a stone wall cheney couldn't get around - so he blew it. Lots of dead people in the wake. More to come as wars keep popping up. But hell, there's money in those wars and since nobody important to the powers has their neck stuck out, what difference does the body count make to them?