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Thu 13 Jul 2006 17:28
by Kevin McGehee
in Coweta County, GA
[Courting Disaster]
[Wackadoodle]
[Yippee-Ki-Yay!]
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Fitzmas has apparently become Grinchmas, once and for all.
In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador, accused Cheney, Rove and I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby of revealing Plame’s CIA identity in seeking revenge against Wilson for criticizing the Bush administration’s motives in Iraq.» AP: Former CIA Officer Sues Cheney Over Leak
As soon as I saw that headline on Protein Wisdom (h/t), I had the exact same conclusion that Jeff offers:
Although I will say that this suggests to me that Fitzgerald’s investigation is over.
Robert Novak’s recent revelation about two of the three sources he claims for the Plame/CIA link was spurred, according to Novak, by Patrick Fitzgerald’s having told him that part of the investigation involving Novak was over. Some had already speculated that meant the case itself is about to be closed (except for prosecuting Scooter Libby). So, apparently Jabberin’ Joe Wilson has reached the same conclusion; a civil case proceeding during Fitzgerald’s investigation would almost certainly run the risk of interfering with that investigation. And since Fitz didn’t give Wilson Rove’s head on a stick via criminal proceedings, Wilson’s gonna try it his way.
I figured when David Corn’s allegations about this “outing” business first came to my attention that there was no substance to it. Someone at the CIA foisted a boondoggle on taxpayers with that criminal referral.
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