Dateline - Thursday, July 14, 2005

John Kerry Outed Undercover CIA Agent

Sen. John Kerry, who called for Karl Rove to be fired over allegations
that he revealed the identity of CIA employee Valerie Plame, outed a
genuine undercover CIA agent just this past April - even after the
agency asked that his identity be kept secret.

Kerry blew the cover of CIA secret operative Fulton Armstrong during
confirmation hearings for U.N. ambassador nominee John Bolton.
Questioning Bolton, Kerry asked: "Did Otto Reich share his belief that
Fulton Armstrong should be removed for his position?" - according to a
transcript excerpted by the New York Times.

"The answer is yes," the top Democrat continued. In his response to
Kerry, Mr. Bolton did his best to maintain the agent's confidentiality,
reverting to Armstrong's pseudonym. "As I said," he told Kerry, "I had
lost confidence in Mr. Smith, and I conveyed that."

Two years earlier, Armstrong had been identified in news reports on his
dispute with other officials over intelligence involving Cuba. But he
was operating in a different capacity and his identity wasn't secret at
the time.

"When the Bolton nomination resurrected the old accounts, however, the
CIA asked news organizations to withhold his name," the Times said.
Apparently the CIA directive wasn't good enough for Sen. Kerry - who
outed Armstrong anyway and later defended the move by saying his
Republican colleague, Senator Richard Lugar, had also mentioned the
name. And besides, said Kerry, the secret agent's name "had already been
in the press."

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Skipper

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:38:13 -0400, Harry Krause wrote:


This reads suspiciously like NewsMax trash...

Expect to see a lot more of this spin, if there are indictments.
My favorite, is Hutchison's "perjury technicality". The very same
technicality she voted Clinton guilty of. She shows a very special level
of hypocrisy.

In article ,
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Skipper wrote:
Dateline - Thursday, July 14, 2005

John Kerry Outed Undercover CIA Agent

Sen. John Kerry, who called for Karl Rove to be fired over allegations
that he revealed the identity of CIA employee Valerie Plame, outed a
genuine undercover CIA agent just this past April - even after the
agency asked that his identity be kept secret.


This reads suspiciously like NewsMax trash...

Right you are!!!

Ten points for Mr. Krause.

jps

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:59:29 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:


Expect to see a lot more of this spin, if there are indictments. My
favorite, is Hutchison's "perjury technicality". The very same
technicality she voted Clinton guilty of. She shows a very special level
of hypocrisy.

She ain't the only one.

True, just a prime example. For the record, I supported impeaching
Clinton, not because I thought what he did was dastardly, but because, I
had a naive hope that it would raise the bar. I would suggest, continued
support for indicted public officials lowers that same bar. In a
democracy, we get exactly the government we deserve. Personally,
regardless of politics, if our officials break the law, I want them out of
there.

Skipper wrote:
Dateline - Thursday, July 14, 2005

John Kerry Outed Undercover CIA Agent

Sen. John Kerry, who called for Karl Rove to be fired over allegations
that he revealed the identity of CIA employee Valerie Plame, outed a
genuine undercover CIA agent just this past April - even after the
agency asked that his identity be kept secret.

Kerry blew the cover of CIA secret operative Fulton Armstrong during
confirmation hearings for U.N. ambassador nominee John Bolton.
Questioning Bolton, Kerry asked: "Did Otto Reich share his belief that
Fulton Armstrong should be removed for his position?" - according to a
transcript excerpted by the New York Times.

"The answer is yes," the top Democrat continued. In his response to
Kerry, Mr. Bolton did his best to maintain the agent's confidentiality,
reverting to Armstrong's pseudonym. "As I said," he told Kerry, "I had
lost confidence in Mr. Smith, and I conveyed that."

Two years earlier, Armstrong had been identified in news reports on his
dispute with other officials over intelligence involving Cuba. But he
was operating in a different capacity and his identity wasn't secret at
the time.

"When the Bolton nomination resurrected the old accounts, however, the
CIA asked news organizations to withhold his name," the Times said.
Apparently the CIA directive wasn't good enough for Sen. Kerry - who
outed Armstrong anyway and later defended the move by saying his
Republican colleague, Senator Richard Lugar, had also mentioned the
name. And besides, said Kerry, the secret agent's name "had already been
in the press."

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Skipper


Careful, Psuedo.

We just had an expression of outrage, from some guy in the midwest,
that the "Rad/libs" were trashing the NG with a lot of OT postings. You
wouldn't want that guy to turn his attention to you..... (You're not a
"rad/lib" are you?)

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:54:14 -0400, thunder
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:38:13 -0400, Harry Krause wrote:


This reads suspiciously like NewsMax trash...

Expect to see a lot more of this spin, if there are indictments.
My favorite, is Hutchison's "perjury technicality". The very same
technicality she voted Clinton guilty of. She shows a very special
level
of hypocrisy.

She ain't the only one.

Clinton's perjury was far from a technicality.

thunder wrote:
... For the record, I supported impeaching
Clinton, not because I thought what he did was dastardly, but because, I
had a naive hope that it would raise the bar. I would suggest, continued
support for indicted public officials lowers that same bar. In a
democracy, we get exactly the government we deserve. Personally,
regardless of politics, if our officials break the law, I want them out of
there.

Agreed. Isn't there some clause in the Patriot Act where we can simply
bust a cap in the back of their heads?

DSK

wrote:

Careful, Psuedo.

We just had an expression of outrage, from some guy in the midwest,
that the "Rad/libs" were trashing the NG with a lot of OT postings. You
wouldn't want that guy to turn his attention to you..... (You're not a
"rad/lib" are you?)

Know what you mean. I'll be sure to avoid any kind of boating discussion
with that fellow. He'd probably rip me a new one, eat my lunch, and then
not even have the courtesy to return the brown bag it came in. One might
find it very embarrassing.

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Skipper