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March 06, 2007
Let's remember Wilson outed Plame first
David Frum reminds us what the point is:
Can you our readers find any example of denunciations of Richard Armitage's leak of Valerie Plame's name by a) Democratic officeholders or b) MSM columnists or c) left-wing bloggers? I did some Google searching this evening and came up pretty much blank.
So here's the paradox: We hear on the one hand that this leak represents a cloud over the vice presidency - a scandal - a threat to national security - possible grounds for impeachment. And then on the other hand: not one word of condemnation of the person who actually did the leaking!
Here is David Corn of the Nation, who along with Michael Isikoff broke the Armitage story, grudgingly trying to avoid acknowledging the glaringly obvious :
The Plame leak in Novak's column has long been cited by Bush administration critics as a deliberate act of payback, orchestrated to punish and/or discredit Joe Wilson after he charged that the Bush administration had misled the American public about the prewar intelligence. The Armitage news does not fit neatly into that framework.No, it sure does not fit. In fact, it smashes the framework to splinters. In case you have not read it, here's a transcript of the Armitage leak, as taken from Bob Woodward's own tapes:
[Alcibiades adds: or listen to the audiotape right here.]
Woodward: Well it was Joe Wilson who was sent by the agency, isn’t it?Armitage: His wife works for the agency.
Woodward: Why doesn’t that come out? Why does that have to be a big secret?
Armitage: (over) Everybody knows it.
Woodward: Everyone knows?
Armitage: Yeah. And they know ’cause Joe Wilson’s been calling everybody. He’s pissed off ’cause he was designated as a low level guy went out to look at it. So he’s all pissed off.
Woodward: But why would they send him?
Armitage: Because his wife’s an analyst at the agency.
Woodward: It’s still weird.
Armitage: He — he’s perfect. She — she, this is what she does. She’s a WMD analyst out there.
Woodward: Oh, she is.
Armitage: (over) Yeah.
Woodward: Oh, I see. I didn’t think…
Armitage: (over) "I know who’ll look at it." Yeah, see?
Woodward: Oh. She’s the chief WMD…?
Armitage: No. She’s not the…
Woodward: But high enough up that she could say, "oh, yeah, hubby will go."
Armitage: Yeah. She knows [garbled].
Woodward: Was she out there with him, when he was…?
Armitage: (over) No, not to my knowledge. I don’t know if she was out there. But his wife’s in the agency as a WMD analyst. How about that?
Judith | 03/06/07 at 10:15 PM | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea
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The whole notion of break[ing] the Armitage story is rather abstruse here. What they did is not break the story, but create the narrative of the story - probably in cahoots with Joe Wilson and his band of brothers - which was later used to get the special prosecutor on the case.
Well, one excellent result of this case is that the press has seriously delimited their own power and as a result, they're going to get squeezed a great deal more.
Frankly, when they create "narratives" such as this one, it's hard to feel bad for them, because it all came about due to their overwheening arrogance.
Alcibiades | March 6, 2007 11:10 PM
"Wilson Outed Plame First"
Wow. Judith is one crazy lady.
...And we all know that reality has a well known LIBERAL bias... Keep up the great work on your site... hahaha...
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Belos | March 7, 2007 08:49 AM
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