Friday, October 30, 2009

Reuters Continues Myths About Plame

Bunch of carp:
Ultimately, senior State Department official Richard Armitage was found to be the source of the leak.
No, initially Armitage was found to be the source of the leak. He admitted as much to Fitzgerald at the beginning of the probe, for some obscure reason the investigation was continued for month after month after month after month, netting no one except Libby who was convicted for remembering conversations differently than reporters who remembered the discussions differently than each other. The reporters were not convicted of anything for remembering things differently than each other.
The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 on the premise that Iraq was secretly developing weapons of mass destruction, none of which were found.
Except for the ones that were, in fact, found. And, of course, there were all the other premises in the congressional AUMF.
At the end of Libby's trial, the lead prosecutor said a cloud remained over Cheney for his role in the leak case.
And to this day there's still not a shred of evidence, not even rumors, or anything to support such suspicion.
The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics group in Washington had sued to have the notes of the FBI interview of Cheney released. The Obama administration initially sought to block the release but decided not to appeal a court decision.
Happy? Big, fat nothing. Hard to believe that 'secret' documents might actually reveal that people were telling the truth about what was in them all along (in this case nothing), isn't it? Well, that's what happens when you're dealing with ethical leaders.

Those were the days...

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