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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
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 Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:39 pm Post subject: Judge Dismisses former CIA Operative Valerie Plame's Lawsuit |
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Judge Dismisses former CIA Operative Valerie Plame's Lawsuit Against Bush Administration
Thursday , July 19, 2007
A federal judge dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame's lawsuit against members of the Bush administration Thursday, eliminating one of the last courtroom remnants of the leak scandal.
Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice President Dick Cheney and others of conspiring to leak her identity in 2003. Plame said that violated her privacy rights and was illegal retribution for her husband's criticism of the administration.
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional arguments. Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove, former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
� Click here to see U.S. District Judge John D. Bates' order (.pdf).
Plame's attorneys had said the lawsuit would be an uphill battle. Public officials are normally immune from such lawsuits filed in connection with their jobs.
Plame's identity was revealed in a syndicated newspaper column in 2003, shortly after Wilson began criticizing the administration's march to war in Iraq. Plame believes the leak was retribution and that it violated their constitutional rights.
Armitage and Rove were the sources for that article, which touched off a lengthy leak investigation. Nobody was charged with leaking but Libby was convicted of lying and obstruction the investigation. Bush commuted Libby's 2 1/2-year prison term before the former aide served any time.
"This just dragged on the character assassination that had gone on for years," said Alex Bourelly, one of Libby's lawyers. "To have the case dismissed is a big relief."
Plame's attorneys said they were reading the opinion and had no immediate comment.
While Bates did not address the constitutional questions, he seemed to side with administration officials who said they were acting within their job duties. Plame had argued that what they did was illegal and outside the scope of their government jobs.
"The alleged means by which defendants chose to rebut Mr. Wilson's comments and attack his credibility may have been highly unsavory, " Bates wrote. "But there can be no serious dispute that the act of rebutting public criticism, such as that levied by Mr. Wilson against the Bush administration's handling of prewar foreign intelligence, by speaking with members of the press is within the scope of defendants' duties as high-level Executive Branch officials." |
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,290021,00.html |
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stevemcgarrett
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| Another frivolous lawsuit bites the dust. |
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Sincinnatislink
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
Location: Top secret.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds |
You'll take what you can get, eh?
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| . . . there can be no serious dispute that the act of rebutting public criticism, such as that levied by Mr. Wilson against the Bush administration's handling of prewar foreign intelligence, by speaking with members of the press is within the scope of defendants' duties . . . |
Read that again. He calls outing Plame (effectively firing her for her husband's public statements) "rebutting public criticism." |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Sincinnatislink wrote: |
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| U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds |
You'll take what you can get, eh?
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| . . . there can be no serious dispute that the act of rebutting public criticism, such as that levied by Mr. Wilson against the Bush administration's handling of prewar foreign intelligence, by speaking with members of the press is within the scope of defendants' duties . . . |
Read that again. He calls outing Plame (effectively firing her for her husband's public statements) "rebutting public criticism." |
Who "outed" Plame anyway?
Since she had a desk job at the CIA how was she "effectively fired"? |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:32 am Post subject: |
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Judge was likely a freemason.
And they call it the "justice" system  |
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