On Friday, it was announced, that "Scooter Libby (Chief of Staff for Dick Cheney) had been indicted for four felonies. It seems, that Dick Cheney was probably involved in the Wilson/Plame C.I.A. "smear" campaign; however, it is nearly impossible to actually "prove" a conspiracy between members of the White House staff. It is NOT a crime for Cheney and Libby to discuss Valerie Plame-Wilson's C.I.A. affiliation ( as they both have top-level security clearances). The crimes of which Libby has been accused, are "documented" perjury to a Grand Jury, obstruction-of-justice, and divulging secrets to the press. The difficulty of ACTUALLY proving a conspiracy by Cheney, Rove and others means that they will probably go "scott-free". It seems that the statutes relating to "divulging secret intelligence" are rather vague and subject to "interpretation". Such "interpretation" would eventually become the duty of the REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED SUPREME COURT. The laws state that a person would have to "knowingly" divulge secrets.... and any one might escape prosecution by merely claiming that they "didn't know" something was "secret". I seem to recall a "legal-concept" which has always stated that "ignorance is no defense"!!! (unless you're mounting a "smear" campaign against someone who has proven you a liar!!) Joe Wilson appeared tonight on N.B.C. television. He spoke eloquently, and directly to the "heart" of the matter. His belief is that the "leak" of his wife's C.I.A. status was an effort to intimidate anyone who dared to "speak-out" against Bush's Crusade in Iraq. Wilson was THE most authoritative expert available to investigate any possible "Uranium-shipments" from Africa to Iraq. When he chose to discredit Bush's claims of an Iraqi "Nuke-yuh-lure" program, he had ALREADY told White House officials of his findings AT LEAST FOUR TIMES!! It is now apparent, that George W. Bush LIED to the entire world about his justification for the war. Have we so-soon forgotten, that Hans Blix (Chief U.N. Weapons-Inspector) ALSO testified that there was NO evidence of an Iraqi nuclear-program???? The Bush administration used forgeries, lies, half-truths, and the "intelligence" of a man who had not EVEN LIVED IN IRAQ IN 15 YEARS, to fabricate an argument supporting their pre-conceived agend.We must not forget, that the "Scooter Libby" scandal is merely a symptom of the "Cancer" which exists in the White House.... There is MASSIVE evidence that Bush/ Cheney , Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld had planned the invasion of Iraq AT LEAST TWO YEARS BEFORE "9-11". The "Death-Toll" of Americans has now risen to more than 2015; with more than 15,000 wounded. The Iraqi "civilian" casualty toll is estimated at more than 50,000. The cost of this illegal and immoral war will be a burden on generations of Americans for years to come. The emotional-toll on American military and their families CANNOT be measured. Still, Bush tells us to "Stay the course", and that we must "complete our mission".....YET NO-ONE CAN TELL US EXACTLY WHAT THE "MISSION" EVEN IS!!! Bush campaigned, telling us that he was "not a nation-builder"...So WHAT THE HELL IS HE TRYING TO DO IN IRAQ???How many more LIES can we "stomach"??? How many more soldiers must needlessly die?? How long must we endure Bush's incompetence, arrogance and hubris to "line-the-pockets" of military-contractors?? (It is not widely known, that the Bush family has profited BILLIONS from "arms-sales" by "The Carlisle Group"... Dick Cheny has similarly profited from massive "no-bid" contracts awarded to Halliburton and it's subsidiaries. Our democracy has been "hi-jacked" by the most corrupt groups of "robber-barons" since the Rockefellers and the Sinclairs many years ago. They manipulate the media, manufacture "news", and divert scrutiny of their dirty-deeds with fear and lies. American "middle-class" citizens are being "bled-dry" to feed corporate greed..... We CANNOT LET THEM "GET AWAY WITH IT!!!"............Dave
- posted by Dave @ 11:10 PM