Wannisky on Rove/Plame
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arisbeJude Wannisky is a scholar I have respected since the 1970s as a conservative in the best sense of the term, though he is a critic of the war, and therefore no doubt vilified as an enemy of the State.
But I find it disturbing to find this supremely level-headed guy worried about "secret evidence" of a "very serious crime" blanked out of eight pages of the court records.
Here is a sample, and a link to the whole:
"All of this led me to believe there had to be more to this story than the surface noise, or Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald would not have spent two years of his life trying to get to the bottom of things – when it never seemed clear that Ms. Plame was a covert agent, traveling openly back and forth to her desk at Langley. It's now clear that there may be something VERY big going on here to explain all this time, money and effort. We don't know what it is, but it is in the hands of the prosecution and the federal courts, summarized in eight pages that Lawrence O'Donnell could write on July 7, on Ariana Huffington's website, "The One Very Good Reason Karl Rove Might Be Indicted." The headline is shocking in itself, coming from O'Donnell, a respected journalist, a man I've known since he served as chief of staff to the late Sen. Pat Moynihan in the 1980s.
"In his July 7 blog, the "one good reason" he cites involves eight blank pages in a February decision by Circuit Court Judge David Tatel who joined his colleagues in ordering Cooper and Miller to reveal their sources. Tatel had earlier indicated he would dissent because the matter did not seem to be a danger to national security, but after looking at the evidence presented by the prosecution he decided they had to testify because, as O'Donnell puts it, "he found that the press privilege had to give way to the gravity of the suspected crime." He also notes: "All the judges who have seen the prosecutors secret evidence firmly believe he is pursuing a very serious crime, and they have done everything they can to help him get an indictment."
What`s the Real Story on Karl Rove?
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From: Jude Wanniski
Re: What's in Those Eight Blank Pages?
But I find it disturbing to find this supremely level-headed guy worried about "secret evidence" of a "very serious crime" blanked out of eight pages of the court records.
Here is a sample, and a link to the whole:
"All of this led me to believe there had to be more to this story than the surface noise, or Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald would not have spent two years of his life trying to get to the bottom of things – when it never seemed clear that Ms. Plame was a covert agent, traveling openly back and forth to her desk at Langley. It's now clear that there may be something VERY big going on here to explain all this time, money and effort. We don't know what it is, but it is in the hands of the prosecution and the federal courts, summarized in eight pages that Lawrence O'Donnell could write on July 7, on Ariana Huffington's website, "The One Very Good Reason Karl Rove Might Be Indicted." The headline is shocking in itself, coming from O'Donnell, a respected journalist, a man I've known since he served as chief of staff to the late Sen. Pat Moynihan in the 1980s.
"In his July 7 blog, the "one good reason" he cites involves eight blank pages in a February decision by Circuit Court Judge David Tatel who joined his colleagues in ordering Cooper and Miller to reveal their sources. Tatel had earlier indicated he would dissent because the matter did not seem to be a danger to national security, but after looking at the evidence presented by the prosecution he decided they had to testify because, as O'Donnell puts it, "he found that the press privilege had to give way to the gravity of the suspected crime." He also notes: "All the judges who have seen the prosecutors secret evidence firmly believe he is pursuing a very serious crime, and they have done everything they can to help him get an indictment."
What`s the Real Story on Karl Rove?
Memo To: Website Fans, Browsers, Clients
From: Jude Wanniski
Re: What's in Those Eight Blank Pages?
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