CIA Leakgate may be part of a larger intelligence war
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CIA Leakgate may be part of a
larger intelligence war
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October 17, 2005 -- Official Washington remains tense in anticipation of indictments being returned against senior White House officials as a result of the CIA leak investigation by special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald. The Grand Jury is due to reconvene on Wednesday, October 19, however, it is not known when "bills" may be returned in the case that is centered around Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, Ari Fleischer, and Dick Cheney. In a Grand Jury, a bill is an indictment. A "no bill" is a determination by the Grand Jury that there is insufficient evidence to support an indictment.
There is already talk of who will replace Rove and Libby if they resign following indictments. Given his close ties to Cheney, Douglas Feith's replacement as Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy and Plans Eric Edelman is rumored to be a top candidate to replace Libby as Cheney's Chief of Staff. Top candidates to replace Rove include State Department International Public Diplomacy Assistant Secretary of State Karen Hughes and long time GOP adviser Mary Matalin. However, given the close ties of all these potential candidates to the current scandal, other observers believe the White House will come under pressure to completely clean house, especially if Cheney is named as an unindicted co-conspirator or if he is actually indicted outright. In that event, look for new players from the GOP "moderate" wing to come into the White House and Cabinet in senior positions. Names mentioned include former Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci, former RNC Chairman and Montana Governor Marc Racicot, former Florida Senator Connie Mack, former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar, former Michigan Governor John Engler, former New Jersey Governor Thomas Keane, and former California Governor Pete Wilson. Also, look for an increased advisory role for former President George H. W. Bush.
CIA case Expands to Pentagon
It has also been revealed that New York Times reporter Judith Miller was granted a Secret Department of Defense clearance while she was embedded with a U.S. military unit in Iraq searching for weapons of mass destruction (weapons that were non-existent). Although the identification of Joseph Wilson's wife as a CIA agent (contained in a State Department memorandum carried aboard Air Force One on a trip to Africa in July 2003) was classified Secret, Miller would not have had a need to know for that information.
CIA Leakgate may be part of a larger intelligence war between the CIA and Pentagon. Miller's status as a security cleared Defense Department embedded reporter adds to the mix of intrigue
The involvement of the Pentagon in Miller's aspect of the CIA leak matter may indicate that senior Pentagon officials have also been called before the Grand Jury. As previously reported by WMR, the Fitzgerald case has, for quite some time, dovetailed with the case by Federal prosecutor Paul McNulty against Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin and officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The AIPAC case continues with other Pentagon officials, Israeli government officials, and a "senior fellow at a Washington think tank [specializing on Iran]" still under investigation. Franklin is now a cooperating witness having agreed to a plea bargain with McNulty. The links between the White House and Pentagon neocon cells, as well as others within the U.S. government, may be what Libby referred to in his letter to Miller: "They [the aspen trees] turn in clusters, because their roots connect them."
WMR can also report that CIA personnel like Valerie Plame and her Brewster Jennings & Associates non-official cover (NOC) team were not the only intelligence personnel targeted by the neo-con cells in the White House and Pentagon. The Middle East group in the National Security Agency's Signals Intelligence Directorate -- a group of Arabic speaking linguists and area specialists involved in collecting and analyzing signals intelligence from Iraq and other countries in the region -- saw a number of its analysts and linguists purged by NSA security on trumped up charges, simply because they knew there were no WMDs in Iraq and they had access to intercepts proving collusion between senior Bush administration and military officers in the run up to the war.
If Fitgzerald's indictments include charges that White House personnel violated the civil rights of Ambassador and Mrs. Wilson, expect a deluge of civil suits being filed against the government by well over a hundred intelligence, diplomatic, and military personnel targeted for harassment and retaliation.
October 16, 2005 -- The neocon spin machine took to the airwaves Sunday morning to continue their assault against Patrick Fitzgerald. Some right-wing talking heads inferred that Fitzgerald is a "runaway" prosecutor who can only base a case against the White House on the faulty memories and incomplete notes of reporters and White House staff. The spinners also continued the baseless charge that Valerie Plame (or "Flame" as New York Times reporter Judith Miller listed in the same notebook that contains the notes of her conversations with Scooter Libby) and her Brewster Jennings & Associates NOC team were not covert. In addition, Meet the Press featured discredited former FBI Director Louis Freeh, Jr., an associate and friend of Rudolph Giuliani. Freeh blathered on about his Clinton-bashing book. Freeh's tenure at the FBI saw him cut the feet off of counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence agents like John O'Neill in their pursuit of Al Qaeda and Russian-Ukrainian-Israeli (RUIM) figures. Freeh was also a friend and co-parishioner of convicted Soviet and Russian spy Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who had been spying for Moscow for over 25 years.
This neocon last gasp at spinning on the Sunday pundit programs is a sign that Fitzgerald will soon be returning multiple indictments against Karl Rove and Scooter Libby, as well as false statement indictments against other White House officials. The desperation of the neocons this Sunday is a sign that the indictments are likely coming within the next few days. The White House is reportedly in a crisis mode unseen since the days before the buildup to the attack on Iraq. Major resignations and a reshuffling are expected in the next few weeks.
One of the most bizarre revelations (which could come right out of a bad Hollywood screenplay) in Miller's piece in the New York Times today is this one:
"Mr. Fitzgerald also focused on the letter's closing lines. 'Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning,' Mr. Libby wrote. 'They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them.'
In answer, I told the grand jury about my last encounter with Mr. Libby. It came in August 2003, shortly after I attended a conference on national security issues held in Aspen, Colo. After the conference, I traveled to Jackson Hole, Wyo. At a rodeo one afternoon, a man in jeans, a cowboy hat and sunglasses approached me. He asked me how the Aspen conference had gone. I had no idea who he was.
'Judy," he said. "It's Scooter Libby.'"
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CIA LEAK: JUDITH MILLER OPERATION MOCKINGBIRD ASSET!
MOCKINGBIRD
The Subversion Of The Free Press By The CIA
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/MOCK/mockingbird.html
SOURCE: http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
October 17, 2005 -- Official Washington remains tense in anticipation of indictments being returned against senior White House officials as a result of the CIA leak investigation by special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald. The Grand Jury is due to reconvene on Wednesday, October 19, however, it is not known when "bills" may be returned in the case that is centered around Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, Ari Fleischer, and Dick Cheney. In a Grand Jury, a bill is an indictment. A "no bill" is a determination by the Grand Jury that there is insufficient evidence to support an indictment.
There is already talk of who will replace Rove and Libby if they resign following indictments. Given his close ties to Cheney, Douglas Feith's replacement as Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy and Plans Eric Edelman is rumored to be a top candidate to replace Libby as Cheney's Chief of Staff. Top candidates to replace Rove include State Department International Public Diplomacy Assistant Secretary of State Karen Hughes and long time GOP adviser Mary Matalin. However, given the close ties of all these potential candidates to the current scandal, other observers believe the White House will come under pressure to completely clean house, especially if Cheney is named as an unindicted co-conspirator or if he is actually indicted outright. In that event, look for new players from the GOP "moderate" wing to come into the White House and Cabinet in senior positions. Names mentioned include former Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci, former RNC Chairman and Montana Governor Marc Racicot, former Florida Senator Connie Mack, former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar, former Michigan Governor John Engler, former New Jersey Governor Thomas Keane, and former California Governor Pete Wilson. Also, look for an increased advisory role for former President George H. W. Bush.
CIA case Expands to Pentagon
It has also been revealed that New York Times reporter Judith Miller was granted a Secret Department of Defense clearance while she was embedded with a U.S. military unit in Iraq searching for weapons of mass destruction (weapons that were non-existent). Although the identification of Joseph Wilson's wife as a CIA agent (contained in a State Department memorandum carried aboard Air Force One on a trip to Africa in July 2003) was classified Secret, Miller would not have had a need to know for that information.
CIA Leakgate may be part of a larger intelligence war between the CIA and Pentagon. Miller's status as a security cleared Defense Department embedded reporter adds to the mix of intrigue
The involvement of the Pentagon in Miller's aspect of the CIA leak matter may indicate that senior Pentagon officials have also been called before the Grand Jury. As previously reported by WMR, the Fitzgerald case has, for quite some time, dovetailed with the case by Federal prosecutor Paul McNulty against Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin and officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The AIPAC case continues with other Pentagon officials, Israeli government officials, and a "senior fellow at a Washington think tank [specializing on Iran]" still under investigation. Franklin is now a cooperating witness having agreed to a plea bargain with McNulty. The links between the White House and Pentagon neocon cells, as well as others within the U.S. government, may be what Libby referred to in his letter to Miller: "They [the aspen trees] turn in clusters, because their roots connect them."
WMR can also report that CIA personnel like Valerie Plame and her Brewster Jennings & Associates non-official cover (NOC) team were not the only intelligence personnel targeted by the neo-con cells in the White House and Pentagon. The Middle East group in the National Security Agency's Signals Intelligence Directorate -- a group of Arabic speaking linguists and area specialists involved in collecting and analyzing signals intelligence from Iraq and other countries in the region -- saw a number of its analysts and linguists purged by NSA security on trumped up charges, simply because they knew there were no WMDs in Iraq and they had access to intercepts proving collusion between senior Bush administration and military officers in the run up to the war.
If Fitgzerald's indictments include charges that White House personnel violated the civil rights of Ambassador and Mrs. Wilson, expect a deluge of civil suits being filed against the government by well over a hundred intelligence, diplomatic, and military personnel targeted for harassment and retaliation.
October 16, 2005 -- The neocon spin machine took to the airwaves Sunday morning to continue their assault against Patrick Fitzgerald. Some right-wing talking heads inferred that Fitzgerald is a "runaway" prosecutor who can only base a case against the White House on the faulty memories and incomplete notes of reporters and White House staff. The spinners also continued the baseless charge that Valerie Plame (or "Flame" as New York Times reporter Judith Miller listed in the same notebook that contains the notes of her conversations with Scooter Libby) and her Brewster Jennings & Associates NOC team were not covert. In addition, Meet the Press featured discredited former FBI Director Louis Freeh, Jr., an associate and friend of Rudolph Giuliani. Freeh blathered on about his Clinton-bashing book. Freeh's tenure at the FBI saw him cut the feet off of counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence agents like John O'Neill in their pursuit of Al Qaeda and Russian-Ukrainian-Israeli (RUIM) figures. Freeh was also a friend and co-parishioner of convicted Soviet and Russian spy Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who had been spying for Moscow for over 25 years.
This neocon last gasp at spinning on the Sunday pundit programs is a sign that Fitzgerald will soon be returning multiple indictments against Karl Rove and Scooter Libby, as well as false statement indictments against other White House officials. The desperation of the neocons this Sunday is a sign that the indictments are likely coming within the next few days. The White House is reportedly in a crisis mode unseen since the days before the buildup to the attack on Iraq. Major resignations and a reshuffling are expected in the next few weeks.
One of the most bizarre revelations (which could come right out of a bad Hollywood screenplay) in Miller's piece in the New York Times today is this one:
"Mr. Fitzgerald also focused on the letter's closing lines. 'Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning,' Mr. Libby wrote. 'They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them.'
In answer, I told the grand jury about my last encounter with Mr. Libby. It came in August 2003, shortly after I attended a conference on national security issues held in Aspen, Colo. After the conference, I traveled to Jackson Hole, Wyo. At a rodeo one afternoon, a man in jeans, a cowboy hat and sunglasses approached me. He asked me how the Aspen conference had gone. I had no idea who he was.
'Judy," he said. "It's Scooter Libby.'"
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
Tell us what you think about our web site, our products, or anything else that comes to mind. We welcome all of your comments and suggestions.
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Washington, DC 20045
Email: waynemadsendc@hotmail.com
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CIA LEAK: JUDITH MILLER OPERATION MOCKINGBIRD ASSET!
MOCKINGBIRD
The Subversion Of The Free Press By The CIA
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/MOCK/mockingbird.html
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