Cliff Kincaid [LEAK-GATE] CIA Defector Defends Joe Wilson Tue Oct 21 17:31:10 2003 64.140.158.83 CIA Defector Defends Joe Wilson By Cliff Kincaid October 21, 2003 The "scandal" over the naming of a CIA agent demonstrates the enormous liberal bias of the major media. The liberals were not concerned when pro-communist activists were naming CIA agents for the purpose of destroying secret operations against the Soviet Union and its client states. In fact, journalists relied on people such as CIA defector Philip Agee, who specialized in naming the names of CIA operatives, for stories. The federal law that prohibits the naming of agents under cover was passed in response to the activities of Agee and his associates. Today, however, it has become a major controversy that one or two Bush administration officials have named a CIA employee to a respected conservative journalist, Robert Novak, who published the information. What those officials were doing, in their conversation with Novak, is far different than anything that Agee and his media collaborators ever did. Incredibly, Agee, who wrote the book "Inside the Company: CIA Diary," has come to the defense of Joe Wilson, whose wife’s employment by the CIA was revealed by Novak. Agee now runs a travel services business in—of all places—Havana, Cuba. Agee calls the outing of Ambassador Joseph Wilson’s wife "dirty politics." The affair is depicted as an attempt by the administration to take revenge on Ambassador Joseph Wilson for opposing Iraq policy. But the name of his wife was provided in the context of the administration trying to explain why Wilson was picked by the CIA to conduct a mission to investigate the Iraq/uranium matter. This is a potential conflict of interest with a possible partisan motivation. What’s more, as Internet writer Darren Kaplan points out, such a selection might violate the federal anti-nepotism statute, which prohibits federal employees from even recommending the appointment of family members for jobs. The real story, the Wall Street Journal reports, is whether a group of CIA bureaucrats is "hoping to defeat" Bush by undermining his foreign policy and whether the Wilson mission was part of that effort. A group calling itself Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, representing former CIA employees, has fanned the flames of this controversy. But its spokesman, Ray McGovern, has some explaining of his own to do. He admits that he has given permission to reprint his articles critical of the Bush administration to publications associated with Lyndon LaRouche. McGovern, who had a 27-year career in the CIA, says researchers for LaRouche "do some fairly good work" and he sees "no downside" to them using his material. He claims to know nothing about LaRouche. That’s hard to believe. Larouche is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, again, and served time in prison on financial fraud charges. He has said that Bush and Cheney should be declared insane. Back in 1976, LaRouche called for bringing into being "a new Marxist International throughout the capitalist sector" and, before the first Persian Gulf War, he issued a statement calling for support for Iraq. Cliff Kincaid is the Editor of the AIM Report and can be reached at aimeditor@yahoo.com http://www.aim.org/publications/media_monitor/2003/10/21.html ================================== Searched news for CIA LEAK. Tom Tomorrow, Author of "This Modern World" BuzzFlash - 4 hours ago ... This story that’s been dominating the news this week about the leak of the CIA operative’s identity has been a really interesting case in point. ... http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/10/int03201.html GUEST EDITORIAL: Investigating the CIA leak Adrian Daily Telegram, MI - 9 hours ago ... From full disclosure to circle the wagons. As secrets go, the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity could hardly be more transparent. http://www.lenconnect.com/articles/2003/10/21/news/news07.txt Truth, Lies, and The Legend of 9/11 Indymedia Italia, Italy - 12 hours ago ... bringing along with him a few other like-minded "disillusioned" Jews from CIA ... Baker clique/ Woolsey/the national intelligence apparatus), the May 7 Mega leak by ... http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2003/10/405824.php Democrats air ads calling CIA leak a Bush 'scandal' Washington Times, DC - 15 hours ago ... Joseph C. Wilson has charged that Bush administration officials leaked the identity of his wife, a CIA operative. Mr. Wilson and Democrats said the leak was an ... http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031020-103007-9866r.htm Inside Politics Washington Times, DC - 15 hours ago ... The Washington Post celebrated a left-wing public-relations event spotlighting former diplomat and antiwar activist Joe Wilson, the center of the CIA-leak ' ... http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031020-122540-4318r.htm Lack of intelligence Jerusalem Post (subscription), Israel - 20 hours ago ... the CIA. Nobody paid any attention for two months. Then another SAO from some other faction in the Administration counter-leaked details of the original leak ... http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1066626587352&p=1006953079865 National Political Ad Debuts In NEPA WNEP-TV, PA - 22 hours ago The TV ad is critical of the Bush administration over the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity. The ad calls for an independent ... National Political Ad Debuts In NEPA WNEP-TV, PA - 22 hours ago The TV ad is critical of the Bush administration over the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity. The ad calls for an independent ... U.S. Sec. of State Colin Powell on 'FOX News Sunday' Sun Oct 19 18:50:32 2003 http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?disc=149495;article=45534;title=APFN LEAK-GATE: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LEAK-GATE/join This White House Scandal Finally Tips the Scale! http://www.apfn.org/apfn/leakgate.htm Post message: LEAK-GATE@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: LEAK-GATE-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: LEAK-GATE-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: LEAK-GATE-owner@yahoogroups.com "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism" - Thomas Jefferson "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be... The People cannot be safe without information." -- Thomas Jefferson http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/149495.html Re: Rightwing corporate writer Cliff Kincaid — Cheryl Seal, Wed Oct 22 12:34 VETERAN INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS FOR SANITY — VIPS, Tue Oct 21 17:53 Government must create criminals — The Idaho Observer, Tue Oct 21 20:06
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