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Religions > Atheism |
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"Patriotboy is Fair and Balanced" |
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04 Oct 2003 03:04:03 AM |
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Novak exposes ANOTHER CIA secret! |
It's time for that partisan hack to retire. Write CNN and Creator's
Syndicate and tell them it's time to put him out to pasture.
info@creators.com and
"Leak of Agent's Name Causes Exposure of CIA Front Firm
By Walter Pincus and Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, October 4, 2003; Page A03
The leak of a CIA operative's name has also exposed the identity of a
CIA front company, potentially expanding the damage caused by the
original disclosure, Bush administration officials said yesterday.
The company's identity, Brewster-Jennings & Associates, became public
because it appeared in Federal Election Commission records on a form
filled out in 1999 by Valerie Plame, the case officer at the center
of the controversy, when she contributed $1,000 to Al Gore's
presidential primary campaign.
After the name of the company was broadcast yesterday, administration
officials confirmed that it was a CIA front. They said the obscure
and possibly defunct firm was listed as Plame's employer on her W-2
tax forms in 1999 when she was working undercover for the CIA.
Plame's name was first published July 14 in a newspaper column by
Robert D. Novak that quoted two senior administration officials. They
were critical of her husband, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV,
for his handling of a CIA mission that undercut President Bush's
claim that Iraq had sought uranium from the African nation of Niger
for possible use in developing nuclear weapons.
The Justice Department began a formal criminal investigation of the
leak Sept. 26.
The inadvertent disclosure of the name of a business affiliated with
the CIA underscores the potential damage to the agency and its
operatives caused by the leak of Plame's identity. Intelligence
officials have said that once Plame's job as an undercover operative
was revealed, other agency secrets could be unraveled and her sources
might be compromised or endangered.
A former diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity said yesterday
that every foreign intelligence service would run Plame's name
through its databases within hours of its publication to determine if
she had visited their country and to reconstruct her activities.
"That's why the agency is so sensitive about just publishing her
name," the former diplomat said.
FEC rules require donors to list their employment. Plame used her
married name, Valerie E. Wilson, and listed her employment as an
"analyst" with Brewster-Jennings & Associates. The document
establishes that Plame has worked undercover within the past five
years. The time frame is one of the standards used in making
determinations about whether a disclosure is a criminal violation of
the Intelligence Identities Protection Act.
It could not be learned yesterday whether other CIA operatives were
associated with Brewster-Jennings.
Also yesterday, the nearly 2,000 employees of the White House were
given a Tuesday deadline to scour their files and computers for any
records related to Wilson or contacts with journalists about Wilson.
The broad order, in an e-mail from White House counsel Alberto R.
Gonzales, directed them to retain records "that relate in any way to
former U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, his trip to Niger in
February 2002, or his wife's purported relationship with the Central
Intelligence Agency."
White House employees received the e-mailed directive at 12:45 p.m.,
with an all-capitalized subject line saying, "Important Follow-Up
Message From Counsel's Office." By 5 p.m. on Tuesday, employees must
turn over copies of relevant electronic records, telephone records,
message slips, phone logs, computer records, memos, and diaries and
calendar entries.
The directive notes that lawyers in the counsel's office are
attorneys for the president in his official capacity and that they
cannot provide personal legal advice to employees.
For some officials, the task is a massive one. Some White House
officials said they had numerous conversations with Wilson that had
nothing to do with his wife, so the directive is seen as a heavy
burden at a time when many of the president's aides already feel
beleaguered.
Officials at the Pentagon and State Department also have been asked
to retain records related to the case. Secretary of State Colin L.
Powell said yesterday: "We are doing our searches. . . . I'm not sure
what they will be looking for or what they wish to contact us about,
but we are anxious to be of all assistance to the inquiry."
In another development, FBI agents yesterday began attempts to
interview journalists who may have had conversations with government
sources about Plame and Wilson. It was not clear how many journalists
had been contacted. The FBI has interviewed Plame, ABC News reported.
Wilson and his wife have hired Washington lawyer Christopher Wolf to
represent them in the matter.
The couple has directed him to take a preliminary look at claims they
might be able to make against people they believe have impugned their
character, a source said.
The name of the CIA front company was broadcast yesterday by Novak,
the syndicated journalist who originally identified Plame. Novak,
highlighting Wilson's ties to Democrats, said on CNN that Wilson's
"wife, the CIA employee, gave $1,000 to Gore and she listed herself
as an employee of Brewster-Jennings & Associates."
"There is no such firm, I'm convinced," he continued. "CIA people are
not supposed to list themselves with fictitious firms if they're
under a deep cover -- they're supposed to be real firms, or so I'm
told. Sort of adds to the little mystery."
In fact, it appears the firm did exist, at least on paper. The Dun &
Bradstreet database of company names lists a firm that is called both
Brewster Jennings & Associates and Jennings Brewster & Associates.
The phone number in the listing is not in service, and the property
manager at the address listed said there is no such company at the
property, although records from 2000 were not available.
Wilson was originally listed as having given $2,000 to Gore during
the primary campaign in 1999, but the donation, over the legal limit
of $1,000, was "reattributed" so that Wilson and Plame each gave
$1,000 to Gore. Wilson also gave $1,000 to the Bush primary campaign,
but there is no donation listed from his wife."
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And quote one Democrat saying that the Earth was round."
--Paul Krugman
Tim
"Fair and Balanced"
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| User: "Patriotboy is Fair and Balanced" |
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| Title: My Novak letter |
04 Oct 2003 03:51:01 AM |
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To: cnn@cnn.com;
Bob Novak is a loose cannon. He has revealed at least two CIA secrets
in the past two months for what appears to be nothing more than an
attempt at politically motivated character assassination. First, he
outed Valerie Plame, and now, he has exposed the CIA front for whom
she worked.
These acts are unconscionable. Every journalist I've heard or read
has said that the Plume outing was gratuitous and irrelevant to the
story he was writing. At least 6 other journalists turned down the
same tip.
His outing of the CIA front company was equally as reckless. He based
that story on his belief that Plame made up the name of the company.
In fact, had he done something as simple as check Dun & Bradstreet,
he would have learned that the company existed. That's negligence of
the highest order. See the Washington Post for details
http://tinyurl.com/pooo.
I wouldn't be writing you if there was a legitimate journalistic
reason for Novak's actions that would justify the damage done to our
national security. There isn't.
You share some responsibility for his actions, because you did not
suspend him for unjustifiably outing Plame. Now, he's done it again.
It's time for you to act.
--
"If the administration said the Earth was flat, Fox News would say
that the Earth was flat, and anyone who said otherwise hates America.
The rest of the media would say 'Shape of the Earth-- Views Differ.'
And quote one Democrat saying that the Earth was round."
--Paul Krugman
Tim
"Fair and Balanced"
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| User: "David Haapala" |
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| Title: Re: My Novak letter |
04 Oct 2003 08:07:01 AM |
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"Patriotboy is Fair and Balanced" <tim@somecallme.net> wrote in message
news:Xns940A133948C80timsomecallme@216.168.3.44...
| To: cnn@cnn.com;
|
| Bob Novak is a loose cannon. He has revealed at least two CIA secrets
| in the past two months for what appears to be nothing more than an
| attempt at politically motivated character assassination. First, he
| outed Valerie Plame, and now, he has exposed the CIA front for whom
| she worked.
|
| These acts are unconscionable. Every journalist I've heard or read
| has said that the Plume outing was gratuitous and irrelevant to the
| story he was writing. At least 6 other journalists turned down the
| same tip.
|
| His outing of the CIA front company was equally as reckless. He based
| that story on his belief that Plame made up the name of the company.
| In fact, had he done something as simple as check Dun & Bradstreet,
| he would have learned that the company existed. That's negligence of
| the highest order. See the Washington Post for details
| http://tinyurl.com/pooo.
|
| I wouldn't be writing you if there was a legitimate journalistic
| reason for Novak's actions that would justify the damage done to our
| national security. There isn't.
|
| You share some responsibility for his actions, because you did not
| suspend him for unjustifiably outing Plame. Now, he's done it again.
| It's time for you to act.
|
| --
| "If the administration said the Earth was flat, Fox News would say
| that the Earth was flat, and anyone who said otherwise hates America.
| The rest of the media would say 'Shape of the Earth-- Views Differ.'
| And quote one Democrat saying that the Earth was round."
| --Paul Krugman
|
| Tim
| "Fair and Balanced"
I agree, and will write for this *person's* retirement or dismissal.
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