Month: October 2005

MSNBC’s Don Imus and CNN are buzzin’ about the new story on Tim Russert’s involvement in the CIA Leak case. Imus joked about Russert’s possible indictment (then slipped in that his little boy Wyatt likes Tim who gives him lots of toys). Cozy.

Libby’s testimony stated that Rove had told him about his contact with Novak and that Libby had told Rove about information he had gotten about Wilson’s wife from NBC’s Tim Russert, according to a person familiar with the information shown to Rove, (AP/CNN, Oct. 20, 2005; 6:32 a.m. EDT)

The sources are “people directly familiar with testimony the two witnesses gave” who also said that, during his grand jury testimony, “Rove was shown testimony from Libby suggesting the two had discussed with each other information they had gotten about Wilson’s wife from reporters in early July 2003.”

One problem is that, according to MSNBC TV today, Russert’s testimony shows that he talked to Libby a week after Libby spoke with Rove.

And, unlike the Matt Cooper case, there may not be a “smoking gun” in the form of an e-mail from or to Russert. From the WSJ on July 11, 2005:

Newsweek magazine reported that among Mr. Cooper’s notes was an email he sent to one of his editors describing a conversation with Mr. Rove a few days before columnist Robert Novak first identified Valerie Plame as a CIA agent in print [on July 13, 2003].

It’s critical to keep in mind that if Matt Cooper hadn’t sent that e-mail, he’d have been in a stronger position to resist Judge Hogan and Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald.

This story could be partially recycled news. From the July 23, 2005 WaPo story, “Testimony By Rove and Libby Examined” — in which the sources were “lawyers in the case and witness statements”:

“Libby has testified that he learned about Plame from NBC correspondent Tim Russert, according to a source who spoke with The Washington Post some months ago. Russert said in a statement last year that he told the prosecutor that “he did not know Ms. Plame’s name or that she was a CIA operative” and that he did not provide such information to Libby in July 2003. […]

The possible conflicts in the accounts given by Russert and Libby were first reported yesterday by Bloomberg News.

Russert’s silence is strange because, after all, he is a “journalist.” … More below:

Out of all the odious characters in the Bush administration, the man who has always impressed me as one who would not shy away from any word or deed to advance his agenda was Cheney.He epitomizes this administration in many ways.His arrogance is, of course, obvious.He is convinced of his own magnificence as when he makes inane utterances like “Ronald Reagan proved that deficits don’t matter” as though his stating it should end discussion.His arrogance was in full display when he took on the pitiable Joe Lieberman in the vice presidential debates in 2000.He claimed that his wealth was not derived from governement largesse but was a product of his hard work and risk taking in the private sector,i.e. Halliburton.That he thinks others would swallow that nonsense knowing the nature of Halliburton’s business is another instance of his arrogance.

It should come as no surprise that he is a vengeful man intolerant of other people’s opinions.When Ambassador Wilson upset his nice little apple cart of WMD’s in Iraq as a prelude to war, he drew out his sword against the Ambassador and ordered everyone to fall in line.The result is now plainly visible.

That he is a ruthless man bent on accumulating power with his evil twin Rumsfeld has been obvious to any discerning observer.These two men have navigated the revolving door between government and industry with deft skill, accumulationg IOU’s along the way and, in their latest incarnations as Bush’s Rasputins,have arrived at their Nirvana.They have gone on killing sprees in Iraq,intimidation of our supplicant Press at home and very likely created the conditions that led to the disaster in New Orleans.In that context, it was revealing to me that Cheney played a huge part in voting down Martin Luther King’s birthday as a national holiday and also kept up the canard that Nelson Mandela should not be released because he was a Communist.

More than Bush,it is Cheney and his twin Rumsfeld that have subverted our Constitution.Their contempt for democratic processes shines through in every word they speak and every act they undertake.

Yes.  I’ve brought my friend again.  You remember Direct Actions.  Direct Actions, you remember my friends at The Booman Tribune.

[Potential readers, somewhat charmed after their first meeting with the book, share a polite handshake with the now eager novel.  Fade to black.]

Okay.  This whole bumping into my novel is getting old, right?  He looks kind of like an action novel.  (Chuckle).  And he looks a bit green.  Is that novel going to be okay?

But there is new and exciting news.  So how else am I going to tell you?  The book is now available at the Boo Store.

Americans! We have been duped, manipulated, controlled and robbed for too long.

It is time to take personal stock, personal control and stop buying into the media, consumerism, politics of destruction and change our mindless ways.

This is a Civil War and it is time to choose sides. Do you want your personal freedom or will you continue to follow the pied piper into the abyss?

It is time to become more self-sustaining. Time to cut up the credit cards, unsubscribe cable tv and stay out of Walmart.