She was a trained agent who had been covert in the past, and could be again-- IF her cover were not blown deliberately by Cheney. Now her skills are lost to us, and her contacts jeopardized. The law against revealing agents does not create a loophole here. Interesting how the "moral" rightists come up with rationalizations to weasel out of it.
What would you have done if a Democrat had done the same thing? Would you be screaming Treason and demanding a firing squad for the offender? You make a bigger deal out of a damn BJ!
2007-07-03 09:01:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Susan McDougal was NOT pardoned. She went to jail. She knew nothing, and was punished for not telling Captain Ahab Starr what he wanted to hear! Thank you to another rightist coward who lobs rehetorical bombs and hides out so I can't correct his flaming error!
2007-07-03 09:44:03 · update #1
FascFiter, you are 100% CORRECT! It doesn't matter that Plame wasn't covert NOW, she WAS in the past and any contacts she's made and any agents she's worked with are all COMPROMISED as well. If it had been a Democrat, the Republicans would have crucified him/her, but because it's one of their own, they won't hold him accountable. Typical Republican rhetoric and double speak.
2007-07-03 09:06:32 · answer #1 · answered by R H 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Plame was a government official who used her position to get her husband a consulting job for big bucks. She could NOT have gone covert again, not after being pulled out of the field for having her cover blown by the KGB in 1994.
BTW: Susan H. McDougal was pardoned by President William Jefferson Clinton on January 20, 2001. She had been found guilty in 1996 of Mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341; aiding and abetting in misapplication of Small Business Investment Corporation funds, 18 U.S.C. §§ 657 and 2; aiding and abetting in making false entries, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1006 and 2; aiding and abetting in making false statements, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1014 and 2
2007-07-03 18:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by Gray Wanderer 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The law only protected covert agents and Libby did not out her Armitage did who was not even bright up for trial proving this was a political witch hunt.
2007-07-03 16:51:39 · answer #3 · answered by ALASPADA 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
She WAS covert. And if this was reversed and a Democrat had outed a CIA agent, I swear to God you would have seen a lynching by a mob of Republicans.
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"One neighbor of the Wilsons, who live in the affluent Palisades community in Northwest, said that he "absolutely didn't know" that Mrs. Plame was in the CIA.
"We understood her to work as an economist," said David Tillotson, a 62-year old lawyer. He said he didn't know that Mrs. Plame commuted to CIA headquarters, but added that "they wouldn't be conducting an investigation if she hadn't been covert."
http://mediamatters.org/items/200507260005
2007-07-03 16:04:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The rules are the rules and they are for everyone to follow. She was covert and this is a huge treason issue. Libby is just the fool they threw under the bus to save the rest of them so it was imperative that they pull him from the fire and pay his little fine for services rendered. All happy again, see?But get a BJ and you are going to hell.
2007-07-03 16:12:45 · answer #5 · answered by 84purpleshovel 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It was a politically motivated witch hunt that turned up nothing.
If you want a real pardon-scandal-cover-up, look up this name: Susan McDougal.
2007-07-03 16:40:48 · answer #6 · answered by floatingbloatedcorpse 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Trust me dude, anyone that walks into and out of the front door of CIA headquarters everyday for years in not now, never was and never will be covert.
She was an analyst and nothing more.
2007-07-03 16:08:00 · answer #7 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
You are clearly mistaken for putting this in the "Law & Ethics" Category. The Bush administration is above the law, and has no sense of "ethics."
2007-07-03 16:07:39 · answer #8 · answered by Crystal P 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋