Sunday, July 10, 2005

Novak stonewalls press corps as Times reporter goes to Jail


As you may know, NY Times reporter Judith Miller has gone to jail for refusing to reveal her sources. There is an ongoing investigation as to just who leaked the news that Valerie Plame was a covert CIA agent.

In the State of the Union address of 2003 Bush claimed Saddam Hussein's Iraq had made attempts to procure uranium from africa. based in part on this claim, we were at war a few days later. With shocked over this brash lie, Joseph Wilson (the very man the US sent to investigate this claim) went public with the fact that this story was infact false.

Soon there after Conservative Columnist Robert Novak went public with a story about Wilson's wife--in fact outing her as a CIA agent. THIS is the entire story which has caused the controversy. THIS is the reason people are going to jail.

Now for the bizarre part. why Judith Miller? she never even WROTE the article outing Plame! and what about Bob Novak? so far no statements, no questions, no jail. any ideas why? My guess (and this is a wide range) is that he's being protected since he actually DID what the white house ordered (outed Plame) OR he's already testified and we just don't know it yet.

Either way, with recent revelations, my money's on Karl Rove as the source/law breaker. It would do my heart good to see such political scum frog-marched to jail.

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