Here's why I like Larry Johnson

[Cocoa]

He's absolutely right in this fascinating email exchange with CBS.

The testimony at that hearing on Friday was some of the most compelling footage I've ever seen, and as much as I've read about the Rove case, that testimony made me understand the importance of it in a way I'd never understood it.

And of course the TV media isn't interested in the testimony that makes sense of it all, they want to keep it muddled and look like conventional partisan squabbling with no real meaning behind it. Gloria Borger said as much in her report the other day.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/stories/2005/07/23/msmIgnoresValerie.html

From: Rabin, Carrie @cbsnews.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 12:38 PM
To: 'LCJohnson@</FONT>
Subject: GREETINGS FROM CBS NEWS


Hello there,

Hoping to reach you this fine Saturday. We're doing a story for tonight's Evening News on the latest developments in the Karl Rove/Valerie Plame case, and your testimony yesterday about what all this means for national security.

If you can give me a call back: 202-XXXXXX, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks so much,

Carrie Rabin
Producer
CBS News

I did and they came out for an interview. I spent about a half hour with them.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Rabin, Carrie"
Sent: Jul 23, 2005 6:05 PM
To: "'[e-mail]'"
Subject: RE: GREETINGS FROM CBS NEWS


Thanks so much for speaking with us.

Unfortunately, our piece was cut to just a minute, and we had to kill our sound bite with you. But we'll save the interview for the numerous other broadcasts interested in the story.

Thanks again for your time...and hope to speak with you soon...
Carrie

From: lcjohnso > Flag Message | Mark Unread
To: "Rabin,Carrie" @cbsnews.com>
Subject: RE: GREETINGS FROM CBS NEWS
Date: Jul 23, 2005 6:21 PM
Carrie,
Here's what is fascinating. Our testimony yesterday on this issue before a joint committee of Senate and House Democrats has been the most widely requested piece that C-Span has had in quite a while. Yet, most of the Main Stream Media seems to be cowering in fear at following this story. Pretty sad. Who is out there speaking on behalf of Valerie Plame? Only a few of us.
Pat Lang told me earlier today this is what would happen.
I won't be available for CBS in the future. No need to waste my time with you folks because, whether I spend time with you or not, the story gets ignored.
Larry

[liberaliraqvet26]

1. I feel like i've seen him before but cant remember where...

was he involved in the Kerry campaign?

[Cocoa]

4. I only know him from the Rove story

other than that, I don't know of any other public role.

edit: he was the first one I heard finger Scooter Libby, and he fingered him early and fingered him hard.

[w13rd0]

8. No, don't think so...

...he is a former Bush official. He appeared for a while on Fox as a talking head. Definately a "Road to Damascus" story.

[Cooley Hurd]

16. He was featured in the Greenwald documentary, "Outfoxed..."

...as a former FauxNews contributor/analyst who was promptly dropped after he told the truth about something Faux didn't want to hear the truth (unable to recall the specific topic, though).

[Rhiannon12866]

19. I remember him. He was former CIA, one of their hired "experts."

He was under contract to FOX News, but after stating that (I think it was to Sean Hannity) the Iraq war was a diversion from the "war on terror" and would actually serve to increase incidents of terrorism, he was never used again, and then dropped.

Here: (4:12 first comments)
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/1442221

edited to add the word "News," not to be confused with the network which broadcasts "The Simpsons.":D

[Rhiannon12866]

20. I know I've seen him interviewed numerous times, so it's hard to remember

Cooley Hurd (reply #16) reminded me that he was in the documentary "Outfoxed," and I just saw him just this past weekend, on C-Span, in that hearing which he refers to in his e-mail. He testified before Waxman's committee on the threat to national security posed by the "outing" of undercover CIA operatives.

[wtmusic]

2. Although CBS has always stuck their neck out

farther than the other nets, this is disappointing.

You go Larry.

[liberaliraqvet26]

5. They also gave us that Bernard Goldberg ...

jackass. What a gift he was.

[Tommymac]

3. Rock her world Larry!

:patriot:

[dogday]

6. I wrote and email to CBS

and told them I was boycotting till they showed the story... So should everyone else....

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

15. I'm Boycotting EVERY News Show - Except Countdown

[CTyankee]

7. Hope he doesn't give up entirely

I guess we who have given up on the MSM entirely have to somehow communicate this more strongly to MSM's corporate offices.

[mr_hat]

9. I wish he hadn't been so wrong about the terrorist threat >

back in '01. Makes it so easy for the repubs to discredit him now.

[Cocoa]

11. me too

and I'm a little surprised he's taking such a public role now.

[DanCa]

10. Politics aside he's a good man

It took alot of personal courage for him to go against his party.
I wish him well and that there were more republicans like him.

[MasonJar]

12. Hasn't he testified before Congress with other former CIA opera-

tives?

[Rhiannon12866]

21. Yes. I saw him just this past weekend on C-Span

in that hearing which he refers to in his e-mail. He testified before Waxman's committee on the threat to national security posed by the "outing" of undercover CIA operatives. He was excellent. I'm sure it'll be repeated.

[MasonJar]

13. I just wrote CBS. Get busy, guys; this is WAR.

[ginnyinWI]

14. CBS has been cowed since Rather left the evening news

I'm really disappointed in them, too. Bob Schieffer just doesn't cut it with me-on Face the Nation he always seems to be asking questions in such a way that the WH will get a pass.

NBC is more hard-hitting lately, especially David Gregory. ABC would come in second, especially Ted Koppel and George Stephanopolis. He has even had the editor of The Nation on his Sunday show.

Cable news doesn't do real reporting, so they don't count(with the possible exception of Keith Olbermann).

[Coexist]

17. After his testimony, he should be on every Sunday talk show

but amazingly, BEN STEIN is on today. WTF???

[leftchick]

18. And CBS let that moran ben stein rant for 5 minutes this morning!!!

It was vomit inducing to hear him on my TV saying the same tired LYING RNC talkiing points. I kept thinking over the last two days, Where is Larry Johnson???

:argh: