Are you diggin on the new WaPo Traitorgate story in LBN?

[Goldmund]

It just escalated another notch.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1656726

[Bumblebee]

1. It's coming dangerously close to the very top

which means GOP congress will do all they can to impeach... Fitzgerald. After all, this is so minor compared to a stain on Monica's dress. Watch Starr talking for the rest of the week and beyond about prosecutorial excesses -- on FOX, CNN, MSNBC, etc

[darkism]

2. Traitorgate is still going on? *sarcasm*

From cable "news," you'd think it was all Aruba girl and John Roberts.

Good to see that Fitz is still on the case.

[Gabi Hayes]

4. watergate never would have ended the way it did without Alexander

Butterfield

without the tapes, Nixon would have made it through his term before the media/courts caught up with him

unless something similar happens here, I'm afraid they're going to skate, just as they have past EVERY SINGLE other treasonous act they've committed

[senseandsensibility]

3. I am now that you clued me in!

Thanks!

[Carla in Ca]

5. This is very strange

At the top of page 2:


In a strange twist in the investigation, the grand jury -- acting on a tip from Wilson -- has questioned a person who approached Novak on Pennsylvania Avenue on July 8, 2003, six days before his column appeared in The Post and other publications, Wilson said in an interview. The person, whom Wilson declined to identify to The Post, asked Novak about the "yellow cake" uranium matter and then about Wilson, Wilson said. He first revealed that conversation in a book he wrote last year. In the book, he said that he tried to reach Novak on July 8, and that they finally connected on July 10. In that conversation, Wilson said that he did not confirm his wife worked for the CIA but that Novak told him he had obtained the information from a "CIA source."


Somebody explain this to me.

[enigmatic]

6. Yes, I am

Every new story raises this scandal higher to W and Cheney, and it's going to reach critical mass very, very soon.

[KharmaTrain]

7. Someone's Setting A Trap

Remember, the clock's still ticking here. Fitzgerald is still in the investigation stage...and I'll bet he's getting some interesting feedback from his investigation. Hopefull his people are scowering the papers and websites for all the distortions and lies. They will come in helpful later.

Yep...the can has been kicked further down the road and there's gotta be more brownstaining going in in the Department of Crashcart. That AF1 memo is gonna turn into one hell of a smoking gun here.

Yep...I'm starting to really believe my hopes for a conspiracy or obstruction charge is getting closer to occuring.

Now what????

[jsamuel]

8. Does anyone know when the Statute of Limitations runs out for some of the

possible crimes?

[KharmaTrain]

9. I Thought It Was 7 Years

except for murder.

Don't worry about that clock running out here, yet. While we'll never get this regime for all its crimes, let's start with just one. Could be we're on the way.

I keep hoping the UN would get its head out of the sand and start looking at this invasion from the international law standpoint. Since 2003 there have been incredible attrocities inflicted upon innocent people. Who did it? Why? Calling the Hauge...wrap up the Milosevich work there's a bigger case in Washington that needs your attention.

[Robbien]

10. I read some where the times up in November for Fitzgerald's

investigation. We know he will never be able to get an extension, so for all intents and purposes the Statute of Limitations runs out when Fitzgerald's clock runs out.

[Starfury]

11. Not so - this grand jury has been extended before..... n/t

From a random newspaper article from 6/28/05:

It is unclear how long the two reporters would be detained because of secrecy surrounding grand jury proceedings. Hogan originally ordered the reporters to spend 18 months in jail or the remainder of the grand jury session, whichever was less. The grand jury session ended in May, according to sources, but was extended. The reporters would presumably have to serve whatever time is left in the extended session -- as little as a single month but perhaps much longer.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/27/AR2005062700489.html

[Robbien]

12. Interesting

Could be it got extended because Miller/Cooper's appeals were still pending.

[cyberpj]

13. I sure am. Thanks for sharing. nt.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

14. No wonder they're going after Fitzgerald

He's on to something they want kept out of sight.