Have Been On Vacation - Is Richard Armitage Going To Prison???

[matcom]

now, I don't believe for ONE SECOND the buck in the Plame outting stops with him but from what I gather, he has admitted it.

is he going to be someone's bitch behind bars? Firing Squad?

why the HELL is he not in a Frog March?

[schrodinger_I]

1. We can only hope so

n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. He probably made a deal

the first time he was called to testify.

I hope he spent a lot of quality time with Fitzgerald gossiping about his buddies in the WH.

[Kagemusha]

5. Not necessary, unless he lied to Fitzgerald (indications are he didn't)

If he didn't knowingly out a covert CIA agent there's nothing that can be done by a prosecutor; the law involved was written extremely narrowly to punish the malicious, not the careless or stupid.

[Crabby Appleton]

8. He "forgot" he talked to Woodward

and went back to correct his testimony.

But no, he won't be indicted.

[Kagemusha]

3. Because doing it by accident is not a felony.

You have to do it on purpose knowing you're doing something stupid and wrong.

Of course, it should wreck your security clearance until the end of time...

[kenny blankenship]

4. oh no, he's sorry about the whole thing, dinja hear?

just a big oops and kerfuffle, and gosh so embarrassing.

[Dinger]

6. Armitage is A Goddamned Liar

Right before the midterm elections. In the words of the "Church Lady," : "How conveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenient!"

[MADem]

7. Not at all. First, he confessed IMMEDIATELY (to the Feebs, not to the

world) and there was no INTENT. Without intent and knowledge, there is no crime.

What we need to get to the bottom of is the INTENT of LIBBY AND ROVE to use info already out there to their advantage....the wife, as Tweety was told by ROVE, was "fair game."

[Garbo 2004]

9. And what would the charges be? Did he know Wilson was covert? Fitz

apparently satisfied he didn't and therefore didn't intentionally reveal the identity of a covert agent. Fitz's previously referred to him (Novak's publicly unknown source) in court filings as "the innocent accused." Fitz did not regard him as part of the coordinated WH attack on Wilson and the subsequent coverup. Armitage apparently contacted DOJ investigators and fessed up shortly after the DOJ investigation began in October 2003.

Fitz knew about Armitage from the beginning of his taking over of the investigation. He had the reports of the investigation to date, which also indicated that, unlike Armitage, Libby and Rove were not fully disclosing their involvement in disclosing info the the media, were covering up and lying.

In no way does the buck for the Plame disclosure start or stop with Armitage. That only flies with those who haven't been following the facts of the case or who apparently buy the RW spin and disinfo. See Parry's article, for example: http://baltimorechronicle.com/2006/090506PARRY.shtml

And for those who think Armitage is lying and taking the fall for Libby/Cheney gang, the answer again is no. If anything, it undermines one of Libby's defense strategies. And highlights the difference between Armitage coming forward to the DOJ investigators almost immediately in Oct 2003 and Libby lying repeatedly for years and even now.