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Offline Wretched Excess

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Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal (another setback for Plame)
« on: August 12, 2008, 01:59:32 PM »

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Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dismissed former CIA analyst Valerie Plame's lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney and several former Bush administration officials for disclosing her identity to the public.

The Court of Appeals in Washington dealt another setback to the former spy, who has said her career was destroyed when officials blew her cover in 2003 to retaliate against her husband, Iraq war critic Joseph Wilson.

Plame's outing led a lengthy criminal investigation, which resulted in the conviction of Cheney's top aide, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, for perjury and obstruction of justice.

President George W. Bush commuted Libby's 2 1/2-year prison sentence last year.

Plame and Wilson sought money damages from Cheney, Libby, former White House aide Karl Rove and former State Department official Richard Armitage for violating their constitutional free speech, due process and privacy rights.

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Re: Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal (another setback for Plame)
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2008, 02:01:38 PM »
Good...

silly cow.
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Re: Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal (another setback for Plame)
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2008, 03:39:24 PM »
Actually Joe Wilson ans Valerie Plame are very fortunate that the appeals court threw the case out. If the case had continued, discovery works both ways. Facts are stubborn things and the fact that Valerie sent Joe to Niger, that Joe lied repeatedly, that Valerie outed herself in Vanity Fair, that Scooter didn't out her, Richard Armitage did..............and on and on and on.
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Re: Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal (another setback for Plame)
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2008, 04:02:24 PM »
If I was Scooter libby I'd see about a lawsuit against Joe and Valerie.
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Re: Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal (another setback for Plame)
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2008, 05:50:25 PM »
Lucy yanks the football once again. It's still not Fitzmas!!

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Re: Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal (another setback for Plame)
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2008, 06:01:07 PM »


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Re: Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal (another setback for Plame)
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2008, 06:02:06 PM »
Yes! That one! :-)

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Re: Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal (another setback for Plame)
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2008, 08:18:20 PM »
Quote from: ReaganForRushmore on August 12, 2008, 03:39:24 PM
Actually Joe Wilson ans Valerie Plame are very fortunate that the appeals court threw the case out. If the case had continued, discovery works both ways. Facts are stubborn things and the fact that Valerie sent Joe to Niger, that Joe lied repeatedly, that Valerie outed herself in Vanity Fair, that Scooter didn't out her, Richard Armitage did..............and on and on and on.



her kids outted her as well.
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My fellow Americans, there is nothing audacious about hope. Hope is what makes people buy lottery tickets instead of paying the bills. Hope is for the old gals feeding the slots in Atlantic City. It destroys the inner-city kid who quits school because he hopes he'll be a world-famous recording artist.

What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?

One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.

The other kills her own food.

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Re: Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal (another setback for Plame)
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2008, 10:36:41 AM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on August 12, 2008, 05:50:25 PM
Lucy yanks the football once again. It's still not Fitzmas!!

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No Fitzmas for you!
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Re: Appeals court upholds CIA leak lawsuit dismissal (another setback for Plame)
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2008, 02:17:10 PM »
This case is stale and lame like the Plame is. 
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