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Arash
August 8, 2005
The Plame/AIPAC-gate Connection
By Justin Raimondo
Swopa (http://www.needlenose.com/node/view/1736) cites Mark Kleimen on the AIPAC spy
scandal (http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12305279.htm) -- who points out that
Larry Franklin and his cohorts are "simply charged with giving classified information to
those without security clearances, in pursuit of a political agenda" -- and makes the
Plame-AIPAC-gate connection:
"Looking ahead to the future of Plamemania for a moment, let's imagine the closest
adviser to the President of the United States. And the chief of staff to the Vice
President of the United States. Indicted for violations of the Espionage Act.
"I wonder how well they'll be able to spin that".
There's another important factor that links the Plame-Rove-Libby imbroglion with the AIPAC
spy scandal, underscored by the news that prosecutor Patrick J. "Bulldog" Fitzgerald is
widening the investigation:
"Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has asked not only about how CIA operative
Valerie Plame's name was leaked but also how the administration went about shifting
responsibility from the White House to the CIA for having included 16 words in the 2003
State of the Union address about Iraqi efforts to acquire uranium from Africa, an
assertion that was later disputed".
Both Fitzgerald and Paul McNulty, the prosecutor in the AIPAC spy case, are targeting the
same group of committed neoconservative ideologues. The neocons tried to discredit
Ambassador Joe Wilson and "outed" CIA agent Valerie Plame
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Plame) because Joe Wilson was an obstacle on the
road to war with Iraq.
And now they are trying replicate the same scenario in support a military strike at
Iran -- the issue at the root of the AIPAC spy scandal.
In both instances, their ruthlessness and lawlessness was their ultimate undoing.
Plame-gate + AIPAC-gate = Neocon-gate.
Sit back, and enjoy ...
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2270
http://www.markarkleiman.com/archives/valerie_plame_/2005/08/aipac_indictments_bad_news_for_rove.php
Irving Lewis "Scooter" Libby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Libby
Karl Rove
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rove
Israeli lobbyist bragged about Pentagon source
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/c26251e6e9ea8487?hl=en