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Cheney and The Plame-Wilson Talking Points
Newshoggers.com —
... By Cernig
Murray Waas has been doing some digging.
Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a still-highly confidential FBI report, admitted to federal investigators that he rewrote talking points for the press in July 2003 that made it much more likely that the role of then-covert CIA-officer Valerie Plame in sending her husband on a CIA-sponsored mission to Africa would come to light.
Cheney conceded during his interview with federal investigators that in drawing attention to Plame’s role in arranging her husband’s Africa trip ...
Cheney admitted to FBI he altered Plame talking points in a manner certain to expose her
Crooks and Liars —
... Murray Waas has uncovered a major piece of evidence tying Vice President Dick Cheney to the efforts to attack Joe Wilson by exposing his wife as a CIA operative: ...
Cheney and the Chain Gang
Obsidian Wings —
... Speaking of which, speculation is also swirling that President Bush may pardon Vice President Cheney for his role in everything from implementing programs of torture to warrantless eavesdropping. But if Bush truly wants to shield Cheney from the legal repercussions of his actions while Vice President, Bush might want to consider pre-emptively exonerating Cheney for his role in outing covert CIA officer Valerie Plame. Along those lines, Murray Waas has uncovered evidence of Cheney's conversations with FBI investigators, the substance of which further advances (though ...
Cheney's Role in Plame Outing Becomes a Little Clearer
Daily Kos —
... Murray Waas is reporting that Cheney was at the heart of the CIA leak that revealed Valerie Plame as a covert CIA operative, according to the confidential FBI report from the investigation ...
Of Course He Did
Suburban Guerrilla —
Murray Waas:
Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a still-highly confidential FBI report, admitted to federal investigators that he rewrote talking points for the press in July 2003 that made it much more likely that the role of then-covert CIA-officer Valerie Plame in sending her husband on a CIA-sponsored mission to Africa would come to light.
Cheney conceded during his interview with federal investigators that in drawing attention to Plame’s role in arranging her husband’s Africa trip, reporters might also unmask her role as CIA ...
Report: Cheney Admits To CIA And FBI That He Helped Leak Plame Name
The Moderate Voice —
... Investigative reporter Murray Waas has an exclusive: his reporting indcates that Vice President Dick Cheny has in effect admitted to the CIA and to the FBI that he was instrumental in revealing the identity of a CIA agent but not, the Veep insisted, on purpose. ...
Still "nothing to see" in Illinois
Wizbang —
... and Bernsteins out there who haven't had much to do since their all-expenses-paid vacations to Wasilla, AK ended some six weeks ago. Or maybe a bored editorial writer or two. Or maybe some cable news anchors with a little time on their hands. Anyone with a little curiosity? Anyone willing to "afflict the comfortable"? Anyone? Once again, it seems that the legacy media, which spared no effort investigating the Bush TANG AWOL non-story, the Valerie Plame non-story (and is still milking it ), and the "Downing Street Memo" non-story; which managed to dig up John McCain's Vietcong ...
Talking Dick: Wass on Cheney’s FBI Report
Firedoglake —
... Murray's got a Christmas Eve scoop on Cheney's FBI interview. I'll return to the main point of it later, but IMO the really interesting detail is this one: ...
More Talking Dick: Cheney Altered Talking Points After Seeing Wilson Op-Ed
Firedoglake —
... That's the context for Murray Waas' report today--that Cheney admitted to Fitz and the FBI that he had changed his talking points on July 8 in an attempt to get journalists looking into Plame's purported role in Joe's trip. ...
The Media and the Cheney/Plame Story: Refusing to give proper credit where it's due
Crooks and Liars —
... Check out David Shuster's MSNBC reportage on the story dug up by Murray Waas yesterday regarding Dick Cheney's rewriting of White House talking points about Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson. ...
The clock is ticking. Is there anything we can do about the criminals Chimpy the Prez and "Big Dick" Cheney? (Tick-tock, tick-tock.)
DownWithTyranny! —
... -- investigative reporter Murray Waas, in a report this week on Crooks and LIars by Ken At least the lords of Ruddigore, under the term of their Witch's Curse, only had to do one crime a day, once every day, forever. (Okay, to be technical, ...
TPMmuckraker's Complete List of Bush-Era DOJ Stonewallers
TPMMuckraker —
... is a investigative reporter based in Washington D.C. Among his most recent stories have been accounts of what former Vice President Cheney told investigators during the CIA leak probe and the ...
