Prosecutor Fitzgerald's recent statement, " the investigation [Plame leak] is ongoing" points to more problems for the Bush administration in general and Dick Cheney in particular. Cheney's Chief of Staff is so far taking the fall for the outing of Valerie Plame which many think was Cheney's idea. But only a Libby indictment doesn't suit parties unknown at this time. Thats why the Bob Woodward leak/revelation happened. These leaks around Cheney remind of Nixon's " deep throat" adversary. Where are the leaks coming from? My bet is that someone in the CIA is behind a plot to get Cheney impeached and/or for him to resign.
Here are some reasons. On March 10, 2004 former CIA Director George Tenet testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee. He said, " I was out of the loop when a Pentagon unit [ Douglas Feith, F. Michael Maloof and others] presented findings [CIA intelligence] to the Office of the Vice President Dick Cheney". These "findings" were left out of original CIA briefings because of them not being reliable.
Also in 2004, former NY Times reporter Judith Miller wrote in her notes that Libby believed the " CIA was hedging against accusations of failure by blaming Cheney and Bush".
The new CIA Director, Porter Goss upon replacing Tenet in 2004 said, " I want to clarify beyond a doubt the rules of the road. As Agency [ CIA] employees, we do not identify with or champion oppostion to the administration and its policies are our work." Sounds like " Fixing facts to suit policy," as per the Downing St Memo.
Cheney used the CIA for information gathering. When that information is distorted or even worse demands that future info be tailor-made, he then makes fools of the CIA. But some in the CIA resent being used as fools or fetch dogs for the likes of Cheney and his foolish dreams of empire.
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