Cheney Asks Judge to Toss CIA Leak Suit

[sabra]

http://www.examiner.com/a-398783~Cheney_Asks_Judge_to_Toss_CIA_Leak_Suit.html

Cheney Asks Judge to Toss CIA Leak Suit

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney asked a federal judge Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him by a former CIA operative who says the White House leaked her identity to the press.

Cheney's attorneys criticized the lawsuit in court papers, saying it invented constitutional rights, intruded on national security discussions and came two years after the statute of limitations had expired.

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"Plaintiffs invite the judicial branch to permit intrusive discovery into those communications and to discern which among them might be, as a matter of tort law, wrongful and which not," Cheney's attorneys wrote. "Such an inquiry cannot be squared with basic separation of powers principles."

The Justice Department also weighed in on behalf of Cheney and other Bush administration officials including presidential adviser Karl Rove. In briefs, the agency said government officials are shielded from civil lawsuits and that Wilson has not shown that a constitutional right was violated.

[muntrv]

1. Toss Cheney!!

[Tellurian]

32. KR

:kick:

[texpatriot2004]

2. What did the judge say? nm

[Peace Patriot]

3. Yup, Bush & Cheney can torture, kill, spy on, blackmail, place in danger,

out, rob, abuse, detain without trial, slander and destroy the career of anyone they damn please, and neither we, the people, nor the courts, nor the Congress, should be able to do anything about, huh?

Well, I hope Cheney learns a thing or two about the "balance of powers" sometime soon. And about hubris. Some part of the legal/political system that he & cabal have tried to destroy may surprise him, one of these days, and start holding them accountable.

I am not without hope of that happening, although I think the basic system of accountability--transparent vote counting--will likely need to be fixed first.

[stepnw1f]

4. Cheney Deserves Prison for Life (nt)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Citing "Darth Oblige," I suppose.

Of course he wants the fucking thing tossed!

[AtomicKitten]

6. And he will continue judge-shopping til he finds

a nice, compliant RW judge to do just that, just like he did with his Energy Commission records. Damn activist judges!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

7. Where are the R's for this? They are using the Dept. of Justice as leverage against a civil suit

which has a tremendous amount of merit, and nothing from DU'ers to keep this front and center?


I can at least kick and R once. MKJ

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

8. I can only R once, but kick often. n/t

:kick: MKj

[Mnemosyne]

9. needs another kick n/t

[Cerridwen]

10. "the vice president is shielded from civil suits."

"In seeking to dismiss the case, Cheney said Wilson doesn't have any grounds to bring the suit and, even if she did, the vice president is shielded from civil suits."

Er, the Republicans set the precident...suck it up.

[Tigress DEM]

11. Fine, make it a criminal suit. He helped lie us into a fuckin' war.

THE PEOPLE think that the strangle hold Cheney had on the evidence against him was so complete as to necessitate pursuing beyond the statute of limitations.


IMPEACH CHENEY FIRST.

[Canuckistanian]

12. Wel, then, he should take Spiro Agnew's example

Just resign, muthafucka.

[ShockediSay]

13. Wasn't Clinton sued in a civil suit when he gave his deposition? nt

[Canuckistanian]

14. Why, yes! I believe he was.

Beaucoup precedent, right there.

Put your affairs in order, Dick. You're headed for court!

[pacalo]

18. Republican-financed Paula Jones sued him.

Of course, they tried to fix her face with a nose job first.

[Canuckistanian]

20. Yikes! That's a scary honker.

And those teeth! She could easily scale a fish with those!

[pacalo]

24. Hahaaa!

Your comment made me think of this guy...

[Polesitter]

25. You need to brush up on the law - the Jones case went forward

because it was conduct PRIOR to Clinton taking office. Agnew comparisons are not relevant since they were criminal cases, not civil. I predict suit against Cheney will be tossed.

[Lugnut]

15. K&R

It didn't work for Pres. Clinton. Nice try though.

[rosesaylavee]

16. Ha.

Cheney's pose as Humpty Dumpty here is truly endearing, don't you think?

[Tellurian]

33. Too Much KFC!

His pores oosing trans fatty oil!

[rosesaylavee]

35. Speaking of KFC...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/11/14/kfc-builds-massive-logo-t_n_34143.html

Did you see this? Perhaps they have gone too far? First they clog Cheney's pores and then this... I thought it was a hoax at first. :scared:

[Tellurian]

36. hahahaha...No, I did not...

Sometimes my psychic ability comes though without even trying..

When it does....it tickles! ;)

thanx, for posting-

[flyarm]

17. who remembers Spiro Agnew being indicted??

so who the fuck does Cheney think he fucking is??????????

i hate that mother fucker!! he disgusts me!!

i can not wait to see that bastard frog marched!!

fly

[pacalo]

19. I do, fly!

Agnew's downfall began in the summer of 1973, when he was investigated in connection with accusations of extortion, bribery, and income-tax violations relating chiefly to his tenure as governor of Maryland. Faced with federal indictments, Agnew fought the charges, arguing that the allegations were false, that a sitting vice president could not be indicted, and that the only way he could be removed from office was by impeachment. After the solicitor general released a brief asserting that sitting vice presidents could be indicted, Agnew launched an attack on the administration and vowed not to resign. With Nixon in danger of impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal, the administration sought to remove Agnew from the presidential line of succession, and secret plea-bargaining took place between Agnew's lawyers and a federal judge. Agnew resigned the vice presidency on October 10, 1973, and appeared in United States District Court in Baltimore on the same day to plead nolo contendere to a single federal count of failing to report on his income-tax return $29,500 in income that he had received in 1967, while governor of Maryland. Acknowledging that the plea amounted to a felony conviction, Agnew declared that he had resigned in the national interest. He was fined $10,000 and sentenced to three years of unsupervised probation.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

[Canuckistanian]

22. At least Spiro swore on a Bible

Dickwad seems to be allergic to them.

[cui bono]

21. Good for him!

Don't they know you're not allowed to invent constitutional rights, you're only allowed to destroy them. When are the little people going to learn?

:sarcasm:

[solara]

23. Who is the Judge?

K& R

[The Wielding Truth]

26. Hey, Can't the judge see he did "a heckava job"?

Corrupt thugs putting themselves above the law, again.
This looks like a big flag saying "Guilty" to me.

[lovuian]

27. toss it when he is the major traitor involved

TOSS IT and if the Judge Tosses it then what of he???

[tabasco]

28. Cheney needs to pay for his treason.

This was a very serious intentional breach of national security.

Contraband nuclear material is the greatest threat to this country, as expounded by both Kerry and Bush in the debates. The Plame spy operation was our top operation against this stuff and our traitorous "leaders" compromised the spy operation for political gain!

There should have been republicans calling for impeachment but the republican party has become a completely lockstep corrupt entity. They are truly scoundrels.

[mtnHov]

29. how about a real "nein-eleven" investigation?

now thats a criminal investigation that'll make the bastard sweat

[classysassy]

30. Above the law?

I think not,that evil man should be brought to justice.If justice can't be found,send him to gitmo.

[byronius]

31. Awwwww..

Dick doesn't want to eat his num-nums? Ohhhh. Poor 'lil fella.

(farting noises)

[NoodleyAppendage]

34. I pray every night for a debrillator short. Cheney is a blight upon humanity.

The blood of THOUSANDS stains the hands of the war criminal/profiteer, Cheney. Bosch-like tortures await him in Hell.

J