Richard Shelby under criminal investigation

[CatWoman]

for leaking sensitive information.

He was in charge of Senate Intelligence Committee at the time.

Just reported on Countdown.

[louis c]

1. Isn't he the current Senator from

some southern state like Alabama or Georgia?

[bossfish]

2. Ala-bammy, I think.

[CatWoman]

4. I think Alabama

still trying to find a link.

Payback is indeed a bitch!!!

HA!!!

Now let's see if they want to keep harping on Berger.

[fearnobush]

3. He said on 9-10-01, "Tomorrow is Zero Hour." WTF!!!!

I never know this... Tin foil people, please explain?

[SoCalDem]

6. FEMA was in NYC on 9/10

and Jebbie slipped some pretty "odd" stuff into Fla law the week of 9/11..

[HysteryDiagnosis]

16. and Jebbie slipped some pretty "odd" stuff into Fla law the week of 9/11..

See the timeline references in red.... muy interesante...

"Oh Lucy! - You Gotta Lotta
'Splainin To Do"

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/02_11_02_lucy.html
8. July 4, 1999 - President Clinton signs Executive Order 13129, which freezes Taliban assets in the U.S. and prohibits trade between the Afghan fundamentalist regime and U.S. entities.

[dweller]

11. that statement

was supposedly one of the intercepted AQ messages that had not been translated yet before Sept11. Another was about
'the match is set' or something like that.

This info was quashed shortly afterwards, and went into the memory hole.

:shrug:
dp

[lazarus]

12. No, he didn't

Let's get rational, folks.

He let slip pre-9/11 intel that contained that information. Here's a story from 2002.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/20/911.warning/

[RoadRunner]

15. Yeah, I think that's it, Laz

Justice may probe leaked pre-9/11 intercepts

Arabic message warned 'Tomorrow is zero hour'

June 21, 2002 Posted: 1:53 PM EDT (1753 GMT)

<snip>

Shelby: Public needs to know committee findings

"This is something the Congress, to its credit, these four leaders, feel strongly about," the senior official said. "It is a federal crime to disclose information of this type, and Congress made it a crime because of the impact such disclosure can have on national security."

<snip>

But Sen. Richard Shelby, the ranking minority member on Senate Intelligence Committee, said the public needed to know about the lapses -- even though he signed the letter sent to Attorney General John Ashcroft.

"I do believe that the American people need to know a lot about the shortcomings of our intelligence community, but they also need to know the good things that are going on, and what we are going to do in this investigation, I believe, is bring out the best of both," Shelby, R-Alabama, said.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/20/911.warning/

[Bluebear]

5. Another 8pm Friday announcement!

Have a good weekend Karl! Everyone will forget it by Monday!

[CatWoman]

7. I don't think so

Everyone will forget it by Monday!

especially if its an on-going investigation.

[lazarus]

8. Republican Senator from Alabama

But he's gone "off the reservation" a few times too many, been quite critical of Bush on occasion.

[CatWoman]

10. Hey Laz

:hi:

surprised I didn't see you in my "son of religion" thread :D

[lazarus]

13. Heh

See my li'l gray dude? Once I put that on, I try to stay out of religious threads. :evilgrin:

[merh]

26. He ran as a member of the Democratic party, then he switched

parties after winning. He is scum (and I want my campaign contribution back)!

[LittleApple81]

9. Isn't payback a b*tch??? n/t

[RoadRunner]

14. I wonder if he remembers this:

SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
Hobbled First Amendment

<snip>

"Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., wants to criminalize the unauthorized disclosure of any type of classified information by federal employees."

http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/wndarchive/24403.html

[Isere]

17. Shelby is a turncoat!

He used to be a Democrat.

Good riddance, I say!

[Generator]

18. I just hope to God they've checked his socks

Size twelve?

[joanne]

19. Anyone got a link to the Shelby story?

[Mr_Spock]

20. It was like a "Breaking News" item on Keith Olbermans "Countdown"

You know, Rove dumped it to them on a Friday night as are all negative stories from these folks.

[CatWoman]

21. couldn't find anything on this

however, I did find this over at Newsmax.

Seems Shelby was still trying to push the Clinton-turned-down-the-Sudanese-offer-of-Bin-Laden story:

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/7/23/114602.shtml

[joanne]

22. Thanks

[charlyvi]

23. Richard Shelby is the Sr. Senator from Alabama

He used to be a Dem but switched parties about 10 years ago, which pissed me off to no end. But anyway, he has had an intense, INTENSE, hatred of George Tenet for years--it began during Big Dog's administration. He felt he (Tenet) was an incompetent idiot and tried to get him fired countless times--his enmity toward Tenet is very well known. I'm wondering if this investigation is a result of some payback by the CIA. I'm only guessing, of course, but interesting, yes?

[Generator]

24. I searched and couldn't find anything either

But saw the same "Countdown" piece on MSNBC.

What he was under investigation for was in regards to leaking the information that there was intelligence before 9/11, the quote I've heard that was bugged or however the CIA got it, "The match begins tomorrow." That being 9/11. Interesting that they would be getting him for devulging that. Must be payback for something else?

The next thing you know, we'll find out that terrorists wanted to fly planes into buildings!

[charlyvi]

25. As I hinted in my post

I think the CIA is behind it--they are giving payback to Shelby for his Tenet witch hunting. I wonder who else is in line for some payback from them?