Rahm Emmanuel/Waxman Holding Bush/Cheney Responsible For Plame Outing

[KittyWampus]

"The notion of the leak and the overall White House involvement, that ain't over," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), chairman of the Democratic committee that sets strategy for House races. "Obviously, we know that 'Scooter' Libby is not Karl Rove. But you have the vice president of the United States involved, or at least his office was involved."

Another leading Democrat, Rep. Henry A. Waxman of Los Angeles, said that Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald's decision not to indict Rove should trigger a congressional investigation into whether the top White House aide mishandled classified information when he discussed CIA officer Valerie Plame with a reporter.

Waxman argued that although Fitzgerald conducted a "narrow" criminal investigation, Congress should examine the broader issue of whether Rove deserved to keep his high-level security clearance.

[sutz12]

1. Keep this issue open....keep hammerin' on it. nt

[BOSSHOG]

2. A junior Sailor with no power

to alter policy or mission would lose his security clearance in a nanosecond if he left a classified document on his desk unattended for a half minute. A real American President would not allow a carbon life form like karl rove to be anywhere near our classified information.

[AndyA]

3. I don't believe for one second that the Valerie Plame outing issue is

closed. Just because Fitzgerald said he has no current plans to indict Rove now, that doesn't mean he won't in the future as new evidence is presented. Fitzgerald didn't give Rove a free get out of jail card. Things can still turn around.

And there's the possibility that the Wilson's may file a civil suit against Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby, and anyone else involved. After all, Valerie was undercover at the time, and outing a CIA operative during a time of war, legal or otherwise, should be treasonous. And just because Bush says something doesn't make it so, in spite of what the little shit thinks.

This story is far from over in my opinion. You know great steps have been taken to fog over the truth, and it takes time to cut through all the fog. But it will happen. Those responsible for this heinous event will be held accountable for their actions.