Patrick Ishmael of "NewsBuckit" has an answer for Noel's question about how the media will cover the Plame case dismissal.
Ishmael found an initial reports first left out any mention of Plame name leaker Richard Armitage.*:
This shouldn't even be news, but given the Left's hysterics throughout this ordeal, it needs to be noted again. And again. And again. Will this deter future films based (loosely) on the case from being made? Methinks not.
More to come.
Update @ 2:08pm: Details --
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional arguments. Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove and former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
Plame's attorneys had said the lawsuit would be an uphill battle.
That, and the fact that the offending party, Richard Armitage, wasn't even involved in the suit.
Update @ 2:40pm: A revised version of the report now includes Armitage as having been a defendant.
Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove, former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
Either way, what Armitage would have had gain by leaking the information would have been pretty difficult to prove; after all, Armitage was on the same side regarding the Iraq War as Wilson. Will update if Armitage's name disappears from the report as quickly as it appeared.
*Before I came across Ishmael's post, I first learned of the AP's coverage via e-mail from a news anchor who previously tipped me off to other AP bias.
He noticed that Armitage was missing in the list of respondents named in the lawsuit Plame filed (seen in the third paragraph):
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame's lawsuit against members of the Bush administration in the CIA leak scandal.
Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice President Dick Cheney and others of conspiring to leak her identity in 2003. Plame said that violated her privacy rights and was illegal retribution for her husband's criticism of the administration.
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional arguments. Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove and former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
Plame's attorneys had said the lawsuit would be an uphill battle. Public officials are normally immune from such lawsuits filed in connection with their jobs.
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How convenient. Ah the
July 19, 2007 - 17:21 ET by BEGRUNTHow convenient. Ah the spin begins...............
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
Funny how the msm always
July 19, 2007 - 17:25 ET by bigtimerFunny how the msm always EXCLUDES Armitage isn't it?
Not.
But it has get real real old by now...this obvious bias...with an agenda.
Truth and Facts are just fiction with the left... fiction, exclusion and convenient omission are facts for the left.
Spin spin spin.
A.P. (adsum perfidia)
July 19, 2007 - 17:30 ET by mattmA.P. (adsum perfidia) Latin: to assist treachery.
Spin on Judge
July 19, 2007 - 17:51 ET by PawpawNSpin will be that Judge was appointed by Bush!
They'll also ignore the fact
July 19, 2007 - 18:59 ET by Del DolemonteThey'll also ignore the fact that he served in the Justice Department while Clinton was President, except to mention that he was involved in "going after" Clinton as Deputy Counsel in the Whitewater case.
Spousal abuse?
July 19, 2007 - 18:05 ET by acumenDid Judge Bates still allow Val to bring a lawsuit against the real culprit in disclosing her identity - hubby Joe?
BINGO!!!! That too always
July 19, 2007 - 18:19 ET by bigtimerBINGO!!!!
That too always gets conveniently omitted acumen...easily forgotten now isn't it?
Great point!
Plame
July 19, 2007 - 19:39 ET by pbthinkerI have just 2 comments. One is the Press just seems to love Richard Armitage and two, what did Wilson and Plame expect when he lied in his OP-ED in the NY Times?
I'm sure they figured that they could get away with lying and, those people at CIA that were trying to undermine the President, would be able to continue on for years. There is little doubt, in my mind, that there are many in the State Department, the CIA, and the Justice Departments who have been attempting to undermine this administration from the beginning.
Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
pb... Exactly. I think
July 19, 2007 - 19:49 ET by bigtimerpb...
Exactly.
I think the Bush administration made a big mistake not cleaning out the Justice Dept. dnd firing all 92/93 Att. Generals as Miers suggested from the beginning...too many Clintoon leftovers still working for the left which has been more than obvious by all the investigations and raids (by the FBI and others of repub's homes/businesses very few dem's
The State Dept is a leftist front for the most part as far as I am concerned and should be abolished.
The CIA should be cleaned from top to bottom....
I fear it will never be done...at our detriment...too many enemies within.
What I find curious...
July 19, 2007 - 20:34 ET by c5thenIs that Robert Novak is never critisized or even questioned about why he published her name and occupation in his story? It wasn't really germain to his point and he could easily have left it out.
Why is no one complaining about Novak and the NY Times when they publish things like this that compromise national security? Is it expected the all journalists be treated as if they were spys for the enemy now? Why is it that journalists never stop to ask if they should publish something instead of if they can?
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic
Missing Armitage
July 19, 2007 - 21:46 ET by billbI said it before and I'll say it again; remember who Armitage's boss was!