Josh Marshall dropping hints about the Plame Affair?

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What the heck is this supposed to mean? I sincerely hope a big break in the case is coming...

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2003_12_07.html#002318

"'If there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. And if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of ... I want to know the truth. If anybody has got any information inside our administration or outside our administration, it would be helpful if they came forward with the information so we can find out whether or not these allegations are true and get on about the business.'

George W. Bush on the Plame Investigation
University of Chicago
September 30, 2003

And then more recently...

'We have let the earth-movers roll in over this one (i.e. the Plame investigation). '

'Senior White House official'
Financial Times
December 5th, 2003

If you slap the press around enough and keep your people's mouths shut you usually get what you want.

Usually ..."

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1. Time to get back into activism guys -

(she said, shouting into an apparent vacuum on a Friday night...)

If they think we don't care, they won't either.

Time to hit Take Back the Media and send a few emails to the editors. Try the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It has a MOST illuminating editorial in its Friday, 12/12 online edition. I did a little while ago.

http://www.postgazette.com/pg/03346/250311.stm

I think this, just above, is the link. Go to it, then find the "contact us" place on the page. Click on that. Then go to the bottom where there's a list of lots of departments, including LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Click there and you get a form to fill out, including your comments, your name, email address, and phone number. It takes about a big, fat, time-consuming MINUTE, my brothers and sisters. But it might be worth it, big time!

on edit - went to find the link to include here.

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2. fishguy posted this link in another thread, calls for special counsel.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Today

"When the matter first surfaced, this paper advocated putting the investigation first in the hands of nonpolitical Justice officials. Some members of Congress were calling for the appointment of a special independent counsel, given the possible conflict of interest created by a Justice Department headed by Attorney General John Ashcroft and the alleged involvement in the affair of Mr. Rove, an Ashcroft godfather.

Given the failure of the Justice Department to produce results in its investigation -- not even a grand jury subpoena so far -- we now recommend that an independent counsel be appointed, and that the Justice Department be required to turn over any information that has been found so far.

It's clear now that Mr. Bush's underlings heard his Oct. 7 message. The word in Washington today is that, indeed, the administration official won't be found.

That is unacceptable in terms of the implications for America's intelligence officers working in dangerous circumstances overseas. It must not be allowed to stand."

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3. What's intriguing is that - if this paper has a change of heart,

could very well be that others have, also, or are about to. Something that very urgently needs to be exploited!!!