(former Senator)Thompson: Libby prosecutor out of control

[underpants]

http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=182739

WASHINGTON - Former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., criticized Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald’s handling of the CIA leak investigation Tuesday, saying the prosecutor had to have known from the start that it was not a crime to disclose Valerie Plame’s identity as an agent.

A fund-raiser for the defense of I. Lewis ”Scooter” Libby, Thompson depicted Fitzgerald as out of control, telling ABC News there was ”no brake and no check and no balance” on the prosecutor.

Thompson’s objections are the same ones Democratic politicians made in the 1990s about independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who spent six years investigating President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

”When you put too much power in the hands of unelected, unaccountable people who have every incentive to focus massive resources onto one particular person _ who gets the plaudits in the media for doing so _ it’s a bad thing,” Thompson told ABC.

Thompson, who plays a prosecuting attorney in NBC’s ”Law & Order,” pointed out that no one has been charged with leaking Plame’s identity, saying no law had been broken. ”The Justice Department knew that early on. The CIA should have known that early on,” Thompson said. ”Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald had to have known that at the very beginning.”

[SemperEadem]

1. stick to acting, dude

playing an attorney and being an attorney are two different things.

[underpants]

3. He was also John Roberts "handler"

or was it Alito oh well he handled one of them.

:evilgrin:

[shaniqua6392]

2. What an idiot.

Scooter Libby lied to a grand jury while Fitzy was investigating the leak. DUH. I can't stand that guy always flapping his lips about everything. I have stopped watching that show cuz I hate looking at him.

[PATRICK]

4. Did he hold that same enlightened view

about the sex between consenting adults that fueled the fishing expedition "perjury" trap against Clinton? Let him start there before anyone credits his argumentation on constitutional fine points on the Divine Right of Treason.

[PATRICK]

5. Cupid's arrow has struck

Thank you. I expect it was not Fred Thompson?

[Phredicles]

6. Or did he ever say "no brake and no check and no balance" was

a bad thing when the Publicans held all three branches of government?:eyes:

[underpants]

8. I love how the Boston Herald states that this is the same as the Dems argument

no the Dem argument was that Lay went on missioncreep with the White Water investigation and ended up with no conviction anyway.

There was no crime there.

Here there was no crime because the law was written so that it was almost impossible to break but yet they little "Scooter" lied anyway. So much for their having "brains" or being adults. Wow he got caught lying about something he couldn't be charged for.

[ForPeace]

7. "no law had been broken"

Er ... isn't there a law against TREASON. Just because nobody's been charged doesn't mean no law has been broken. Please Fred - you're not a lawyer - you just play one on TV.

[Nickster]

10. Actually, he is. n/t

[Nickster]

9. Well, Mr Senator....I'm sure that you realize that Fitz said he couldn't even get to the

investigating of the crimes involved because of I. Liar Libby's stonewalling and lies, so he has to remove the roadblock, then he can investigate the other crimes involved.

Also, a question Mr. Senator, if it wasn't a crime, then why did the CIA ask for a damage assesment from the leak? Why did I.Liar Libby decide to lie when asked about the leaking? Why did Ari decide that he'd need immunity from prosecution before he could testify?

Since we need to have more oversight, maybe we should open up some Congressional investigations hey Mr. Senator? You know,just like the one you were involved with 30+ years ago, ring any bells? Not the crime, but the coverup.....Anything yet?

[underpants]

11. Wrrissssrrrrr

(sound of tumbleweed going by)

No nothing on that from the former Senator I am sure.

Great points.

[rodeodance]

19. nice. You should send a letter to the Edior.

[LSparkle]

12. Thompson, a FUNDRAISER for Libby's defense ...

Of course, he thinks the prosecutor is out of control.

So does Fucker Carlson, whose dad is raising money for Scooby ... It's ridiculous that the credibility of these apologists hasn't been totally *IMPEACHED* ... CONSIDER THE SOURCE!

[SteppingRazor]

13. Fred Thompson sat on the board of the Libby Defense Fund...

so he's hardly an unbiased view, no?

[MasonJar]

14. Actually if Law and Order were smart, it would fire the SOB.

[TwilightZone]

15. The new Republican mantra: no crime has been committed

Republicans: "We're immoral, evil, heartless, bloodsucking, thieving bastards, but we didn't do anything illegal!"

[samsingh]

23. so many crimes were committed by the repugs

[TwilightZone]

26. Agreed. I think that's part of the reason why there isn't more outrage.

There are so many cases of impropriety that it's difficult for political junkies to keep up with it all, much less the general public.

[samsingh]

44. and we only know a fraction of the truth.

[shance]

16. Wow. So Thompson's been hired to do his latest acting job by the White House?

:)

[IndianaGreen]

17. Libby is being prosecuted for perjury

Fed Thompson is full of bullshit!

[bemildred]

18. I didn't know prosecutors were supposed to controlled.

Like a dog or a child or something. Who does this weasel think he is?

[Ian David]

20. Will, Fitzgerald should just go ahead and charge someone then!

And once they've been charged, they can be "Aggressively Interrogated."

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[samsingh]

22. is Thompson talking about Ken Starr ?

[samsingh]

24. i guess we're getting closer to the rotten repug core and the

sorry details in this treacherous case.

[BlueIris]

25. Already told McCain you'd be his Veep, didn't you?

Dipshit.

[Bitwit1234]

27. If no law was broken and lying to a grand jury is NOT A CRIME

then why in the hell did the republicans impeach a president. Maybe we should email Law&Order and ask Thompson that.

[paulk]

28. obviously part of a coordinated strategy

along with ABC's story that Armitage was the original leaker...


Will anyone buy? Outside of the MSM, that is...

[Canuckistanian]

29. They have people who decide whether charges are justified or not

I believe they're called JUDGES.

Look it up in the dictionary, Fred.

[KeepItReal]

30. Then Martha Stewart should have never gone to jail, Mr. former Senator

correct?

[volstork]

31. Yet another repug POS

from my home state! Rumor has it he's a pedophile......

[hughee99]

32. I saw a picture of his wife last week...

she's about 30 years younger than him (though that still puts her in her 30's). He's a boob man, I wouldn't put too much stock in the pedophilia rumor.

[mitchum]

35. But some people say Fred Thompson is a pedophile...

[Jim Sagle]

38. This is hugh!!!!!! I saw it on the Internets.

[sam sarrha]

33. Treason was commited.. it is quicker to do it this way

[truthisfreedom]

34. Of course FItz is out of control. That's why we love him, and the thugs hate him.

He's out of THEIR control.

[guitar man]

36. Just STFU Fred

This is a trial, not Fox News. Fitz is seeking the truth, not trying to win some "Fair and Balanced" contest :eyes:

I don't think this asshole gives a damn about Libby, he's just pissed that it's making his side look worse than they already are (if that's even possible)and there is no way to spin the facts that are being brought out.

Go Fitz!!

[goforit]

37. Thompson ....TREASON is a CRIME!!!!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

39. protecting 'their own'

maybe he is worried why Libby was so interested in WMDs?

[cui bono]

40. "Thompson told ABC" - Why am I not surprised by the network? nt

[Skittles]

41. f*** off Thompson, you f***ing WHORE

you wouldn't be singing the same tune if a DEMOCRAT had done the outing would you? F*** OFF ALREADY

[Solly Mack]

42. "When you put too much power in the hands of unelected, unaccountable people .."

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Doondoo]

43. Ole Fred's forgotten how irrelevant he's become

[melody]

45. It's never the noun, it's always the verb --- sell

So sayeth Knox Pooley, the character ol' Fred played on Wiseguy.

And if he thinks he can sell that load of crap about Fitz, he's dumber than he looks (and that's plenty dumb).

[SlowDownFast]

46. Whaaaaah!!!

...and that's all I have to say about that.

[kiwilover]

47. Law & Order

I stopped watching Law and Order---Its' gone right wing in my opinion.