Reply #139: Interesting articles.

[H2O Man]

The administration is fighting the criminal charges that are going to come in several ways. In the media, they make the Plame grand jury look like a threat to the "freedom of the press." I note that there was a thread on GD for the last two days, where the person who started it stated that the case posed a threat to the constitution and an avenue to advance the Patriot Act. And this is a progressive forum! I asked about five times for the person to explain how the case in ANY way posed a threat to the consitutionally protected free press, or enhanced the Patriot Act. The person avoided answering, because neither position is true. Thus, we can conclude that either people are insincere or simply ignorant when they post this nonsense on DU; if we have that level of false information trying to pass as "fact" here, it's safe to say that other forums suffer from even greater confusion and lies.

More, when we go to the news at google for Plame, we find numerous articles that spread that same ignorance and lies.... paper after paper. And if you look closely, it's not that 50 journalists write 50 distinct articles. No, it's the same basic outline, with many of the same "key phrases" repeated in each. When you see this, be aware that each of the people that put their name on this type of article serves as one of the IC resources we have discussed. If you read about J Edgar Hoover's war on Martin Luther King, you will be aware of how the department used to release these "outlines" for sympathetic reporters. (They are as classy as a "paint-by-numbers" artist.)

We also have a Justice Department that is 75% out of control. I often say that an agency has its standards set by the director. And we have a DoJ that does not believe that poor and middle class Americans should enjoy constitutional rights .... or that wealthy republicans should have to obey the law. There is serious interference being run to postpone justice in these case. Justice delayed is justice denied, as Martin used to tell us.

When we read articles that say that there is a serious conflict between CI and the White House, believe it. In many areas in our federal government, there are individuals who know that this administration poses the greatest threat to our constitutional democracy -- and to world peace -- in history.