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AP: Armitage met Woodward re: Plame in 2003

Postby Hugh Manatee Wins » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:10 pm

*(So the CIA man responsible for Indochina drug smuggling and hiding left-behind POWS from the Vietnam War met the naval intelligence officer overseeing the Washinton Post's disinfo to discuss the CIA cut-out threatening the neocon's oil war. Is heroin thicker than oil?<br><br>And on the same page is an ad for the TV show 'In the Footsteps of bin Laden' on CNN tomorrow. Ouch, my head. Too many lies.<br>-HMW)*<br><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060822/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_leak_woodward">news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060...k_woodward</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Calendars show Armitage met reporter</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>By MATT APUZZO and JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writers<br><br>WASHINGTON - The No. 2 State Department official met with Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in mid-June 2003, the same time the reporter has testified that an administration official talked to him about CIA employee Valerie Plame.<br><br>Official State Department calendars, provided to The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act, show then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage held a one-hour meeting marked "private appointment" with Woodward on June 13, 2003.<br><br>Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has investigated whether Bush administration officials intentionally revealed Plame's identity as a one-time CIA covert operative to punish her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, for criticizing the administration's march to war with Iraq.<br><br>An attorney for the Wilsons said Tuesday that, based on the calendar, she was considering adding Armitage to a civil lawsuit accusing Vice President<br>Dick Cheney and two White House aides of conspiring to reveal Plame's identity.<br><br>When contacted at home Monday night, Woodward declined to discuss his meeting with Armitage or the identity of his source in the CIA leak case. Instead, he referred to his statement last year that he had a "casual and offhand" discussion about Plame with an unidentified administration official in mid-June 2003.<br><br>A person familiar with the information prosecutors have gathered, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because the material remains sealed, said Woodward's meeting with the confidential source was June 13, 2003.<br><br>The calendar released to the AP is the first confirmation that Woodward and Armitage met during the key time in the CIA leak case that was the focus of Fitzgerald's probe.<br><br>The identity of Woodward's source remains one of the big mysteries in the case because the Post reporter is the first member of the news media known to have discussed Plame's CIA employment with an administration official.<br><br>Woodward's former Post editor, Ben Bradlee, has speculated publicly that Armitage was the reporter's "likely source."<br><br>And defense attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the lone administration official charged in the CIA leak case, also have suggested that Armitage could have been Woodward's source when they unsuccessfully tried to persuade a court to order the release of State Department documents.<br><br>Fitzgerald's office declined to comment Monday. Reached at his home in Virginia, Armitage said he could not discuss his cooperation with Fitzgerald's office, the meeting with Woodward or any details of the case.<br><br>Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, faces trial in January on charges that he lied to authorities about conversations he had with reporters about Plame.<br><br>Libby's lawyer, William Jeffress, said Monday that Armitage's calendar only bolsters the defense's argument that information about the State Department official's role in the CIA leak affair should be released.<br><br>"I would hope that the facts on that would come out," Jeffress said. "We have asked for information as to Woodward's source in discovery, but that has been denied."<br><br>Attorney Melanie Sloan, who represents the Wilsons in their civil suit against Cheney, Libby and White House aide Karl Rove, said "it sure sounds like" Armitage was the first to reveal Plame's job to the news media.<br><br>The real question, Sloan said, is whether Armitage revealed it to conservative columnist Robert Novak, who was the first to get the information into print. If so, she said that doesn't get Libby or others off the hook in the civil case. She said it just widens the conspiracy.<br><br>"Then I think maybe Armitage was in on it," Sloan said. "The question is just what was Armitage's role?"<br><br>Plame's attorneys plan to seek depositions from the defendants and others, including Armitage, about the leak.<br><br>Woodward's boss, Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr., said Monday, "We are not going to disclose the identity of a confidential source."<br><br>Woodward has said he received a written release from his confidentiality obligation to the source and was even asked by his source to tell prosecutors about their conversation. But he has refused to identify the person publicly.<br><br>Woodward has said Plame came up incidentally during an interview he was conducting for a book he wrote on the Iraq war. He said the source told him that Plame was a CIA analyst on weapons of mass destruction, and no evidence has emerged in public that Woodward's source actually knew she had been a covert agent. Fitzgerald has signaled there are no plans — beyond the Libby indictment — to prosecute any other officials for releasing Plame's identity.<br><br>Armitage's calendar also shows that a week before Woodward's meeting with Armitage, the deputy secretary of state met for 15 minutes with Libby.<br><br>That meeting occurred as State officials were about to prepare a report outlining how Plame's husband was sent to Niger before the Iraq war to check unverified intelligence that Iraq was seeking nuclear materials from Africa.<br><br>Wilson reported back to the Bush administration that he was unable to verify the claim, but the administration continued to use the information to bolster its argument for war. Wilson has cited the decision to rely on the bad intelligence in his criticisms of the administration.<br><br>Two people familiar with the meeting, however, said the Libby-Armitage meeting dealt with issues involving Pakistan and said the subject of the CIA leak case wasn't raised. Both spoke only on condition of anonymity because some information about the meeting remains classified. <p></p><i></i>
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Re: AP: Armitage met Woodward re: Plame in 2003

Postby dbeach » Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:28 pm

WONDER?/<br><br>how are the book sales for joe wilson or woodsie for that matter<br><br>has armitige penned his book yet??? <p></p><i></i>
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Plame considering suing Armitage

Postby seemslikeadream » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:49 am

<!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060823/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_leak_woodward" target="top">news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060823/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_leak_woodward</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><br>By MATT APUZZO and JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writers <br>2 hours, 32 minutes ago<br> <br><br><br>WASHINGTON - Former CIA officer Valerie Plame is considering suing the recent No. 2 State Department official in a case accusing members of the Bush administration of conspiring to leak her identity to the media, Plame's attorney said Tuesday. <br><br>ADVERTISEMENT<br> <br>Official State Department calendars, provided to The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act, show then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage held a one-hour meeting marked "private appointment" with Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward on June 13, 2003.<br><br>That was the same day Woodward met with a confidential source who spoke to him about Plame, according to a person familiar with information gathered by prosecutors. The person spoke only on condition of anonymity because the material remains sealed.<br><br>Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has investigated whether Bush administration officials intentionally revealed Plame's identity as a one-time CIA covert official. Nobody has been charged with the leak but former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been accused of lying to investigators and to a grand jury.<br><br>Plame has sued Vice President Dick Cheney, White House aide Karl Rove and Libby, saying they leaked her name to punish her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, for criticizing the administration's march to war with Iraq.<br><br>The calendar released to the AP is the first confirmation that Woodward and Armitage met during the key time in the CIA leak case.<br><br>Plame attorney Melanie Sloan said she was considering adding Armitage's name to the suit. Based on the calendar entry, Sloan said, "it sure sounds like" he was Woodward's source.<br><br>The real question, Sloan said, is whether Armitage revealed Plame's identity to columnist Robert Novak, who was the first to get the information into print. If so, she said that doesn't get Libby or others off the hook in the civil case, but it widens the conspiracy.<br><br>"Then I think maybe Armitage was in on it," Sloan said. "The question is just what was Armitage's role?"<br><br>Neither Woodward nor Armitage would discuss the meeting.<br><br>Plame's attorneys plan to seek depositions from the defendants and others, including Armitage, about the leak.<br> <p></p><i></i>
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Re: AP: Armitage met Woodward re: Plame in 2003

Postby ThePistol44 » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:22 pm

Did you all see this nugget from CNN???<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://atrios.blogspot.com/2006_08_20_atrios_archive.html#115627990936040912">atrios.blogspot.com/2006_...0936040912</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>The same day Armitage met with Woodward, he also met with Tom Cruise, Tom Davis, and Kurt Weiland of the Church of Scientology...<br><br>Wow. <p></p><i></i>
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Re: AP: Armitage met Woodward re: Plame in 2003

Postby chiggerbit » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:09 pm

Armitage is a PNAC gofer boy. Might be interesting to see some history on him. Woodward, too. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=chiggerbit@rigorousintuition>chiggerbit</A> at: 8/23/06 2:11 pm<br></i>
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Re: AP: Armitage met Woodward re: Plame in 2003

Postby chiggerbit » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:24 pm

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>He is also a former board member for CACI International, the private military contractor, whichis being investigated by no less than 5 US agencies for possible contract violations and employed four interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, one of whom was singled out by General Taguba in his report on abuses of Iraqi detainees at the prison</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>Re Armitage:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Armitage">www.sourcewatch.org/index...d_Armitage</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Richard L. Armitage, who served as Deputy Secretary of State during President George W. Bush's first term, has emerged as a key witness in the CIA leak probe," Kenneth R. Bazinet and James Gordon Meek reported (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/419364p-354152c.html)">www.nydailynews.com/news/...152c.html)</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> in the May 20, 2006, New York Daily News. <br><br>"Armitage has been questioned several times, but is not expected to be indicted by the federal grand jury investigating who outed CIA spy Valerie Plame to journalists in 2003, sources said." However, Armitage's "testimony could hurt" I. Lewis Scooter Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's "indicted former chief aide," or Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's "political guru," Bazinet and Meek wrote. "Two sources familiar with the case said Armitage, Rove and Libby all had contacts with the press about Plame. Unlike Rove and Libby, Armitage appears to have tried to dissuade reporters from writing about her." <br><br>[edit]Profiles<br>Armitage, considered to be a conservative "neo con" (neo-conservative), is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[1] (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.foreignpolicy2000.org/convention/)">www.foreignpolicy2000.org/convention/)</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> He is one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, Project for the New American Century PNAC letter (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://theindependentvoice.tripod.com/theindependentvoice/index.blog?entry_id=417960)">theindependentvoice.tripo...id=417960)</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> to President William Jefferson Clinton.[2] (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/special_reports/pnacletter.htmlHe">www.channel4.com/news/200...ter.htmlHe</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> is also a former board member for CACI International, the private military contractor, whichis being investigated by no less than 5 US agencies for possible contract violations and employed four interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, one of whom was singled out by General Taguba in his report on abuses of Iraqi detainees at the prison (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://counterpunch.org/palmer06152004.html)">counterpunch.org/palmer06152004.html)</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br>"Most recently, Richard Armitage was the President of Armitage Associates. Previously, he served with the rank of Ambassador as the Coordinator for Technical and Humanitarian Assistance to the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. President George Herbert Walker Bush appointed him as a Presidential Special Negotiator for the Philippines Military Base Agreement,<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> a Special Mediator for Water in the Middle East</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> and as a Special Emissary to Jordan during the 1991 Gulf War. In addition, Richard served in the Pentagon as Assistant Secretary of Defense and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy and then completed four tours of duty in Vietnam."[4] (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.results.gov/leadership/bio_16.html)">www.results.gov/leadership/bio_16.html)</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br>"Richard Armitage, one of the Iran-Contra plotters, was a board member of Database Technologies (DBT)/ChoicePoint Inc before taking office under George Bush Jr. ... <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Choicepoint is a partner of data mining company SAIC whose web site proclaims it has "developed a strategic alliance with ChoicePoint Incorporated to provide our clients with quick and effortless information retrieval from public records data.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> ChoicePoint Incorporated maintains thousands of gigabytes of public records data.""[5] (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/solo10012003.html)">www.counterpunch.org/solo10012003.html)</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br>"In the 1980 Reagan campaign Mr. Armitage was senior advisor to the Interim Foreign Policy Advisory Board, which prepared the President-Elect for major international policy issues confronting the new administration. From 1981 until June 1983 Mr. Armitage was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and Pacific Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense." [6] (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.ifpafletcherconference.com/army2000/bios/armitage_rt.htm)">www.ifpafletcherconferenc...ge_rt.htm)</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br>"Armitage, who was denied a 1989 appointment as Assistant Secretary of State because of links to Iran-Contra and other scandals, served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Reagan years. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>U.S. Government stipulations in the Oliver North trial specifically named Armitage as one of the DoD officials responsible for illegal transfers of weapons to Iran and the Contras."</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> [7] (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/politics/armitage_SS.html)">www.fromthewilderness.com...e_SS.html)</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=chiggerbit@rigorousintuition>chiggerbit</A> at: 8/23/06 2:46 pm<br></i>
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Re: AP: Armitage met Woodward re: Plame in 2003

Postby chiggerbit » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:32 pm

Yikes, look at the list of turds on the Defense Policy Board. THESE are the ones who're "advising" our Department of Defense? Pew!<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nndb.com/gov/416/000056248/">www.nndb.com/gov/416/000056248/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br><br>Name Occupation Birth Death Known for <br>Richard V. Allen Government ? Reagan National Security Advisor <br>Richard Armitage Government 26-Apr-1945 U.S. Deputy Secretary of State <br>Tom Foley Politician 6-Mar-1929 Speaker of the House 1989-95 <br>Newt Gingrich Politician 17-Jun-1943 Speaker of the House 1995-99 <br>Stephen Hadley Government 13-Feb-1947 National Security Advisor 2005- <br>Gary Hart Politician 28-Nov-1936 US Senator from Colorado 1975-87 <br>Henry Kissinger Government 27-May-1923 Secretly bombed Cambodia <br>Lewis Libby Government 22-Aug-1950 Cheney's former Chief of Staff <br>Richard Perle Government 16-Sep-1941 Prince of Darkness <br>Dan Quayle Politician 4-Feb-1947 Vice President under George H.W. Bush <br>James R. Schlesinger Government 15-Feb-1929 Served Nixon, Ford, Carter <br>Togo West Government 21-Jun-1942 US Secretary of the Army, Veterans Affairs <br>Pete Wilson Politician 23-Aug-1933 Governor of California 1991-99 <br>James Woolsey Government 21-Sep-1941 CIA Director 1993-95 <br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>
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Re: AP: Armitage met Woodward re: Plame in 2003

Postby chiggerbit » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:38 pm

More on Armitage:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itps/0900/ijpe/pj52bios.htm">usinfo.state.gov/journals...52bios.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br>The Making of U.S. Foreign Policy -- <br>BIOGRAPHIES OF THE AUTHORS<br> <br><br>AMBASSADOR RICHARD LEE ARMITAGE <br><br>Richard L. Armitage, the President of Armitage Associates L.C., has, since May 1993, been engaged in a range of worldwide business and public policy endeavors as well as frequent public speaking and writing. Previously he held senior troubleshooting and negotiating positions in the Departments of State and Defense, and the Congress. <br><br>From March 1992 until his departure from public service in May 1993, Armitage (with personal rank of Ambassador) directed U.S. assistance to the new independent states (NIS) of the former Soviet Union. In January 1992, the Bush Administration's desire to jump-start international assistance to the NIS resulted in his appointment as Coordinator for Emergency Humanitarian Assistance. During his tenure in these positions Armitage completed extensive international coordination projects with the European Community, Japan and other donor countries. <br><br>From 1989 through 1992 Armitage filled key diplomatic positions as Presidential Special Negotiator for the Philippines Military Bases Agreement and Special Mediator for Water in the Middle East. President Bush sent him as a Special Emissary to Jordan's King Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War. <br><br>In the Pentagon from June 1983 to May 1989, he served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. He represented the Department of Defense in developing politico-military relationships and initiatives throughout the world, spearheaded U.S. Pacific security policy including the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-China security relationships, managed all DoD Security Assistance programs, and provided oversight of policies related to the law of the sea, U.S. special operations forces, and counter-terrorism. He played a leading role in Middle East Security policies. <br><br>In <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>May 1975</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> Armitage came to Washington as a Pentagon consultant<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> and was posted in Tehran, Iran</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> until November 1976. Following two years in the private sector, he took the position as Administrative Assistant to Senator Robert Dole of Kansas in 1978. In the 1980 Reagan campaign Armitage was senior advisor to the Interim Foreign Policy Advisory Board, which prepared the President-Elect for major international policy issues confronting the new administration. From 1981 until June 1983 Armitage was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. <br><br>Born in 1945, Armitage graduated in 1967 from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He served on a destroyer stationed on the Vietnam gunline and subsequently completed three combat tours with the riverine/advisory forces in Vietnam. Fluent in Vietnamese, Armitage left active duty in 1973 and joined the U.S. Defense Attache Office, Saigon. Immediately prior to the fall of Saigon, he organized and led the removal of Vietnamese naval assets and personnel from the country. <br><br>Armitage's endeavors include past service on the <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Board of Directors of General Dynamics Electric Systems, Inc.,</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy, and member of the SecNav Committee on Women in the Navy and Marine Corps. He also held the position of BGEN H.L. Oppenheimer Chair of Warfighting Strategy at the Marine Corps University and was appointed to the National Defense Panel. Current positions include member of the Board of Directors of Roy F. Weston, Inc., <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>member of the Board of Directors of the U.S.-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, Chairman, Board of Visitors of the National Defense University, member of the Board of Visitors of the Naval War College, the Advisory Board of ManTech International Corporation, member of the Board of Directors of CACI <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>as well as service on Raytheon's Special Advisory Board.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> He chaired the Honor Review Committee for the United States Naval Academy and serves on the Secretary of Defense's Defense Policy Board. He has received numerous U.S. military decorations as well as decorations from the governments of Thailand, Republic of Korea, Bahrain, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>and Pakistan</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->. Armitage has been awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service four times, the Presidential Citizens Medal, presented by the President to citizens who have performed exemplary deeds of service, and the Department of State Distinguished Honor Award. <br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=chiggerbit@rigorousintuition>chiggerbit</A> at: 8/23/06 2:40 pm<br></i>
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Re: AP: Armitage met Woodward re: Plame in 2003

Postby Gouda » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:05 pm

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