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Date: July 19, 2007 6:02:35 PM PDT
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Subject: Judge Ronald McDonald Reads Us the Menu in America's Junk-
Food Judicial System
Cheney, Rove, Libby Win
Dismissal of Lawsuit
by Valerie Plame
By Cary O'Reilly
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=20601103&sid=aqulBf1auxNM&refer=us
Former CIA officer, Valerie Plame
July 19 (Bloomberg) -- A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing
Vice President Dick Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove
and former Cheney aide I. Lewis Libby of illegally conspiring to
reveal the identity of a CIA agent.
U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington threw out the suit,
saying he lacked jurisdiction. Valerie Plame, who worked at the
Central Intelligence Agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia,
and her husband, former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson, sued in July
2006.
Plame and Wilson accused Cheney, Rove and Libby of violating their
constitutional rights by revealing Plame's identity in retaliation
for a New York Times opinion piece by Wilson questioning the Bush
administration's evidence for going to war in Iraq. It is a federal
crime to knowingly reveal a covert CIA operative's identity.
``Plaintiffs have failed to state a claim on which relief can be
granted,'' Bates said today. ``This court lacks subject- matter
jurisdiction over plaintiffs' claims for public disclosure of
private facts.''
<<Translating this ruling from legalese for the layman: "I'm just
another whore of the White House and you come to *ME* expecting me
to bite the hand that jerks me off?! ROFLMAO" If you doubt that's
an accurate translation, see below.>>
Suit against Cheney
task force dismissed
Lawmakers sought details on contacts with energy industry
December 10, 2002
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/09/cheney.energy/
index.html
Vice President Dick Cheney
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the
investigative arm of Congress, seeking the names of those consulted
by Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force in determining
the Bush Administration's energy policy.
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates said the case filed by
Comptroller General David Walker, the head of the General
Accounting Office, did not make a "compelling showing" on why the
judiciary branch should get involved.
"Plaintiff's failure to produce stronger evidence with respect to
historical practice leads unavoidably to the conclusion that he
lacks standing to pursue his claim," Bates wrote in his 43-page
decision.
Congressional Democrats have called for the Bush administration to
reveal the contacts that Cheney's task force had with energy
industry leaders, suggesting those executives had undue influence
on the energy policy that was released.
The Bush administration refused to provide most of the information
sought by Congress, saying it was a matter of privacy -- that the
executive branch can consult with outsiders in confidentiality.
Bates noted that Congress hasn't issued a subpoena "to obtain the
information" sought by Walker and has "given no expression of
support for the pursuit of this action."
The judge also said there is no precedent for the judicial branch
to enter into "this inter-branch dispute," Bates wrote, "in light
of weighty separation of powers considerations."
"Such an excursion by the judiciary would be unprecedented and
would fly in the face of the restricted role of the federal courts
under <Bush's interpretation of> the Constitution."
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http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/
20070719_plames_lawsuit_dismissed_by_federal_judge/
#88054 by R.M. on 7/19 at 1:43 pm
(Unregistered commenter)
Well, this proves it...the country is broken beyond beyond repair.
What was done was treasonous and a judge has ruled that it’s OK by
him.
As a decendant of one of the signers, I call for all to read or
reread the Declaration...beyond being an intentionally morally
incomplete (re: slavery) statement of principle, after the first
paragraph, it outlines the reasons for it’s creation -- the
trangressions of King George III. Ironically, this current George,
our third president by that name, holds the office illegally.
Therefore...as is stated in the aforementioned document:
“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing
invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under
absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw
off such Government, and to provide new Guard[ians]s for their
future security.”
Impeachment of this un-American reprobate and his cabal is a must
if we are to reclaim our nation for our children.
Where is our Congress?
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