More Evidence of Bush Administration Treason: The Valerie Wilson Affair Revisited
August 14, 2006
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL
On Sunday, BuzzFlash posted an editorial accusing the Bush Administration of treason.
It is a subject worthy of a book.
Their priority is not to fight terrorism, as we have said many a time. Their priority is the accumulation of dictatorial powers, primarily by using terrorism as a tool for doing away with our civil liberties.
To such a Cheney/Rumsfeld/Bush/Rove mindset, WE are the collateral damage in a campaign to achieve one-party tyrannical rule. They crave power, and they are the ultimate elitists.
Like a Pinochet, they believe that they are restoring some fantasy of "patria" to a nation of sheep, lost in the chaos of liberty and freedom.
To those that question the assertion that the Bush Administration is treasonous, we will return, yet again, to one of the most egregious examples of their betrayal. That is the exposure of a CIA operative specializing in the tracking of the illicit sales of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
The Neo-con "Tokyo Roses," such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, will argue that Libby was just indicted for perjury, and that no one has been legally charged with treason or outing a CIA operative.
This is legally accurate, but does not settle the issue of treason.
The Neo-con "Tokyo Rose" arguments regarding the Wilson affair are, as Stephen Colbert would say, filled with "truthiness," not truth.
This is the reality on the record.
The White House, with the authorization of both Bush and Cheney, approved the declassification of highly secret intelligence information to discredit Joe Wilson and to expose his wife. By exposing Wilson's wife, Valerie Wilson, they rendered her inoperative as a CIA asset who was an expert in following the illicit trafficking of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
It has been speculated -- and not disputed -- that Valerie Wilson was even an expert on the subject of Weapons of Mass Destruction in regards to Iran.
Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed, well more than 2500 American GIs are dead, and thousands of U.S. soldiers are recovering from the most serious of war injuries. Why? Because the Bush Administration led us into a war with Iraq by lying to us.
What did they lie to us about? The chief lie that clinched the casus belli was the endlessly repeated assertion that Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction (which they did not actually have). Now, the Bush Administration has been saber rattling for a war with Iran. Why? Because they are attempting to acquire Weapons of Mass Destruction, according to the Neo-cons.
So here we return to the treason.
If you have initiated and conducted a three year ruinous war by telling the American people that a nation had Weapons of Mass Destruction, and if you are trying to pull America into another war because of a claim that a nation -- Iran -- might develop Weapons of Mass Destruction, isn't it treason to intentionally render useless a CIA operative who specializes in tracking the illegal sales and transfer of Weapons of Mass Destruction?
There is no answer to that question but yes.
In the course of the years since 9/11, there has been day after day of stories and findings that prove that the Bush Administration is running only a headline propaganda war on terrorism, while shortchanging us on the details of implementing and funding anti-terror efforts in the United States and abroad. That, one can argue, may be due to either incompetence or intentional criminal malfeasance; i.e., aimed at exacerbating the terrorist threat to use it as an excuse to gain more power by dismantling our freedoms.
But the Valerie Wilson affair goes beyond that. It is not just an issue of legal technicalities. The public evidence is more than sufficient to show that Rove/Libby/Cheney and Bush willfully outed a CIA operative who could aid us in knowing which nations or terrorist groups who wished us harm had Weapons of Mass Destruction.
To do such damage to our efforts to track illegal weapons that the Bush Administration claims are worthy of thousands upon thousands of lives and billions upon billions of dollars is treason.
Let the Neo-con "Tokyo Roses" play with technicalities.
We will repeat the bare truth: The "neutralizing" of a CIA operative specializing in Weapons of Mass Destruction was treason. The motive of the Bush Administration doesn't matter. Because of their actions in the Wilson Affair, America's national security is at greater risk based on their own emphasis on the significance of certain nations and terrorist organizations having Weapons of Mass Destruction.
The President, Vice-President, Rove and Libby have committed treason by the definitions of national security that they themselves have created. By their own standards, they are guilty of betraying America's safety and security.
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Plame was the target, Wilson was cake.
Why not start now?
Thank you Buzzflash for shattering the Matrix every day with your great headlines, resources, and editorials!
I say let's quit beating around the bush (so to speak!) and get right to it. Aren't you tired of talking about a second American revolution in such veiled and hypothetical terms? Let's start planning and executing it. God knows it's long overdue. It is said that less than 25% of the US population were actively involved in fomenting and carrying out the first revolution. What could tens or hundreds of thousands of informed activists/true patriots accomplish if carrying out a coordinated campaign with the aid of the internet and the benefit of 225 years of political understanding?
In my opinion the first thing is to understand the Matrix we are in, crystal clear. Buzzflash is a godsend in that respect. However two other critical resources just out must be included: Korten's "The Great Turning" and Moore's "Escaping the Matrix." Understand these two books and you have filled in the gaps that can lead to a successful societal transformation.
These two books make clear that:
- "The Great Turning" must be preceded by an awakening/transformation/maturation in consciousness,
- left and right "divisions" must be transcended (not to mention left/left and right/right strife) by use of new collaboration technologies as we are all in this together. (Moore calls this the harmonization imperative)
- fundamentally, rule by elites is what must be overthrown by an active population committed to the work of building local economies and cultures and taking responsibility for making their own decisions
- whatever our opinion, the collapse of power centralizing elites due to a convergence of megatrends is exactly what is in store; so we either need to seize the moment and move forward together or face collapse unprepared and disorganized.
I have had a real awakening this year about where to put my energies - how about you?
Guilty of Treason AND Domestic Terrorism
Under the USA PATRIOT ACT, Section 802 of HR 3162 defines domestic terrorism as "activities that - involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States:... and "appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;" or "to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion;".
Clearly, it is illegal for anyone, including individuals working in the White House or with the media, to publicly reveal a person is operating undercover for the CIA.
Next, the White House and Robert Novak conspired to have an important undercover asset Valerie Plame taken out of the REAL war on terrorism.
Any resource contacts Plame might have had in hostile countries were immediately put at risk. A guest on the Randi Rhodes show last year suggested resources connected through Brewster Jennings, Valerie Plame's cover employer, were in fact apprehended and disappeared. Also put at risk is the safety and well being of every American at home or abroad.
Finally, Joseph Wilson, Plame’s husband said, "but what it really is, is an attempt to keep anybody else from coming forward" to reveal similar intelligence lapses.
So there you have it, violation of criminal law, acts dangerous to human life, and intimidation of our civilian population. This is, in my opinion, a clear case of Domestic Terrorism, as defined by the Patriot Act, committed by the White House, and by Robert Novak who outed both Valerie Plame and Brewster Jennings in his columns.
Bush/Cheney may control the White House, but they cannot unilaterally destroy the effectiveness of a legal CIA covert operation and betray and endanger the lives of undercover agents as well as all Americans.
I say, let the courts decide the fate of these traitors. The White House officials and Robert Novak must be arrested and charged with Domestic Terrorism.
Solely for political gain, they knowingly took valuable resources away from the real battle against terrorism and destroyed the career of Valerie Plame and possibly the lives of other undercover agents in hostile countries.
Through the intimidation of outing Valerie Plame, the White House influenced government employees, members of the media, the policies of the U.S. government, and they endangered the lives of every single U.S. citizen at home and abroad.
The China model.
The Republican party wants to use our citizens to give it dictatorial power so it will function as a one party state with capitalism.
Do you want a second American revolution? Boycott, go on a purchasing strike against the major donors to the Republican party and make legislative demands of the donors.
What CEO wants thousands of people calling him, telling him they will boycott his company until people get a set of demanded progressive legislation?
What CEO of a company wants half of his customer base to disapppear?
Boycott
Buyblue does not encourage people to make legislative demands
The problem is.....
Nail da mofos
Agreed
What's worth dying for?
Nail?