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Appeals court denies Plame appeal on CIA leak lawsuit

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dismissed former CIA analyst Valerie Plame's lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney and several former Bush administration officials for disclosing her identity to the public. The Court of Appeals in Washington dealt another setback to the former spy, who has said her career was destroyed when officials blew her cover in 2003 to retaliate against her husband, Iraq war critic Joseph Wilson.

Plame's outing led a lengthy criminal investigation, which resulted in the conviction of Cheney's top aide, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, for perjury and obstruction of justice. President George W. Bush commuted Libby's 2 1/2-year prison sentence last year.

Plame and Wilson sought money damages from Cheney, Libby, former White House aide Karl Rove and former State Department official Richard Armitage for violating their constitutional free speech, due process and privacy rights.

But a three-judge panel of the appeals court upheld a federal judge's ruling that dismissed the couple's lawsuit. The court ruled Cheney and the others were acting within their official capacity when they revealed Plame's identity to reporters.

Posted by lotp 2008-08-12 13:14|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 The only one who did anything was Dick Armitage. Why did the court allow the others to remain in the suit? How about an appeal on whether the "outting" even qualified under the law as being illegal? That was never made clear, at least to me.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-08-12 15:45|| 2008-08-12 15:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Merry Fitzmas!!

Posted by Beavis 2008-08-12 16:25|| 2008-08-12 16:25|| Front Page Top

#3 This whole affair has been a damned disgrace. Plame and her husband should be stripped of their citizenship, taken to the Mex border, and have their asses literally kicked the last 100 yards across it. Fitzgerald should be suffering the same treatment. They persecuted and damn near bankrupted an innocent man, Scooter Libby, when they knew BEFORE THEY EVER STARTED THE PROSECUTION who had said Plame was CIA. They never went after that guy, Armitage, because they knew Plame wasn't covert so he hadn't done anything illegal.

Plame, that "child of the 60's" Wilson POS, and Fitzgerald: all are traitors and lying criminals who deserve serious punishment. Unfortunately for America, they probably won't get it. The best we can hope for is that this lawsuit cost them some serious cash.

Posted by Sleating Big Foot6595 2008-08-12 19:04|| 2008-08-12 19:04|| Front Page Top

#4 ...setback to the former spy

Excellent news! If Plame is or was an example of the Agencies clandestine service (which I am very certain she was not), we are definately in trouble.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-08-12 19:15|| 2008-08-12 19:15|| Front Page Top

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