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Gleanings From Novak's Free Newsletter
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   Robert Novak, in his [1]free newsletter makes several points about the
   new book Hubris by David Corn and Michael Isikoff: For example why
   wasn't Armitage prosecuted by the Special prosecuter Fitzgearld?

     ...Corn never comes to grips with the fact that Armitage could not
     be prosecuted under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act
     because (Valerie) Plame was not a covert operative under terms of
     the law.

   I have contended for some time that Valerie Plame was already "out"
   when Armitage leaked her name.

     This 463-page book that is endlessly discursive does not
     acknowledge this distinction, nor does it seriously consider that
     she was no longer assigned to foreign missions because her cover
     already had been broken. It never even mentions the report that
     Mrs. Wilson had been outed long ago by the traitor Aldrich Ames.

   I have always contended the MSM wanted Wilson to be telling the truth
   to further the belief that we were lied to by President Bush about the
   need to go into Iraq

     The book's effort to cleanse Wilson stoops to deception, including
     the omission of Wilson's political activism such as his giving and
     his campaign activities as an advisor to Al Gore in 2000. This
     surely was known to the authors, who chose to ignore it. And this
     kind of omission is typical. Also missing is the July 2004 report
     by the Senate Intelligence Committee's Republicans, unchallenged by
     the Democratic minority, which undermined Wilson's conclusions from
     his African mission and undercut his insistence that his wife did
     not suggest him to the CIA for that mission. After that report,
     Wilson disappeared from the Kerry-for-President campaign --
     something that also goes unmentioned in this book.

   The newsletter covers some other subjects. Such as the William Clinton
   eruption on the Chris Wallace show was planned, to get Democrats to
   stop being wusses in reaction to Republicans.
   the declassification of the NIE report:

     Bush described the recent partial leak of the NIE -- first released
     in April -- as a political ploy in an election season. This gives
     him two lines that resonate with both his base and independent
     voters: The leaking of classified information is wrong, and the
     media have behaved irresponsibly in participating in it in the
     first place, and even more so with a partial leak.

   Many of us have been saying that the MSM and Democrats publicise
   information that is half the truth which has the effect of
   demoralizing the war effort and giving aid and comfort to our enemies.
   There is a difference between free speech and aid and comforet
   intended to sway voters in this country. I am personally happy, if
   Novak's take is correct, that Bush is finally taking on the MSM;
   fighting them with the whole story.

   [2]Robert Novak[3]Michael Isikoff [4]David Corn [5]Hubris [6]Valerie
   Plame [7]Joseph Wilson [8]NIE Report [9]Mover Mike

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References

   1. http://www.evansnovak.com/offers/offer.php?id=ENPR001
   2. http://technorati.com/tag/Robert+Novak
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/Michael+Isikoff
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/David+Corn
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/Hubris
   6. http://technorati.com/tag/Valerie+Plame
   7. http://technorati.com/tag/Joseph+Wilson
   8. http://technorati.com/tag/NIE+Report
   9. http://technorati.com/tag/Mover+Mike
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