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Judge Throws Out Pretend Spy’s Pretend Lawsuit

From a heart-broken Washington Post:


Valerie Plame’s Lawsuit Dismissed

By MATT APUZZO
Thursday, July 19, 2007

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame’s lawsuit against members of the Bush administration in the CIA leak scandal.

Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice President Dick Cheney and others of conspiring to leak her identity in 2003. Plame said that violated her privacy rights and was illegal retribution for her husband’s criticism of the administration.

U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional arguments. Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove and former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby…

Plame’s attorneys had said the lawsuit would be an uphill battle. Public officials are normally immune from such lawsuits filed in connection with their jobs…

And yet this self-same Associated Press has regularly insisted that the Plames had a case.

At least a little reason triumphs — for once.

Now if only someone would go after Mr. Fitzgerald. 

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This article was posted by Steve Gilbert on Thursday, July 19th, 2007 at 3:15 pm. You can leave a response.

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