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Cheney Cabal Hijacked U.S. Foreign Policy - and More News from Buzzflash

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Well, Patrick Fitzgerald, as we have observed, runs a tight leak-proof investigation, unlike the Ken Starr Torquemada Special Counsel's office, which illegally leaked like a sieve to advance the right wing political coup against Clinton. So when you read about "leaks," they aren't coming from the U.S. Attorney, they are coming from primarily lawyers for the different potential "targets" in the TreasonGate investigation.

Today's big leak, which appears to be from Rove's lawyer, is particularly significant and telling, because it publically positions Rove as blaming Libby for identifying Valerie Plame to him. It indicates that the thieves are falling out and starting to look out for themselves by pointing fingers elsewhere. This is a stunning story, because it reveals that the "targets" are expecting to be indicted -- and that their lawyers are starting to "spin" a post indictment strategy.

But perhaps even more significant is our lead story this morning, in which Colin Powell's top aide at the State Department blasted Cheney and Rumsfeld as leaders of a secret "cabal," bent on running a shadow government accountable to no one. The aide launched a lacerating critique of Bush's foreign policy, saying it undermined our national security. He also tossed in tidbit observations, such as Condi Rice is nothing more than a kiss ass whose objective was to flatter Bush and go along with whatever he said in order to advance her career and power. Sounds like the Harriet Miers technique to us. Read it. It is the biggest inside blast revealing how the Bush Administration has made us less secure as a nation yet.

Also, although the aide says he is speaking for himself, we take this as Powell's way of distancing himself and his staff from what he perceives as upcoming revelations from Fitzgerald's investigation.

This sort of rushed, last-minute pointing of fingers is the strongest indication yet that the Busheviks are taking the likelihood of indictments -- and their implications for the reputations of everyone associated with the Bush Administration foreign policy -- very, very seriously.

MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH STORY: Colin Powell's Former Top State Department Aide Says that Cheney and a handful of others had hijacked the government's foreign policy apparatus, deciding in secret to carry out policies that had left the US weaker and more isolated in the world

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People Under Threat of Indictment and Their Lawyers are Starting to Leak to Reporters Their Clients' Spin to Position Themselves Vis a Vis Other Possible Busheviks Facing Indictment. In this Case, If You Read it Closely, It Looks Likes Rove's Lawyer (AKA, Anonymous Source) is Trying to Blame It on Libby. The Thieves Fall Out. 10/20

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posted by Annamarie at 10:51 AM