A Glimmer of Hope?

Maybe, just possibly, if you tug at a loose thread long enough, the whole fabric of lies will begin to unravel. A couple of weeks ago, in an optimistic stupor, I asked one of my lawyer friends if it were possible for a special prosecutor investigating one crime, to accidentally stumble upon another crime and feel compelled to pursue it? I remembered vaguely from the Clinton years when Ken Starr began his investigation into the White Water scandal and ended up investigating the BJ of the century. My lawyer friend informed me that not only would the prosecutor feel compelled pursue the newfound crime, but would be bound by legal obligation to do so. I wondered if perhaps our man Fitzgerald had accidentally stumbled upon some facts that could convict our Administration of not petty misdemeanors, but the true crimes that they had committed in the name of every American.

There is some evidence that this may be happening. In the Washington Post today, two articles point to the scope of the investigation expanding into not just a leak of classified information, but a campaign to place blame and distance the President from those often repeated 16 words that should never have been included in a Presidential Speech. As we know, George Tenet took the blame for the disinformation and was rewarded with more time to spend with his family, and the Medal Of Freedom. But we know from recent articles in the mainstream media (can you believe it?), that the blame was carefully orchestrated with the help of very senior Administration officials. "In the period just before July 12th, Johnson informs us, Rove and Libby had exchanged e-mails and drafts of a proposed statement by George Tenet to explain how the disputed wording had gotten into the address. Rove, the president's political strategist, and Libby, the chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, coordinated their efforts with Stephen Hadley, then the deputy national security adviser, who was in turn consulting with Tenet." from David Johnson New York Times.

And this from an Italian news feed:

"CIA Leak Prosecutor Casting A Broad NetPosted on Tuesday, July 26 @ 23:38:04 PDT by Intellpuke (184 reads) -->The special prosecutor in the CIA leak probe has interviewed a wider range of administration officials than was previously known, part of an effort to determine whether anyone broke laws during a White House effort two years ago to discredit allegations that President Bush used faulty intelligence to justify the Iraq war, according to several officials familiar with the case. Prosecutors have questioned former CIA director George J. Tenet and deputy director John E. McLaughlin, former CIA spokesman Bill Harlow, State Department officials, and even a stranger who approached columnist Robert D. Novak on the street."

It is heartening to know that we may soon have some justice instead of lies and disinformation. But I caution my fellow Americans that this justice may get lost in the headlines of some new horror, a red or orange, or purple alert, some new threat, real or forged, that will take our attention away from justice and focus it on fear. But still, we can hope.

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