THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VII, Issue # 251, November 16, 2005
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
ANALYZING PATRICK FITZGERALD'S DOUBLESPEAK
By Christopher G. Adamo
PARTISAN POLITICS, POLITICAL PROPAGANDA, & POLITICIZING THE LEGAL SYSTEM: THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS'
CONTINUING USE & ABUSE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SMEAR REPUBLICANS & THEREBY
UNDERMINE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION & REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES IN THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS -- THE POLITICAL
& CULTURAL LEFT'S ADULATION OF SPECIAL PROSECUTOR PATRICK J. FITZGERALD FOR HIS PURSUIT OF THE INDICTMENT OF
VICE-PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY'S CHIEF OF STAFF, I. LEWIS "SCOOTER" LIBBY -- FITZGERALD'S DECEIT & SEVERE PREJUDICE IN
PURSUIT OF THE CASE AGAINST LIBBY
FULL STORY:
Even as the actual events surrounding the Grand Jury investigation of the
Plamegate non-scandal fade into irrelevancy, the Liberal spin machine
continues to work overtime in its efforts to recreate the entire situation
into something it never was.
Partisan Democrats in Washington -- in the U.S. government and among
the Capitol Hill media -- refuse to deal with Vice-Presidential Chief of Staff
I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s indictment in its true context. Rather, they relentlessly
invoke the entire Grand Jury investigation, and indeed its yawner of an
outcome, not only as proof of a “culture of corruption” within the
Republican Party, but also a war in Iraq that was waged on criminally
fraudulent premises.
After only a few weeks of investigation, the ostensible “outing” (exposure) of Valerie
Plame Wilson as a CIA agent was clearly established as a non-crime. [1} Thereafter, the
entire effort degenerated into a strategy of calling enough witnesses and
asking enough questions to trip somebody -- anybody.
So, in order to maintain a proper perspective, the incessant repetition of
lies and distortions from the political and cultural Left must be countered with a reiteration of
the realities of the situation. And first among these must necessarily be a
reevaluation of their latest icon, Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald, particularly in the waning days of the investigation, was
relentlessly hyped by Liberals as not only the greatest legal mind since
Daniel Webster, but also the most virtuous individual since Mother Theresa.
So thorough was this drumbeat of adulation that they succeeded in creating
an aura of impeccability around him which has completely intimidated
Republicans from questioning any of his motives or methods in arriving at
the Libby indictment.
Even the mere suggestion of doing so immediately relegates the questioner to
the ranks of the Flat Earth Society. Yet such a consortium of emperors in
this state of public nudity must eventually be properly addressed, so here
goes.
First of all, contrary to the enraged shouts of “hypocrisy” from the Left,
no Conservative has suggested that real crimes by Libby should be ignored.
At worst, Libby appears to have tripped and stumbled during the lengthy
questioning that he endured. Certainly, if he sought to mislead the Grand
Jury’s investigation, justice must be pursued (more on that later).
Ultimately, had he been guilty of so much as parking illegally during the
course of the investigation, he should indeed be appropriately punished. But
such a charge, and any punitive action that follows, cannot then be construed
as proof of some dark and criminal conspiracy permeating the highest levels
of the Bush administration.
In contrast, during his own legal entanglements, Bill Clinton clearly
endeavored to suppress evidence and force another witness (Monica Lewinsky,
to be precise) to file a false affidavit, which he wrote for her, as part of
a malicious effort to thwart the investigation. Thus, the eventual charges of
perjury and obstruction of justice, for which he was later found guilty,
carry a far greater implication of corruption of the justice system and
abuse of governmental power than anything Fitzgerald could credibly claim
against Libby.
Nevertheless, throughout the entire sick debacle of the Clinton years, not a
single individual on the Right ever attempted to make the claim that Clinton’s
proven crimes conclusively confirmed the original charges of Whitewater,
or that his conviction would henceforth protect hapless investors from
another Arkansas real-estate scam. Yet that is exactly the sort of
connection that the Left, and Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald, now seek to
make.
Certain inconsistent statements made by Fitzgerald during his
post-indictment news conference and victory party imply motives that are far
less than virtuous. Were it not for the noble standing granted to him by the
Left, such apparent motives would thoroughly discredit him. Legally, they
are indefensible.
To begin with, Fitzgerald emphatically characterized Valerie Plame Wilson’s status at the
CIA as “classified,” and then equated this to being “unknown.” Certainly,
the two terms carry vastly different connotations, [1] and Fitzgerald well knows
it. Thus his deliberate interweaving of the two concepts can only be
construed as evidence of severe prejudice in the pursuit of this case.
Secondly, while stating on multiple occasions that no crime against any
covert CIA agent had been committed or suggested, Fitzgerald simultaneously
asserted that the indictments he handed down would prevent any recurrence of
that very crime which had not been committed.
It is also noteworthy that Fitzgerald’s efforts to misrepresent the case
were only exceeded by one individual, Plame’s husband Joseph C. Wilson. [2] Striving
to create an appearance of protecting his wife’s “classified” status, Wilson
avoided any direct reference to her, long after both her name and occupation
were common items of discussion on the evening news.
Absurd contradictions of this magnitude have always been nauseatingly easy
for the Left to swallow. We must remember that these same people, during the
innumerable Clinton scandals, disparaged and condemned Independent Counsel
Ken Starr as a “pornographer” while touting Hustler publisher Larry Flint as
an “investigator.”
But “justice” cannot possibly be this blind. If, during the course of his
investigation, Saint Patrick Fitzgerald did indeed portray events in such a
jaundiced manner, it is he who is guilty of criminally misleading a Grand
Jury.
EDITOR'S NOTES:
[1] On November 17, 2005, Fox News reported that Valerie Plame Wilson, when an
employee of the Central Intelligence
Agency, was not a covert, or undercover, agent.
She was a CIA analyst, but never an undercover agent. In her case, there
was no
cover to be blown.
[2] Joseph C. Wilson has openly criticized United States involvement in Iraq, accusing
the Bush administration of having
manipulated intelligence about Saddam Hussein's
weapons programs in order to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Wilson is
said to have
actively supported Democratic Party candidate Al Gore in the presidential election of
2000 and to have backed and
contributed money to the Kerry-Edwards Democratic
campaign for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency in 2004
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Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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