By Brent Cavan, Jim Marcinkowski, Larry Johnson, and Jane Doe
We trained and worked at the CIA with Valerie Plame. We presented the following statement at a hearing on Capitol Hill in October 2003. In light of the latest White House sanctioned assault on Valerie Plame and her character, our testimony remains relevant and accurate. Read more…
A man who taught with Rove, and considers him a friend, writes that in the Valerie Plame case, Rove is using journalists, and the First Amendment, “to operate without constraint, or to camouflage breaking the law.” That’s why neither reporters Cooper and Miller, nor their publications, should protect Rove (or anyone else) “through an undiscerning, blanket use of the First Amendment that weakens its protections by its gross misuse.”
By Bill Israel
(July 05, 2005) — In 99.9 percent of cases I know, journalists must not break the bonds of appropriate confidentiality, to protect their ability to report, and to defend the First Amendment. I?ve testified in court to that end, and would do so again.
But the Valerie Plame-CIA case that threatens jail time for reporters from Time and The New York Times this week is the exception that shatters the rule. In this case, journalists as a community have been played for patsies by the president?s chief strategist, Karl Rove, and are enabling him to abuse the First Amendment, by their invoking it. Read more…
After reading a transcript of Bush’s speech tonight, I decided to use a little bit of satire and poetic license by comparing this war with sports. Bush being the coach, the soldiers being the home team, and the Iraqi insurgents being the opposing team. And Bush’s speech tonight was a pep rally and nothing more. Here is the satirical version of the war on Iraq…
Now don?t get me wrong. I am not a supporter of flag burning, but I do understand that this is a form of expression, and banning the burning of the flag goes against the first amendment. It seems to be that Republicans are all about picking and choosing what amendments they hold dear. Don?t take away our guns, the second amendment says you can?t, yet they have no qualms about freedom of speech and right to privacy (PATRIOT ACT) getting taken away. You know what their typical response would be, if you support freedom of speech, the terrorists win.
WASHINGTON – The House yesterday approved a constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to ban desecration of the American flag, a measure rejected twice by the Senate in the past decade but expected to get a closer vote this year. Read more…
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