Who is this obnoxious woman testifying on cspan?

[southernleftylady]

Victoria townsing??
she is just driving me batty... who is this obnoxious woman?

[GregD]

1. yes

[hippiechick]

2. Scan a few threads ... she's all over DU today ...

:hi:

[wryter2000]

3. Yup

Frequent Faux Snooze contributor.

[Dora]

4. I wondered too, so I looked it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Toensing


Victoria Toensing is her husband's partner in the Washington law firm, diGenova and Toensing. Her practice specializes in white-collar criminal defense, regulatory inquiries, and legislative advocacy. She claims "particular expertise in high-profile, media-driven matters requiring special legal and press skills." She has appeared as a legal commentator on several networks such as CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC

Toensing graduated from Indiana University (where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority) in 1962 with an education degree; she taught high-school English until she entered law school. She received a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 1975, embarking on a career in the U. S. Attorney's office. In 1981, she became Chief Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, where she helped draft the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982.

In 1984, she joined the Reagan administration as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General, where she headed the "Terrorism Unit," the first working group in the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute terrorism-related crimes. As part of her work in the DoJ, she managed the government's legal efforts during the terrorist hijacking of TWA Flight 847, the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, and the takeover of the cruise ship Achille Lauro. She also supervised S&L fraud cases, prosecuted nuclear industry regulation cases, securities fraud, and fraud and bribery in the banking industry. In 1988, she entered private practice.

Being one of the key people to help draft the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, Toensing has been retained by a number of media organizations to give commentary on the Plame Affair. In March 2005 Toensing authored an amicus curiae brief on behalf of Matt Cooper and Judith Miller, two journalists who were subpoenaed in the Valerie Plame investigation for refusing to reveal information obtained from confidential sources. In the brief, she argued that "there exists ample evidence in the public record to cast serious doubt as to whether a crime has even been committed under the Intelligence Protection Act in the investigation underlying the attempts to secure testimony from Miller and Cooper." She also contended that Ms. Plame didn't have a cover to blow, citing a July 23, 2004 article in the Washington Times which argued that Valerie Plame's status as an undercover CIA agent may have been known to Russian and Cuban intelligence operations prior to the article (by Robert Novak) that revealed her status as a CIA employee.

[BeachBuckeye]

8. One of the most horrible BITCHES in D.C.

She and her dear hubby Joe, were heavily involved in the crucifixion on Bill Clinton.

[Rainbowreflect]

15. Thanks for the link.

[niyad]

5. her wiki bio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Toensing

[CottonBear]

6. Former Reagan era gov't lawyer and famous RW liar. n/t

[EFerrari]

7. She one of the attack dogs that has been slandering the Wilsons

all over the cable channels, including on CSPAN.

She doesn't look very happy today, does she? :hi:

[originalpckelly]

9. Toensing (R-Wicked Witch of The North)

:puke:

[Maccagirl]

10. A pathetic Reaganaut.Bushbot

and Clinton crotch-sniffer c. 1998. She and her hubby make up a RW tag-team who get air time for no reason.

[MADem]

11. TOENSING...and she is there at the REQUEST OF THE MINORITY.

(edit to spell the beast's name right--you put the TOE first)

Waxman let the GOP have her on the schedule, because they insisted, and they hung the bee word out to dry. The Democrats essenially were "lying in wait" and they got her.

I never saw a vicious old woman whose hair matched her clothes jump the shark in such compelling fashion.

If you watch CSPAN, you see the creature, ALONE, at the table, gathering her papers, after the whole thing ended. What a camera shot.

Who says these CSPAN cameramen aren't artists???

[monmouth]

12. Did her "cute and coy" work......Geez, what a witch. I loved them

shutting her down and taking their time back. Good slapdown.

[NYCGirl]

13. Here's the big irony in it — she helped draft the original law for Poppy Bush!

Being one of the key people to help draft the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, Toensing has been retained by a number of media organizations to give commentary on the Plame Affair. In March 2005 Toensing authored an amicus curiae brief on behalf of Matt Cooper and Judith Miller, two journalists who were subpoenaed in the Valerie Plame investigation for refusing to reveal information obtained from confidential sources. In the brief, she argued that "there exists ample evidence in the public record to cast serious doubt as to whether a crime has even been committed under the Intelligence Protection Act in the investigation underlying the attempts to secure testimony from Miller and Cooper." She also contended that Ms. Plame didn't have a cover to blow, citing a July 23, 2004 article in the Washington Times which argued that Valerie Plame's status as an undercover CIA agent may have been known to Russian and Cuban intelligence operations prior to the article (by Robert Novak) that revealed her status as a CIA employee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Toensing

[EVDebs]

14. Alice in wonderland rabbithole legalese.

Her 'law' can only result in open discussion of covert agents since only outings in camera and under oath count to her.