Obama Lawyers Urge Rejection of Leak Suit Against Cheney, Rove

[democracy1st]

OK this needs to be investigated

Obama Lawyers Urge Rejection of Leak Suit Against Cheney, Rove

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to revive a lawsuit accusing former Vice President Dick Cheney and other officials in the George W. Bush White House of illegally revealing the identity of a CIA agent.

U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan, the government’s top courtroom lawyer, told the justices in a legal filing today that a federal appeals court was right to dismiss the suit by former CIA operative Valerie Plame.

The suit also names former White House political adviser Karl Rove and former Cheney aide I. Lewis Libby.

To contact the reporter on this story: Greg Stohr in Washington at [e-mail].

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aBANfIYr6RBY&refer=home

[Vincardog]

1. Is Obama going to force us to force him to do the right thing at every step?

[villager]

3. Evidently he didn't mean "make me do it" once or twice, but every freakin' time...

n/t

[Tempest]

4. Not every step

But it appears the number of steps is steadily increasing.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

12. Check the last name KAGAN

[cali]

21. what about it?

[polichick]

2. Good grief, what next??

[Dinger]

5. Well, I'm Sick Of This BS. This will Be Where I Draw The Line,

that maybe I should have drawn earlier.

[billyoc]

6. I don't even get the angle here, what's the advantage to dropping it?

:shrug:

[jsamuel]

8. It is quite simple.

Obama is not willing to release the powers the Executive claimed during the Bush/Cheney Administration and is determined to keep what power he can.

[billyoc]

9. Can't he do both? I swear, I just don't see the advantage for Obama here.

[Clio the Leo]

22. Exactly. I think what folks are failing to realize ...

.... are the ramifications that could be set by allowing this legal precedent.

[blm]

15. Remember who Libby's friends are...a few powerful Dems, some who are now serving Obama

and, no doubt, working to feed him info that protects the Bush-enabling cabal that has controlled so much in our party.

[theoldman]

7. Sorry guys but the SCOTUS does as it pleases.

No one tells them what to do, not even the POTUS. If they vote this down it will be because they are conservatives, not liberals.

[KOBUK]

10. W T F ?

What do they have on him that nothing is being done to right the wrong !I'm getting very disappointed !

[file83]

36. That is the correct question.

It's obvious that he's owned now. The 180 degree course change we've witnessed these last 2 months is proof of that. Either that or he was just a bald face liar during the campaign. I mean, these aren't just slight divergences between what he said then and what he's doing now. These are complete changes in direction from previously claimed platforms.

What's next, he's anti-abortion?

[randr]

11. That's it for me!

I want my money and my vote back.
One more lie and/or failure to fulfill campaign promise will put me over the edge.
HOPE, TRUST, FAITH, CHANGE--All words used once again to propel an egomaniac into power.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

13. OBAMA IS AFRAID THAT IF BUSH ETC ARE FOUND GUILTY, THEN

THE REPUB CRAZIES WILL CAUSE A CIVIL WAR.

THEY JUST DON'T CARE,.... THEY WANT POWER.

[randr]

24. Be afraid-Be very afraid

Nothing bad can happen if you just do nothing that might upset the idiots.

[phleshdef]

14. When will people get that Obama does not intend to prosecute the last administration.

Its simply not going to happen. It was never promised and I, for one, never expected it to happen.

[babsbunny]

16. I for one am tired, and sick!

Really sick! I am starting to hate seeing or hearing anything about Obama, like I used to hate seeing or hearing anything about Bush! This is not America anymore!

[Kaleva]

30. "This is not America anymore!"

Which America are you speaking of? When women couldn't vote?... slavery was legal?.... when a stroke of a pen could put thousands of law abiding and loyal Americans in detention camps?....when the only good Indian was a dead Indian?

[Name removed]

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[Thrill]

18. Hold on, isn't she actually suing the Federal Government?

.

[HopeOverFear]

19. who, Valerie?

[Thrill]

20. Yes

[Old Hank]

34. The article says nothing about anyone suing the Federal Govt.

It mentions Cheney, Rove and Libby among Plame's targets.

[leftofthedial]

23. Q: Whose side is the Obama on?

A: His own.

[rateyes]

25. President Obama, with all due respect, YOU ARE NEVER GOING

TO GET THE REPUBLICANS TO LIKE YOU. Quit carrying their water for them.

To hell with them.

These people brought down an entire CIA operation that was trying to protect this country from WMD. They ruined a woman's career. Why in the FUCK would you ask for them to be able to get away with this.

Didn't you take an oath to PROTECT the Constitution, not tear it to sheds?

:wtf:

ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! :banghead:

[Imagevision]

31. Rachael needs to have a what Obama said and what he now says...!

[ima_sinnic]

26. he's made it perfectly clear: the law is a joke, and does not apply in certain cases

--those cases where his own political career might get a little messy.

now "look forward" to forking over your life to the banks, insurance companies, and whatever other corporations are pulling his strings, sucker.

[bvar22]

27. "No man is above the law."---Barack Obama

Now protecting Torturers, War Criminals,...and Traitors.

...and the beat goes on.

[ima_sinnic]

28. he was "campaigning" when he said that, it was just a clever slogan to fool the rubes

I was conned by the "constitutional scholar" schtick.
when he said he was a "community organizer," I didn't know he meant the elite community of fraudsters and corporacrats.

[polichick]

35. There's a line to send to whitehouse.gov

[Imagevision]

29. Obama admin. opposes Joe and Valerie Wilson's request for Supreme Court appeal

in suit against Cheney, Rove, Libby and Armitage.

The Obama administration is opposing a request that the Supreme Court reconsider the dismissal of the lawsuit, Wilson v. Libby, et al. In that case, the district court had dismissed the claims of Joe and Valerie Wilson against former Vice President Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby and Richard Armitage for their gross violations of the Wilsons’ constitutional rights.

Agreeing with the Bush administration, the Obama Justice Department argues the Wilsons have no legitimate grounds to sue. It is surprising that the first time the Obama administration has been required to take a public position on this matter, the administration is so closely aligning itself with the Bush administration’s views.

In fact, the Obama administration has gone one step further, suggesting Mr. Wilson failed to provide any evidence that Mr. Cheney, Mr. Rove or Mr. Libby harmed him. This is particularly ironic because the government had moved to have the case dismissed before the Wilsons had the opportunity to uncover the details of how Ms. Wilson’s covert identity was revealed.
Obama approval ratings currently @ 63% - at the rate he's going he's beginning to paint the side of him he didn't explain to us before the election - (although the only alternative was Billary)

[ima_sinnic]

32. kick for the continued cover-up of bush et al. crimes

[Old Hank]

33. Looking forward, not backward

As usual.

[Krashkopf]

37. That's not CHANGE . . .

that's more of the same! - Joe Biden

[tritsofme]

38. Lawyers defending their clients interests...what an outrage!

Doesn't everyone deserve the best legal defense available?