Now, will they please go away?

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 19, 2007 04:00 PM

Endgame:

A federal judge dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame’s lawsuit against members of the Bush administration Thursday, eliminating one of the last courtroom remnants of the leak scandal.

Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice President Dick Cheney and others of conspiring to leak her identity in 2003. Plame said that violated her privacy rights and was illegal retribution for her husband’s criticism of the administration.

U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional arguments. Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove, former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.

Judge Bates will soon be a nutroots target, I’m sure. Read this:

While Bates did not address the constitutional questions, he seemed to side with administration officials who said they were acting within their job duties. Plame had argued that what they did was illegal and outside the scope of their government jobs.

“The alleged means by which defendants chose to rebut Mr. Wilson’s comments and attack his credibility may have been highly unsavory, ” Bates wrote. “But there can be no serious dispute that the act of rebutting public criticism, such as that levied by Mr. Wilson against the Bush administration’s handling of prewar foreign intelligence, by speaking with members of the press is within the scope of defendants’ duties as high-level Executive Branch officials.”

The Wilson/Plame move is moving forward, so unfortunately, this ain’t the last we’ll hear from the publicity-hungry duo. Ugh. Vanity Fair, indeed:

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  1. #106698
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:13 pm, Brian72 said:

    Do they know the Manhattan Steampipe Incident was a Karl Rove plot to intimidate them, and silence them? I’m sure scared to speak out now, what with steampipes bursting at “random”.

    Truth to Power.

  2. #106702
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:19 pm, Rusty said:

    Thrown out on jurisdictional grounds meaning it could come back. Not endgame yet, I don’t think.

  3. #106703
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:19 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    ” Plame said that violated her privacy rights and was illegal retribution for her husband’s criticism of the administration. ”

    If she was concerned about her ‘privacy rights’ being violated, then why did she not sue Richard Armitage who admitted to being the person to first speak of her identity?

    Bravo to this judge for seeing through the political knife wielding of this partisan ‘Vanity Pair’.

  4. #106704
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:20 pm, Thomas said:

    “Now, will they please go away?”

    Nope.

    This is their new career. Just like Cindy Sheehan won’t go back to her previous job, and return to her life, Plame/Wilson’s “Career” is now this, and they will never go away.

    (just my opinion, I could be wrong)

  5. #106706
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:21 pm, feralcat said:

    There’s a woman who leads a life of flim flam.
    To everyone she meets she gets ever stranger
    With every move she makes, another picture he takes.
    Odds are they won’t preen again until tomorrow.

    Secret Agent Woman. Secret Agent Woman.
    They’ve given you a husband and taken way his brain.

  6. #106709
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:25 pm, taylork said:

    Michelle, Do you mean the Wilson/Plame movie? Or are they going somewhere where they can’t bother anyone anymore (if only)?

  7. #106711
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:27 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    For someone who worried about being outed and is now worried about her privacy, she sure is keeping her face in the public eye!

  8. #106715
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:34 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    Kinda reminds me of the kid who played hide and seek by standing behind the picket fence.

    ( For you liberals….you can SEE through a picket fence )

  9. #106717
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:36 pm, JWS said:

    Her perjury trial begins when?

  10. #106720
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:41 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    …when hell freezes over….

    And Al Gore says that ain’t happenin anytime soon….

  11. #106722
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:48 pm, josetheguerilla said:

    Right out of the book sabotage. CIA Ivy league libbs that care more about lettuce pickers than our own security.

  12. #106723
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:50 pm, feralcat said:

    jrlingreenbay – “And Al Gore says that ain’t happenin anytime soon….”

    Able to guzzle more energy than dozens of normal men! Producing more
    hot air than a locomotive! Able to pile up carbon credits higher than a
    tall building in a single bound!!!

    Look UP in the sky! It’s ChickenLittle! It’s FlyingSnakeOilSalesman!
    It’s the Sultan of [hanging]Chad[s]! It’s a Bloated Balloon! It’s the
    Ayatollah of Heat! No, it’s CarbonMan in a jumbo private jet painted
    green!

    CarbonMan, strange visitor from an alternate reality who came to Earth
    with claims and scary predictions far beyond those of mortal men,
    disguised as Fat Albert, and now joined by other members of the Royal Green
    League such as HummerMan and EcoCleaningWoman, they all fight a never
    ending battle for science-fiction, hypocrisy and the Hollywood way!

  13. #106726
    On July 19th, 2007 at 4:57 pm, stoutrepublican said:

    It’s funny to see them celebrate court decisions they agree with, and complain how broken the process is when they don’t get their way.

    Movie deal still exists though I’m sure. I wonder what all these people will do when Bush is out of office…time for a new hobby.

  14. #106736
    On July 19th, 2007 at 5:06 pm, NeoConNews said:

    If she was concerned about her ‘privacy rights’ being violated, then why did she not sue Richard Armitage who admitted to being the person to first speak of her identity?

    Because it wasn’t Armitage!!! It was that damned Rove and his stormtroopers. Don’t you remember all the MSM headlines when the ‘investigation’ was underway? What do you think, that the MSM would lie to us? Now who sounds like the paranoid sycophantic ex-CIA employee ?

  15. #106740
    On July 19th, 2007 at 5:10 pm, katieanne said:

    It’s revolting those two liars got any coverage at all. It’s also revolting that the MSM didn’t delve into the lies of this couple. Talk about agenda. Unbelievable.

  16. #106756
    On July 19th, 2007 at 5:39 pm, geminicontender said:

    Plame is only staying in the limelight because Rush called her a ‘babe’.:):)

  17. #106760
    On July 19th, 2007 at 5:49 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Sometimes they play dress up – she gets on her spy costume and sends him to the grocery store to look for Yellow Cake. He comes home and writes a report on all the rotting lettuce he found…

  18. #106763
    On July 19th, 2007 at 5:54 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Yep AlohaGuy and I bet she tapes an AM radio to the heal of her shoe.

    /man, am I dating myself

  19. #106772
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:09 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    LOL…feralcat I’m callin you butter cause you are on a roll today….

  20. #106775
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:18 pm, 24Klady said:

    Feralcat #12 – loved it, priceless.

    As far as Plame – which administration in which century is going to go after her for perjury? She and the former Ambassador remind me of two grade C actors trying to audition for Grade A parts. They’re cheap, slick and way too glib. In Washington D.C. that must put them on the A list.

  21. #106778
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:20 pm, zorro said:

    I’m beginning to believe we can live without the CIA. The DIA seems to have a better work ethic these days. The CIA is not what it use to be (pre-Klinton). It seems Komrade Klinton’s influence on the once great agency has been more than corrosive.

  22. #106788
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:34 pm, DesertLover said:

    I’d compare them to Reagan’s co-star Bonzo … but that would be an insult to Bonzo …

  23. #106791
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:44 pm, NeoConNews said:

    Bush failed by not doing a massive cleaning of house when he first got into office. The Uniter not the Divider thing… What a waste. We’re paying for it now.

  24. #106794
    On July 19th, 2007 at 6:46 pm, feralcat said:

    Florinda: Why didn’t I marry you instead of Esteban?
    Don Diego (Zorro’s alter ego): Probably because he asked you and I did not.

  25. #106801
    On July 19th, 2007 at 7:04 pm, Cowboy said:

    good ferral cat, very good. The plames are just typical lying liberals that would rather tell a lye than the truth.

  26. #106821
    On July 19th, 2007 at 7:39 pm, Rick Moran said:

    Michelle’s right. The netnuts are pointing out that the judge in the case also dismissed the suit against Cheney’s office for the energy task force records.

    BTW – did we ever decide who was going to play those two in the movie? I think without a doubt Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie would be perfect.

    Vapid, empty headed do gooders the both of them. And while Pitt is kind of scruffy looking compared to the debonaire Joe, if she wasn’t such a lying witch Valerie would give Angelina a run for her money in the babe department. She looked awesome at that House hearing a couple of months ago.

    (Stop gushing, I know…)

  27. #106833
    On July 19th, 2007 at 8:01 pm, 3Steps said:

    ROFL @ jrlingreenbay #10

  28. #106837
    On July 19th, 2007 at 8:09 pm, calamityville said:

    If there is any justice this bogus suit will at least cost those two idiots a pile of money in lawyer fees and/or court costs.

  29. #106853
    On July 19th, 2007 at 9:14 pm, commonsensehoosier said:

    What really sucks is that it won’t cost them a dime personally. They have enormous donations to use to “right the wrongs of George Bush!”

    They’ll be sucking off of limosine liberals for decades.

  30. #106859
    On July 19th, 2007 at 9:50 pm, capitano said:

    Judge to Val:

    Your spy-fu is weak — take a hike.

  31. #106860
    On July 19th, 2007 at 9:53 pm, minpinmom said:

    Feralcat, secret agent woman sounds like it could be a great Rush parody song. My comment on the Plames is that her bogus outing has to be the best thing that has happened to them. They should be forced to pay royalties to Libby, Rove and Cheney.

  32. #106869
    On July 19th, 2007 at 10:22 pm, corona said:

    I wish.

  33. #106879
    On July 19th, 2007 at 11:05 pm, feralcat said:

    minpinmom said:

    Feralcat, secret agent woman sounds like it could be a great Rush parody song.

    OK, I have taken it about as far as I can. Rush will have to do any “fine tuning”.

    There’s a woman who leads a life of leisure.
    To everyone she meets she says HI stranger
    With every move she makes, another photo he takes.
    Odds are he won’t preen again until tomorrow.

    Secret Agent Girl. Secret Agent Girl.
    They’ve given you a husband and taken away his brain.

    Beware of prissy faces that you find.
    A prissy face may hide an evil mind.
    Ooh be careful who you marry, or he’ll give you away.
    Odds are he won’t preen again until tomorrow.

    Secret Agent Girl. Secret Agent Girl.
    They’ve given you a husband and taken way his brain.

    Perjury in court on the stand suing one day
    Liein’ in a Washington Post story the next day.
    Oh don’t let the wrong words slip, while chasing persuasive tips.
    Odds are you won’t lie again ’till tomorrow.

    Secret Agent Girl. Secret Agent Girl.
    They’ve given you a husband and taken way his brain.

  34. #106892
    On July 19th, 2007 at 11:55 pm, Entelechy said:

    There is only one other power-whorey couple more deserving of each other, and more attention-needy, than these two – the Clintons.

  35. #106928
    On July 20th, 2007 at 3:38 am, doingwhatican said:

    “U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds….”

    Dismissed on a technicality because it’s the wrong jurisdiction?

    “Plame’s attorneys had said the lawsuit would be an uphill battle.” They milked it for all it’s worth and, hopefully, it’s over now.

    Schadenfreude.

  36. #106930
    On July 20th, 2007 at 4:56 am, ed said:

    I wonder if that judge is a bill&hill apointment

  37. #107068
    On July 20th, 2007 at 10:40 am, otcconan said:

    joined by other members of the Royal Green League such as HummerMan and EcoCleaningWoman, they all fight a never
    ending battle for science-fiction, hypocrisy and the Hollywood way!

    I think you meant to say EcoCleaningMan and HummerWoman. That way Monica Lewinsky can play the latter.

  38. #107122
    On July 20th, 2007 at 11:56 am, Pulchritudinous Patriot said:

    I think you meant to say EcoCleaningMan and HummerWoman. That way Monica Lewinsky can play the latter.

    ROTFLMAO!

  39. #111940
    On August 2nd, 2007 at 12:35 pm, foxforce91 said:

    In the spirit of “The 2 Coreys” here comes the “The Plames!” reality show.

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