February 11, 2004 The War Party's Waterloo
Get out the dip and chips, pull up a chair – and let the show trial begin! by Justin Raimondo
The top two stories on yesterday's front page heralded an event long anticipated in my various columns on the subject: the investigation into the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame – which may soon be dubbed Scooter-gate – is about to morph into a scandal that could bring down the roof on this administration, and strike a knock-out blow to the War Party. .
Federal prosecutors are hot on the trail of a series of crimes that may involve more than just the two primary suspects first identified by UPI's Richard Sale – Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the Vice President's chief of staff, and John Hannah, the VP's Middle East policy wonk. As the Antiwar.com staff got ready to put up Tuesday's front page, Matt Drudge had a lead in to the story that read:
"Prosecutors conduct series of meetings described as 'tense, combative'... Armed with handwritten White House notes, detailed cell phone logs, e-mails between presidential aides and reporters, prosecutors demand explanations of conversations... Developing..."
Presidential aides? Libby is officially an Assistant to the President, but the use of the plural is … intriguing. Just how many neocons nested in the very heart of our government are going to be frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs? I sure hope they show it on television!
The trial – and you can bet there's going to be one – promises to be the best show since the Watergate hearings. Time to dust off the old television, get out the popcorn-maker, and stock up on Cheezits. It's party time!
What we'll be celebrating, as special counsel Patrick J. "Bulldog" Fitzgerald prosecutes this case, is the Waterloo of the War Party. And it is shaping up to be a real turkey shoot. Hidden amid the inner branches of the national security bureaucracy, the beleaguered nests of the neocons, badly shaken by the enveloping political storm, will start dropping to the ground, and the occupants, flushed out, will scatter, screeching in protest.
[full story at antiwar.com ] |
