VIDEO: Discredited "Journalist" Jason Leopold Interviews Valerie Plame
This is a fascinating video in many ways. One way is the fact that Valerie Plame allowed herself to be interviewed with a journalist described in a Howard Kurtz Washington Post ARTICLE as engaging in "lying, cheating, and backstabbing." The article also states that Leopold was a cocaine addict who has battled mental illness his whole life. So this is the person that Valerie Plame allows to interview her which says a lot about her. One interesting thing in this 10 minute video is that at 3:45 into it, Leopold FINALLY admits to being wrong about his infamous "scoop" in 2006 stating that Karl Rove had ALREADY been indicted in May of that year. What's really laughable about this admission is that Leopold STILL gets it wrong by stating the year incorrectly in this video: "On May 12, 2003 I reported that Karl Rove had been indicted." Sorry, Jason, but you missed the date by THREE years. Obviously this is in keeping with his previous journalistic credibility.
Well, even though Jason Leopold missed the Karl Rove "indictment" date by three years, this admission is more than what his partner in journalistic scams, William Rivers Pitt, has revealed. To this date, Pitt has NEVER admitted to being wrong in his May 12, 2006 (not 2003) "scoop" about Rove's indictment. In fact, Pitt is still praying to blessed Allah that everybody (especially the Hillary campaign people) would just forget that infamous scoop ever happened.
Now the question is who will portray the degenerate Jason Leopold in the upcoming Valerie Plame flick?
posted by PJ-Comix at 8:52 AM
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I'm still having trouble with my comments section in this updated version of the DUFUs. It seems that comments can be posted when you are on the "DUmmie FUnnies" but not on the individual edition. Can anybody out there tell me how to fix this? Otherwise I just might go back to the classic template.
Screw the updated template! Too many problems with it. No comments on individual blog editions. Also there are other things in terms of functionality that I don't like. If those can be fixed, I will revert but until then we are staying with classic template here.
Darn shame the comments are broken.
Does this mean I can't leave one?
Skul
ps - this comment does not exist.
Plame was never covert and this is a load of hogwash..and as for Pitt, well we've always known that the only thing bigger than his ego was...well...hmmm..lemme think on that....
Wow! The Plamester has really reached the bottom of the barrel. I guess no one is buying the story since Armitage came out with his "Ooops! My bad! Shouldna done that!" interview.
Quote: "There was no ill intent on my part, and I had never seen, ever in 43 years of having a security clearance, a covert operative's name in a memo," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/12/cia.armitage/
It's even from CNN! Game over Val. Pose nude for Playboy and retire.
I'd do her.
I think the goofy looking guy in the glasses has a Karl Rove fixation. Also, Plame says she wishes she knew who leaked her name, we already know it was Armatige. If a CIA intelligence officer can't even gather obvious information, how can we expect them to gather covert intelligence?
The only people who think Karl Rove or Dick Cheney leaked Valarie Plame's name are deranged DUmmies and KOmmies and HUffies.
Valarie Plame is either very stupid, or a liar. Or nuts like the goofy looking guy in glasses admits to being.
She apparently realized Leopold was obsessing over Karl Rove. After his last question about rove she had a, "What's with this guy" look on her face.
The fact that everybody but her knows it was Richard Armitage who leaked her name speaks volumes to her competence to work for the CIA
Armitage certainly was Novaks' first source. Before going to print, Novak went to confirm with a second source, standard journalistic procedure. Second source was: Karl Rove. Rove also leaked the info to Cooper. Libby leaked the info to Cooper and Miller. Ari Fleischer leaked the info to Time and NBC. It was only the Armitage/Rove leak to Novak that wound up getting printed. But it certainly was not the case that Armitage was the only actor out there performing a role.
got all your talking point right in a row there, didn't you.
if by talking points you mean the truth, yes. the facts are all in a row.
FACTS: (From CNN, the Clinton News Network, yet!)
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/12/cia.armitage/
"Rove, who left the White House in August, has denied he was also a source of the leak to Novak."
"A federal judge in Washington recently dismissed a lawsuit by the couple (Plame/Wilson) against Rove, Armitage, Vice President Dick Cheney and Cheney's former chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby."
No case. Important fact.
With attributions and sourcing!
Nice!
Factual.
I love the way Leopold says "he cut a deal" when in fact he doesn't know anything of the kind, there was no indictment, Leopold is a liar, Plame should just shut up and go away.
"Rove cut a deal"?
PROVE IT. Prove he was even a target of the investigation.
Prove there was any wrong doing by any part of the WH, prove that the President or anyone else had a hand in it.
Put up or shut up.
FUnnie thing, that CNN link... it cites Novak himself as saying Armitage and Rove were his sources. Why would Novak stab Rove in the back after dealing with him for years and years? Oh, right. He swore to tell the truth to a grand jury.
Read Novak himself to see what he wrote about Karl Rove being his secondary source, here.
Hmmmmm. "The other was by presidential adviser Karl Rove, whom I interpret as confirming my primary source's information."
That refers, I presume, to Rove saying "I heard that, too" to Novak's comment that "I heard that (Wilson's wife) works for the CIA."
Hardly a leak.
I'm still waiting for that elusive definitive proof that Plame came under the statute at all, since no one *ever* got charged with violating it.
And Joe Wilson is *still* an inveterate liar. I wouldn't believe him if he said the sun comes up in the east. His accuracy is every bit as good as the interviewer, Jason (Joe Isuzu) Leopold.
Hardly a leak? He confirmed what Armitage had told Novak. It's as if you're saying the 2nd person doesn't count because he wasn't as verbose. Most any credible journalist gets two sources for a story such as this. Rove was number two. His economy with words is a non-factor.
You also must have skipped over the part in Novaks' article that reveals Rove himself granted a waiver for Novak to tell the tale...
"But on Jan. 12, two days before my meeting with Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor informed Hamilton that he would be bringing to the Swidler Berlin offices only two waivers. One was by my principal source in the Valerie Wilson column, a source whose name has not yet been revealed. The other was by presidential adviser Karl Rove, whom I interpret as confirming my primary source's information. In other words, the special prosecutor knew the names of my sources."
In order for a leak to have occured there needed to be something to leak. The CIA was playing politics with our (U.S. for you America-hating libs out there) national security and got caught.
Duke, baby, I think you got it backasswards, seeing as the White House did eventually disown the infamous 16 words in the State of the Union address. But you go ahead and keep thinking that the CIA is a bastion of leftist-liberal activism. Sheesh...
hey douche bag
bush was a coke addict. your GOP lawmakers are closet homos and this is who you choose to attack?
must be a slow news day for you
it must be nice to hide under the cover of anonymity and attack someone while the person who was discredited and attacked actually goes out there despite everything that was written about him and continues to report no matter what cowards like you say.
you're the real loser in this PJ. You're a lowlife. Wow. What a coward you are.
Ah, but Anonymous, British Intelligence stood by the 16 words even if the Bush administration unnecessarily panicked.
But that doesn't have anything to do with what I said, that there was nothing to leak. And you can't have a leaker without something to leak.
Hey Anonymous, do you have any proof that President Bush is coke adict? Must be all the brown acid you did at Woodstock, huh?
First let's get a couple of things straight.
This guy or girl runs a blog, lobs a personal attack against the person who interviewed the woman as if there should be some sort of moral litmus test for journalists and then hides behind his anonymous moniker to make a point.
What I find amazing is that this interview was conducted via video and you harp on a year that the interviewer apparently got wrong? THat's your beef you idiot? That's all you got?
For all you know PJ scumsucker could very well be a child molestor.
Yeah. Actually I do have proof.
Do you have proof that he didn't?
No?
then SHUT THE FUCK UP
you're the real loser in this PJ. You're a lowlife. Wow. What a coward you are.
Hello Jason! Give my regards to your TruthOut colleague, William Rivers Pitt.
For all you know PJ scumsucker could very well be a child molestor.
Yup! Definitely Jason Leopold! Typical perverted MO he used on me before as well as others. How do you like Howard Kurtz's description of you in the Washington Post, Jason? I would say his description of you as a drug addicted ethically challenged "journalist" is quite accurate.
wow. you must have x ray vision or something.
First of all, for the 3 or 4 readers that actually come to this cesspool, I am NOT Jason Leopold. I watched the valerie plame video via a link on google that went here, you fucking idiot.
I read the comments and what I saw was a personal attack.
ANd so far PJ Scumbag you haven't taken up the challenge to start attacking people using your own name or responded to the fact that you are a coward.
I have more respect for a guy like Leopold who actually uses his own name and wrote a book admitting his past than a lowlife coward like you who has really small balls
Um, Anonymous, you can't prove a negative. And delusions don't count as proof positive.
As Dan Rather and Mary Mapes found out, manufacturing documents does not, that is NOT, constitute evidence.
The More You Know...
"As Dan Rather and Mary Mapes found out, manufacturing documents does not, that is NOT, constitute evidence.
The More You Know..."
The less you need of sentence structure?
"...to be interviewed with a journalist described in a Howard Kurtz Washington Post ARTICLE as engaging in "lying, cheating, and backstabbing." The article also states that Leopold was a cocaine addict who has battled mental illness his whole life."
Sounds a little like Rush to me. Not the band.
I have more respect for a guy like Leopold who actually uses his own name and wrote a book admitting his past than a lowlife coward like you who has really small balls.
Hi Jason!
Pj is such a weak little fuck. He or she still avoids answering the question because he or she is a coward and can only safely attack people from the safety of an anonymous moniker.
pathetic. sad. loser.
Pj is such a weak little fuck. He or she still avoids answering the question because he or she is a coward and can only safely attack people from the safety of an anonymous moniker.
Anonymous, it must just be tearing you up inside that you don't know who to harass.
Lost the debate on facts and merit so you need some other way to strike out.
Talk about a sad, pathetic loser.
"can only safely attack people from the safety of an anonymous moniker."
As opposed to you who bravely uses "Anonymous" to post.
Dumbass
Pj is such a weak little fuck. He or she still avoids answering the question because he or she is a coward and can only safely attack people from the safety of an anonymous moniker.
Quit hiding behind your "Anonymous" monicker, Jason Leopold.
"because he or she is a coward and can only safely attack people from the safety of an anonymous moniker." ...
... said "Anonymous"
That's some rich irony right there!
Why does this surprise anyone? The leftards have openly admitted that "the facts don't matter". They didn't hint at it, or try to make a case... they specifically stated "the facts don't matter" and are sticking with it.
To attempt a debate with idiots who make this claim is a lesson in futility.
Oh, and "Hi Jason!", you master prognosticator! HA!
it's so great to see how upset you GOP closet homosexuals get at this brilliant interview conducted by the esteemed Jason Leopold.
So wonderful to see you giving him all this FREE publicity!
Keep it going!
PJ Comix loves to take it up the ass and he also enjoys sucking cock the way a pygmy enjoys sucking the milk out of a coconut.
I just realize that Jason Leopold in this interview reminds me of X the Eliminator from Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law.
The Crest of Karl Rove!
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/3386/leopoldpe0.gif
I find it interesting whenever liberals are losing the debate they resort to racism nd phobohomia.
And of course, foul language.
If it weren't for foul language and unbridled rage, liberals would have no debate skills at all.
And I use the word "skills" very loosely. I guess I mean "tactics."
Valerie Plame Wilson kept her CIA career a secret for twenty years. She was the head of the WMD search for President Bush before we went to war with Iraq, and she and her team believed those weapons were somewhere to be found. In 2002, the VP called and asked the CIA to investigate intelligence reports that Iraq had purchased yellow cake in Niger Africa in the late 90s. The CIA sent Valerie’s husband, Joe Wilson, to investigate the intelligence reports out of Italy and Great Britain.
Wilson determines nothing is going on in Africa, reports his findings to the CIA and goes on about his business.
Almost a year later the President claims as truth what Wilson had specifically reported was false.
Wilson wrote about what he didn’t find in Africa after hearing the president use unsubstantiated intelligence in his State of the Union speech in January 2003. Wilson suggests Bush cherry picks intelligence that supports his agenda to justify going to war with Iraq.
Soon a diplomat and a CIA agent were "Fair Game," according to Carl Rove. Six journalists were told about Valerie Plame, or Wilson’s wife, but only one outed Valerie. I think what happened to her, among other things, was a career assassination. Being a secret CIA employee is what Valerie did to survive in this world. And she was good at it-- until the day Robert Novak decided to announce her secret identity to the nation--so he could label her husband with nepotism and discount Wilson's trip as "less than definitive."
Joe Wilson worked for President Bush's dad, President Clinton, and he went to Africa under President Bush. I don't know many people with such high profile employers spanning over a 23 year career, do you?
The simple truth is Joe and Valerie have been persecuted for doing their jobs and telling the truth. Their many years of superb service should speak loudly in their defense.
Robert Novak, however; is supposed to be a watchdog that responds to whistleblowers, not a trained lapdog kept well fed on anonymous Washington treats.
And let's not forget that all of this is really about Wilson blowing a whistle on the State of the Union's unsubstantiated words that were used to urge this country into a war.
Novak’s message was to downplay Wilson’s importance in the African findings.
It is just unconscionable that he used Valerie’s career to discredit her husband. Nepotism is such a disdainful word in the business world. Novak used her as a means to his end.
And don’t let a loop hole in the law fool you about why all those officials are not getting charged for her outing—her domestic situation isn’t covered by law—it seems agent’s aren’t protected if they live on U.S. soil. The legislation in effect for agents now is for overseas operators.
But, I do find it amazing Carl Rove is gone. I watched him cry at the podium with the President beside him; that guy did not want to go.
And Scooter may have been pardoned, but he was convicted on four counts. Another one gone. And don't forget Armitage and Fleischer, two men that cut deals with the Grand Jury, who are gone.
Wilson wrote his Op-Ed on July 6. Then on July 9, Fleischer said while he was in Pretoria Africa with the President, that
“After the speech, information was learned about the forged documents. With the advantage of hindsight, it's known now what was not known by the White House prior to the speech. This information should not have risen to the level of a presidential speech.”
So, Wilson’s whistle blew, President Bush, while on his second day of a five day African tour, sends out Fleischer to admit the information in his speech was false. And notice that Fleischer said after the speech it was learned the documents were forged—the speech was in January, and this was July, two days after Wilson suggested the administration manipulated intelligence to justify going to war with Iraq.
Valerie and Joe are the two people in the world before the war who knew the truth about Iraq having WMD, or Iraq trying to obtain them. What they have to say has cost them their professional lives and slandered their personal lives—and still they keep talking. Maybe we should listen.
here's the funny thing about the liar and assmuncher PJ Comix/Gladnick-cock
He relies an extremely old article by Kurtz in the Washington Post.
Leopold's book WAS published. It's called NEWS JUNKIE and surprise surprise, it happened to feature none other than Howard Kurtz in one chapter and exposes Kurtz for his own journalistic malfeasance. Gee, payback anyone by Kurtz for attacking Leopold
PJ knows full well Leopold's book was published
duke enjoys sucking PJ's ass just like all the other closet Republican homos
I don't know, it seems to me that cutting and pasting together liberal mythology and combining it with sophistry is even less effective debate tactic than the foul language, racism, and phobohomic attacks.
Wilson never even filed a report with the CIA until he did his op-ed gotcha hit piece. And yet you are able to cut and paste this fine liberal mythology but the threads don't hold together. Your whole mythology has been debunked and discredited many times.
Valarie Plame doesn't even know to this day that it was Richard Armitage who named her to Novak as Joe Wilson's wife, it is doubtful she knew anything about Iraq. Or even her own career before her husband outed her.
Dear foul-mouthed, racist, phobohomic anonymous poster:
I bless you.
This day will be one of the best days of your life. And every day this week, which is Thanksgiving week, will be better than the last.
At the end of one week, you will be filled with an indescribable joy and you will remember back to this blessing and be glad.
Namaste
Yes, it is definitely pitiful when you must resort to profanity to try and get a point across. Pitiful!
Oh, yes, by the way. "Hi, Jason."
Yet another anonymous opinion:
The 16 words (as well as the Brit and Italian intelligence reports) indicated that Saddam attempted to buy yellowcake from Niger.
Wilson stated that Saddam did not buy yellowcake from Niger. Wilson did not deny that Saddam's agents did indeed hold discussions with Niger about buying yellowcake.
The whole thing sounds like one side trying to call the other a liar for stating the same fact. Sheesh! 8(
Wow ! It's amazing the degree of hatred liberals express for homosexuals, using the word as the ugliest smear they can think of.
As to Plame, she wasn't a covert agent, hadn't had an overseas assignment within 5 years. Also, it is a bit difficult to view somneone as covert who has a 9-5 deskjob at Langley. Pretty obvious she worked for the CIA.
Please ignore Richard Armitage, this is all about getting the evildoers, Bush Cheney, Rove, etc. Fortunately they did get Rove, he was indicted as Jason Leopold reported.
Liberals just need to be patient, Pres. Hillary will of course dispatch Bush and Cheney to the Hague, probably throw in Kissinger too !
It'll be like Fitzmas in February ! Savor it with a fine bottle of champagne, or for DUmmies perhaps Andre, if that's all mom will cough up for.
"The article also states that Leopold was a cocaine addict...." pj
Is cocaine a pain reliever? Because I could swear to God there's some other mentally ill gasbag out there who had legal trouble with this shit. Got caught coming in from South America or somewhere? Pain relievers and Viagra? Is Viagra a pain reliever? My buddy says it is...sort of. He says it depends on who you're with. If you're not with the right people you can go to the hospital because of an erection lasting over 4 hours. So I figure this guy (I can't remember his name for the life of me) must've been with the right people in South America or he'd be holding up a tent somewhere in Peru. But he got back and went to court. His name is right on the tip of my tongue.
Hiya Jason: are the 24 business hours up yet?
Incidentally, in the video, you lied...you claimed that Karl Rove was indicted in 2006, not 2003.
I know. I have the original article in hardcopy. And a snapshot of the page.
Hey anon: no one is going to the Hague..the US is not a signatory to the ICC..and in any case, you need charges, for charges you need proof.
Got any?
No?
Didn't think so.
Now Duke, facts are not cut and paste, but thank you for the sophistry. I wasn’t after a debate; I’m looking for unity under the umbrella of truth. I never claimed Wilson filed a report, I said he “reports his findings.” Sounds pretty oral to me, Duke.
And about Valerie Plame not knowing to this day that Armitage leaked her name, what she is saying is—she wants to know who it was in the CIA that gave the head nod about her identity.
hey sonnabend cocksmoker
Why would Leopold "lie" and say May 2003 when the goddamn investigation wasn't even happening yet. It was clearly an error you stupid fuck. Just like the error that happened when your father fucked your mother and you popped out
Hi anon, you said:
hey sonnabend cocksmoker
Why would Leopold "lie" and say May 2003 when the goddamn investigation wasn't even happening yet. It was clearly an error you stupid fuck. Just like the error that happened when your father fucked your mother and you popped out
At least sonnabend knows who his father is; can you or your mother make the same claim ?
Ah, the insult game so easy to play. Next time try something non-sexist and non-homophobic. These sort of comments from liberals are really disillusioning me about your true beliefs.
As to your question, perhaps the answer is that Leopold is an inveterate liar whose drug adled mind has difficulties keeping all of the lies straight.
Just a guess.
Cheers, from a fellow anon.
Hi sonnabend, ("Sunday", in German - southern part anyway), you said:
Hey anon: no one is going to the Hague..the US is not a signatory to the ICC..and in any case, you need charges, for charges you need proof.
Got any?
No?
Didn't think so.
Yeah I know all that, comment was meant sarcastically. No American president would deliver up a predecessor or cabinet member to the ICC.
There'd be riots in the streets if our former officials were to be tried by Syrian, Dutch judges, etc.
Just like the error that happened when your father fucked your mother and you popped out
Hi Jason Leopold!
Jason Leopold must google himself obsessively because whether it be here or on the DU, he always seems to pop up on message boards when his name is mentioned.
He first appeared on DUmmie FUnnies, anonymously of course, during the initial stages of Rove-gate spouting off his usual obscenities, talking loud about how his book was getting rave reviews on Amazon. But backed off quickly after PJ and I raised the question of whether or not these were really REAL people reviewing his book and not just post by him under made up names:
Here are a few samples, judge for yourselves if they honestly sound like legit, third party critics:
“It's a bracing confessional that takes no prisoners and makes no apoolgies. The writer's style is bold, literate and rhythmic. And, his crudely sophisticaed humor is always a guilty pleasure.”
“Jason takes you on an adventure! News Junkie is fast paced and fun to read.”
“I was unable to go to sleep once I opened this book. … despite his demons, the protagonist is so smart and likeable that you find yourself rooting for him even when he behaves badly. I did not want the book to end.”
“Jason has … written a book that cannot be put down. You promise yourself only a few more pages, and find that you keep making the same promise over and over again. You root for him the whole way.”
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0976082241/ref=cm_cr_pr_link_1?%5Fencoding=UTF8&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
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The major flaw in Jason’s personality is that he is seemingly addicted to the attention of being in the spotlight, yet at the same time unable to tolerate criticism. It’s really not that surprising in my opinion that he would turn to drugs.
Why would Leopold "lie" and say May 2003 when the goddamn investigation wasn't even happening yet
Yeah that's an error...when he misses the date of his own article / claim / lie by three years.
He didn't check his own details before starting?
And that's a good example of how a "journalist" conducts an interview?
I mean I know fact checking for journos is a hard one..,if we all had our Rathers....
Lastly: the term 24 business hours is a load of fetid dingoes kidneys.
There is no indictment dated May 12 2006 , or May 12, 2003 for that matter, there was no target letter, there was no "deal"..it never happened.
Case closed.
And idiots like you keep him in the spotlight by constantly writing about him.
Hey fuckers
Rush limbaugh is a drug fiend by the way in case you have forgotten that
Are you sure Jason isn't Greenwald?
http://wuzzadem.typepad.com/wuz/2006/07/greenpuppet.html
"Are you sure Jason isn't Greenwald?" anon
Yes
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