Source: The Washington Post
It now appears Condoleezza Rice may have committed the same crime a recent longtime senior CIA officer was fired for.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaked national defense information to a pro-Israel lobbyist in the same manner that landed a lower-level Pentagon official a 12-year prison sentence, the lobbyist's lawyer said Friday.
Prosecutors disputed the claim.
The allegations against Rice came as a federal judge granted a defense request to issue subpoenas sought by the defense for Rice and three other government officials in the trial of Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman. The two are former lobbyists with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee who are charged with receiving and disclosing national defense information.
Defense lawyers are asking a judge to dismiss the charges because, among other things, they believe it seeks to criminalize the type of backchannel exchanges between government officials, lobbyists and the press that are part and parcel of how Washington works.
If this is the case, Rice must be fired, arrested, and tried under the same laws as every other citizen. No president or secretary of the state is above the law, and if proven guilty, Rice has committed the act of treason.
This story really doesn't surprise me anymore.
She is in the company of career politicians and crooks, and she was doomed to become like them if she wasn't already.
It's just about time for a pink slip and indictments from Patrick Fitzgerald for another member of the Bush White House crime family--I mean, Cabinet...my mistake, I get the two confused.
Two quick questions:
When does Condi get her 12 year sentence, and does she look good in orange?
Tags: [Condoleezza Rice], [Condi], [Rice leaked sensitive info, too?], [Condi has committed the same leaking offense for which CIA agent has been imprisoned], [when does Condi get jailed for her crime of treason?]
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