What a sad, sad, sad day for the nutroots.
This will definitely hurt book sales.
Former CIA officer Valerie Plame, left, and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, arrive for a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington in this July 14, 2006 file photo. On Thursday, July 19, 2007, a federal judge on Thursday dismissed Valerie Plame’s lawsuit against members of the Bush administration in the CIA leak scandal. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
The Plame-Wilsons Get Frogmarched From Court.
The AP reports on their heartbreak:
WASHINGTON – Former CIA operative Valerie Plame lost a lawsuit Thursday that demanded money from Bush administration officials whom she blamed for leaking her agency identity.
Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice President Dick Cheney and others of conspiring to disclose 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.
Plame specialist Tom Maguire actually predicted this months ago.
Bryan at HotAir can’t stop laughing.
Jeff Goldstein has the Joe Wilson response to this heartache.
Macsmind has the Plame-out cartoon.
The ruling is HERE.
MORE… The stock market reacts to the heartache- sets new high… Coincidence?
…Or, a Rovian Conspiracy?