The predictable smear of Larry Johnson
Posted 9:24 am
July 26, 2005
The Carpetbagger Report
At a certain level, it's perfectly understandable why the right would detest Larry Johnson, a decorated veteran of the CIA and the former deputy director of U.S. State Department's Office of Counterterrorism. A life-long Republican, Johnson has recently joined the reality-based community — and the only group of people the right hates more than the left are conservatives who have come to their senses.
When it comes to the Plame scandal, few voices have been as significant as Johnson's. When GOP talking points were released, filled with errors, Johnson debunked them . When Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) questioned Valerie Plame's undercover status, Johnson set the record straight . When the Democratic Policy Committee hosted a hearing to examine the national security implications of disclosing the identity of a covert intelligence officer, Johnson was there to deliver devastating testimony . Democrats even had Johnson deliver the party's weekly radio address , highlighting attention on the Plame controversy and condemning the Bush White House for its conduct.
So, what's the right to do? What else? It's time for the right-wing attack machine to get into gear.
Gary Schmitt, executive director of the conservative Project for the New American Century, wrote an article for the conservative Weekly Standard, blasting Johnson for having a "pre-9/11 mindset." [...] Read more at http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/4808.html
© Virginia Metze
July 26, 2005
The Carpetbagger Report
At a certain level, it's perfectly understandable why the right would detest Larry Johnson, a decorated veteran of the CIA and the former deputy director of U.S. State Department's Office of Counterterrorism. A life-long Republican, Johnson has recently joined the reality-based community — and the only group of people the right hates more than the left are conservatives who have come to their senses.
When it comes to the Plame scandal, few voices have been as significant as Johnson's. When GOP talking points were released, filled with errors, Johnson debunked them . When Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) questioned Valerie Plame's undercover status, Johnson set the record straight . When the Democratic Policy Committee hosted a hearing to examine the national security implications of disclosing the identity of a covert intelligence officer, Johnson was there to deliver devastating testimony . Democrats even had Johnson deliver the party's weekly radio address , highlighting attention on the Plame controversy and condemning the Bush White House for its conduct.
So, what's the right to do? What else? It's time for the right-wing attack machine to get into gear.
Gary Schmitt, executive director of the conservative Project for the New American Century, wrote an article for the conservative Weekly Standard, blasting Johnson for having a "pre-9/11 mindset." [...] Read more at http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/4808.html
© Virginia Metze
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