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	<title>Comments on: Valerie Plame&#8217;s Lawsuit Dismissed</title>
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		<title>By: Conservative Outpost</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/valerie_plames_lawsuit_dismissed_/comment-page-1/#comment-139179</link>
		<dc:creator>Conservative Outpost</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Plame flameout...&lt;/strong&gt;

From the &quot;news you probably didn&#039;t hear about&quot; category:
Plame lawsuit against Cheney dismissed - A federal judge in Washington yesterday dismissed a lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney and other high-ranking Bush administration of...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Plame flameout...</strong></p>
<p>From the &quot;news you probably didn&#39;t hear about&quot; category:<br />
Plame lawsuit against Cheney dismissed - A federal judge in Washington yesterday dismissed a lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney and other high-ranking Bush administration of...</p>
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		<title>By: Len</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/valerie_plames_lawsuit_dismissed_/comment-page-1/#comment-139138</link>
		<dc:creator>Len</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Activist judges!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Activist judges!</p>
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		<title>By: A Blog For All</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/valerie_plames_lawsuit_dismissed_/comment-page-1/#comment-139117</link>
		<dc:creator>A Blog For All</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Plame Lawsuit Dismissed...&lt;/strong&gt;

Valerie Plame, whose name launched a federal investigation into who leaked her identity to the press and netted Scooter Libby in a tangled web of contradictions leading to his conviction of perjury and obstruction of justice charges (and commuted by .....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Plame Lawsuit Dismissed...</strong></p>
<p>Valerie Plame, whose name launched a federal investigation into who leaked her identity to the press and netted Scooter Libby in a tangled web of contradictions leading to his conviction of perjury and obstruction of justice charges (and commuted by .....</p>
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		<title>By: Zelsdorf Ragshaft III</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/valerie_plames_lawsuit_dismissed_/comment-page-1/#comment-139102</link>
		<dc:creator>Zelsdorf Ragshaft III</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see it as a real shame.  I think we missed the opportunity to get Val and Joe under oath in a court of law.  I am curious which testimony Val would give as she has given three different stories so for.  I wonder what Wilson would say was correct, the testimony he gave to the Senate Select Commmittee on Intelligence, who determined he was lying, or what he gave to the newspaper?  Why are not the Plame-Wilsons not suing Richard Armitage?  It was his information on the subject that was published by Robert Novak.  I don&#039;t know what Wilson is hoping for in the possible next Clinton admin, but I&#039;ll bet Bill has a position for Valerie.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see it as a real shame.  I think we missed the opportunity to get Val and Joe under oath in a court of law.  I am curious which testimony Val would give as she has given three different stories so for.  I wonder what Wilson would say was correct, the testimony he gave to the Senate Select Commmittee on Intelligence, who determined he was lying, or what he gave to the newspaper?  Why are not the Plame-Wilsons not suing Richard Armitage?  It was his information on the subject that was published by Robert Novak.  I don't know what Wilson is hoping for in the possible next Clinton admin, but I'll bet Bill has a position for Valerie.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderson</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/valerie_plames_lawsuit_dismissed_/comment-page-1/#comment-139094</link>
		<dc:creator>Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Silly judges!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Silly judges!</p>
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		<title>By: James Joyner</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/valerie_plames_lawsuit_dismissed_/comment-page-1/#comment-139092</link>
		<dc:creator>James Joyner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I know is what the judge wrote.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yeah, but what does &lt;em&gt;he&lt;/em&gt; know?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I know is what the judge wrote.</p></blockquote>
<p>Yeah, but what does <em>he</em> know?</p>
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		<title>By: Plame lawsuit against WH dismissed &#124; BitsBlog</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/valerie_plames_lawsuit_dismissed_/comment-page-1/#comment-139089</link>
		<dc:creator>Plame lawsuit against WH dismissed &#124; BitsBlog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Anderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;The AP manages to get the story mostly wrong.&lt;/em&gt; 

Really?  It seems they did manage to read the second paragraph:

&lt;i&gt;As it turns out, the Court &lt;b&gt;will not reach, and therefore expresses no views on, the merits of the constitutional and other tort claims asserted by plaintiffs&lt;/b&gt; based on defendants&#039; alleged disclosures because the motions to dismiss will be granted.&lt;/i&gt;

Sounds like &quot;didn&#039;t reach the constitutional claims&quot; to me.  But all I know is what the judge wrote.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>The AP manages to get the story mostly wrong.</em> </p>
<p>Really?  It seems they did manage to read the second paragraph:</p>
<p><i>As it turns out, the Court <b>will not reach, and therefore expresses no views on, the merits of the constitutional and other tort claims asserted by plaintiffs</b> based on defendants' alleged disclosures because the motions to dismiss will be granted.</i></p>
<p>Sounds like "didn't reach the constitutional claims" to me.  But all I know is what the judge wrote.</p>
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		<title>By: Karl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree that Apuzzo&#039;s usually good (another reason I didn&#039;t call bias).  But he blew this one... and in a way that helps the nutroots pooh-pooh the ruling as being on a &quot;technicality.&quot;  Bates very clearly ruled that the Constitutional claims were non-starters.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that Apuzzo's usually good (another reason I didn't call bias).  But he blew this one... and in a way that helps the nutroots pooh-pooh the ruling as being on a "technicality."  Bates very clearly ruled that the Constitutional claims were non-starters.</p>
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		<title>By: James Joyner</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/valerie_plames_lawsuit_dismissed_/comment-page-1/#comment-139074</link>
		<dc:creator>James Joyner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Matt Apuzzo wrote the piece.  He&#039;s not an attorney, I&#039;m pretty sure, but he does spend hours a day covering the courts, talking to attorneys, and such.  I tend to trust his summaries of such things.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Matt Apuzzo wrote the piece.  He's not an attorney, I'm pretty sure, but he does spend hours a day covering the courts, talking to attorneys, and such.  I tend to trust his summaries of such things.</p>
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		<title>By: Karl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The AP manages to get the story mostly wrong.  If you check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2006cv1258-52&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;opinion&lt;/a&gt;, it clearly states:

&lt;blockquote&gt;For the reasons given above, plaintiffs have failed to state a claim upon which relief can
be granted with respect to their four causes of action asserted directly under the Constitution.
Furthermore, this Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over plaintiffs&#039; claim for public
disclosure of private facts.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

BTW, I don&#039;t automatically attribute this to bias; the press generally has no clue regarding legal matters.  However, in response to the first comment, I note that the AP got this much right:

&lt;blockquote&gt;Plame&#039;s attorneys had said the lawsuit would be an uphill battle. Public officials are normally immune from such lawsuits filed in connection with their jobs.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The AP manages to get the story mostly wrong.  If you check the <a href="https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2006cv1258-52" rel="nofollow">opinion</a>, it clearly states:</p>
<blockquote><p>For the reasons given above, plaintiffs have failed to state a claim upon which relief can<br />
be granted with respect to their four causes of action asserted directly under the Constitution.<br />
Furthermore, this Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over plaintiffs' claim for public<br />
disclosure of private facts.</p></blockquote>
<p>BTW, I don't automatically attribute this to bias; the press generally has no clue regarding legal matters.  However, in response to the first comment, I note that the AP got this much right:</p>
<blockquote><p>Plame's attorneys had said the lawsuit would be an uphill battle. Public officials are normally immune from such lawsuits filed in connection with their jobs.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: Cue The Lefty Outrage at Conservative Times--Republican GOP news source.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cue The Lefty Outrage at Conservative Times--Republican GOP news source.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Iowa Voice &#187; &#187; Cue The Lefty Outrage</title>
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		<dc:creator>Iowa Voice &#187; &#187; Cue The Lefty Outrage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Judge Honest</title>
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		<dc:creator>Judge Honest</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Like this was a surprise....

Judge Bates was appointed United States District Judge in December 2001. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1968 and received a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1976. From 1968 to 1971, he served in the United States Army, including a tour in Vietnam. Judge Bates clerked for Judge Roszel C. Thomsen of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland from 1976 to 1977 and was an associate at Steptoe &amp; Johnson from 1977 to 1980. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1980 to 1997, and was Chief of the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney&#039;s Office from 1987 to 1997. Judge Bates was on detail as Deputy Independent Counsel for the Whitewater investigation from 1995 to mid-1997. In 1998, he joined the Washington law firm of Miller &amp; Chevalier, where he was Chair of the Government Contracts/Litigation Department and a member of the Executive Committee. Judge Bates has served on the Advisory Committee for Procedures of the D.C. Circuit and on the Civil Justice Reform Committee for the District Court, and as Treasurer of the D.C. Bar, Chairman of the Publications Committee of the D.C. Bar, and Chairman of the Litigation Section of the Federal Bar Association. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. In 2005, he was appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to serve on the U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management. In February 2006, he was appointed by Chief Justice Roberts to serve as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like this was a surprise....</p>
<p>Judge Bates was appointed United States District Judge in December 2001. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1968 and received a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1976. From 1968 to 1971, he served in the United States Army, including a tour in Vietnam. Judge Bates clerked for Judge Roszel C. Thomsen of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland from 1976 to 1977 and was an associate at Steptoe &amp; Johnson from 1977 to 1980. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1980 to 1997, and was Chief of the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office from 1987 to 1997. Judge Bates was on detail as Deputy Independent Counsel for the Whitewater investigation from 1995 to mid-1997. In 1998, he joined the Washington law firm of Miller &amp; Chevalier, where he was Chair of the Government Contracts/Litigation Department and a member of the Executive Committee. Judge Bates has served on the Advisory Committee for Procedures of the D.C. Circuit and on the Civil Justice Reform Committee for the District Court, and as Treasurer of the D.C. Bar, Chairman of the Publications Committee of the D.C. Bar, and Chairman of the Litigation Section of the Federal Bar Association. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. In 2005, he was appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to serve on the U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management. In February 2006, he was appointed by Chief Justice Roberts to serve as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.</p>
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