NEW YORK — The government is accusing a one-time journalist and Congressional aide of secretly becoming a paid Iraqi intelligence agent before trying to influence her distant cousin -- the White House chief of staff -- on U.S. policy.
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She worked for Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., in 1993 and Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., in 1994. She joined the office of Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, D-Ill., as press secretary in 1996. In 2002, she worked for Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.
Rush had this on his show. He was right, as usual. The press is pushing this story as Andrew Cards cousin, even Fox. But see all the liberals she worked for?
She faces arraignment on Monday in New York on charges of conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign government, acting as an unregistered agent and illegally accepting money from the Iraqi government, including $5,000 given to her while in Iraq. She was not charged with espionage.
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Federal law enforcement officials said that despite Ms. Lindauer's extensive contacts with the Iraqis, there was little evidence to suggest that she had harmed national security by passing any sensitive intelligence to the Hussein government.
Instead, she was largely perceived, even by some law enforcement officials, as a woman who fancied herself a peacemaker. "She thought maybe she could do more than she really could as an intermediary" between Washington and Baghdad, said a law enforcement official.
She does not appear to be a woman with a firm grasp on reality, from what I've been reading.
She's got Republican =associations, too, bodine. Her father, John, was the Republican nominee for governor of Alaska in 1998.
Are you saying that being Republican has something to do with your genes? She was Sen. Carol Moseley Braun spokesperson for Christ sake. Andy Card (2nd cousin) is the one who turned her in.
there was little evidence to suggest that she had harmed national security by passing any sensitive intelligence to the Hussein government.
Wasn't for lack of trying though. According to the indictment...
n. On or about January 8, 2003, SUSAN LINDAUER, a/k/a “Symbol SUSAN,” delivered, to the home of an United States Government official, a letter in which LINDAUER conveyed her established access to, and contacts with, members of the Saddam Hussein regime, in an unsuccessful attempt to influence United States foreign policy.
o. On or about June 23, 2003, SUSAN LINDAUER, a/k/a “Symbol SUSAN,” met in Baltimore, Maryland, with a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) acting in an undercover capacity as a member of the Libyan intelligence service seeking to support resistance groups in post-war Iraq (the “UC”), and discussed the need for plans and foreign resources to support these groups operating within Iraq.
p. On or about July 17, 2003, SUSAN LINDAUER, a/k/a “Symbol SUSAN,” met in Baltimore, Maryland, with the UC and discussed the need for plans and foreign resources to support resistance groups operating within Iraq.
q. On or about August 6, 2003, SUSAN LINDAUER, a/k/a “Symbol SUSAN,” pursuant to instructions received from the UC, left documents in a designated location in Takoma Park, Maryland.  Â
r. On or about August 21, 2003, SUSAN LINDAUER, a/k/a “Symbol SUSAN,” pursuant to instructions received from the UC, left documents in a designated location in Takoma Park, Maryland.  Â
She was discussing the "need for plans and foreign resources" to support those that were shooting at our service men and women with what she thought was a person from the Libyan Intelligence Service. She also passed documents on to this person as well.
It would be interesting to know what was in the documents that she thought was being given to the Libyans.
She does not appear to be a woman with a firm grasp on reality...
Only proof of that you need is that she was Sen. Carol Moseley Braun's spokesperson.
"'I think the two of us can get him out. You wanna do it."' After a pause that is meant to be emphatic, I say, "'No."' But it's too late, he's off, in rumpled jeans and big down jacket plowing up the aisle."'
"By this time, there's a confused scrum around the heckler, who is holding his ground and still ranting. Franken hits the floor, wedges himself among a couple of dozen legs and puts the man in a wrestling hold, grabbing him at the knees. That destabilizes him, and others now quickly push him down and out the side door of the theater. Franken gets up, looking dazed; his glasses are snapped in two. He's quickly swarmed by confused but excited reporters who want to know, like, what was he doing."
Probably much the same thing as he's going to do next week when Al Franken and that nice woman, Katherine Lanpher decide it's time to cut mouths like Limbaugh off at the knees. He was the cover story in Sunday's New York Times magazine. Good piece.
Franken might say: "I got your Garage Logic over here."
Spain's decision to turn tail and run, in response to a terrorist bombing, not only tells terrorists how to get their way in the future, it should also tell us about the dangers of outsourcing our foreign policy to our allies or to the United Nations, as so many on the left want us to do.
"Joe's not an extremist. He appeals to both sides of the aisle."
By appealing very little to either.
I don't think he does politics and current affairs anymore. It's more of a jokey three hour version of WCCO. They used to make fun of the people at 'CCO (The Old Neighbor). They have become them.
You read the Franken piece in the Times, you'll come away thinking he's not an extremist, either, but he's passionate. But he could be extremely effective.
He said he doesn't care if the show only lasts a year, if it will help beat Bush. Then he could come back here and beat Sen. Smoothy.
We've been hearing a lot about this liberal radio network for a long time. Apparently it's taking so long to get going because there's no market for it, so some rich Democrats have to buy the stations.
Clear Channel, rejecting Howard Stern's claims that he was canned for slamming President Bush, says its radio network does not have a political agenda.
But new political contribution data tell a different story about Clear Channel (CCU) executives. They have given $42,200 to Bush, vs. $1,750 to likely Democratic nominee John Kerry in the 2004 race.
There is a lot of Democrats on their list. linkIncluding Paul "I don't need no stinking PAC money" Wellstone. link
You can search hereas well and find donations to CLARK FOR PRESIDENT INC, JOE LIEBERMAN FOR PRESIDENT INC, etc. Since Kerry wasn't the forerunner until recently, it is unfair to only look at his donations.
Noe Specter isn't running for president, now is he? I didn't support him when he did. The truth is Specter is just as unfit to be president as Kerry is. Next nonsensical comment, please.
Sorry, I can't top yours, jethro. Kerry proposed a $1.5 billion cut in intelligence funding, based on accounting that showed that a similar amount had not been spent by the agencies in question. The $1.5 billion was an amount less than 1% of the total intelligence budget. For this, he is being accused of trying to gut or destroy U.S. intelligence services, and this is supposed to be proof that he's a clear and present danger to the security of the US.
Instead of Kerry's $1.5 billion, a Republican congress passed a $3.8 billion cut -- so who gutted what? Was our intelligence service destroyed, and if so, wouldn't it be the fault of the Republican majority that rammed through a cut more than 2 1/2 times greater than what John Kerry proposed?
For this, he is being accused of trying to gut or destroy U.S. intelligence services, and this is supposed to be proof that he's a clear and present danger to the security of the US.
His idea to abdicate national security and put it into the corrupt hands of the UN is proof enough that he is a clear and present danger to US security.
His idea to abdicate national security and put it into the corrupt hands of the UN is proof enough that he is a clear and present danger to US security.
And that, of course, is a lie.
No it isn't. He has said as much. I know a lot of people don't want to hear it because it was a stupid thing for him to say. It does put a damper on all those fantasies of beating Bush.
If DeMint wins the June 8 primary, his November prospects will glitter: not since 1962 has South Carolina elected a Democratic senator other than Hollings. DeMint has a House member's opinion of the Senate, which he says is ``where ideas go to die.'' Not if he gets there.
As long as we're investigating everything, how about investigating why some loser no one has ever heard of is getting so much press coverage for yet another "tell-all" book attacking the Bush administration?
When an FBI agent with close, regular contact with President Clinton wrote his book, he was virtually blacklisted from the mainstream media. Upon the release of Gary Aldrich's book "Unlimited Access" in 1996, White House adviser George Stephanopoulos immediately called TV producers demanding that they give Aldrich no airtime. In terms of TV exposure, Aldrich's book might well have been titled "No Access Whatsoever."
NEW YORK — The government is accusing a one-time journalist and Congressional aide of secretly becoming a paid Iraqi intelligence agent before trying to influence her distant cousin -- the White House chief of staff -- on U.S. policy.
....
She worked for Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., in 1993 and Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., in 1994. She joined the office of Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, D-Ill., as press secretary in 1996. In 2002, she worked for Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,113923,00.html
Rush had this on his show. He was right, as usual. The press is pushing this story as Andrew Cards cousin, even Fox. But see all the liberals she worked for?
she also worked for those liberal publications Fortune and U.S. News & World Report...and I think perhaps even Fox.
She's got Republican =associations, too, bodine. Her father, John, was the Republican nominee for governor of Alaska in 1998.
Eleven years ago
Ten years ago
She joined the office of Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, D-Ill., as press secretary in 1996.
Eight years ago
For eight weeks
NY Times writeup.
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She does not appear to be a woman with a firm grasp on reality, from what I've been reading.
She's got Republican =associations, too, bodine. Her father, John, was the Republican nominee for governor of Alaska in 1998.
Are you saying that being Republican has something to do with your genes? She was Sen. Carol Moseley Braun spokesperson for Christ sake. Andy Card (2nd cousin) is the one who turned her in.
there was little evidence to suggest that she had harmed national security by passing any sensitive intelligence to the Hussein government.
Wasn't for lack of trying though. According to the indictment...
She was discussing the "need for plans and foreign resources" to support those that were shooting at our service men and women with what she thought was a person from the Libyan Intelligence Service. She also passed documents on to this person as well.
It would be interesting to know what was in the documents that she thought was being given to the Libyans.
She does not appear to be a woman with a firm grasp on reality...
Only proof of that you need is that she was Sen. Carol Moseley Braun's spokesperson.
She does not appear to be a woman with a firm grasp on reality, from what I've been reading.
Just like most liberals.
"'I think the two of us can get him out. You wanna do it."' After a pause that is meant to be emphatic, I say, "'No."' But it's too late, he's off, in rumpled jeans and big down jacket plowing up the aisle."'
"By this time, there's a confused scrum around the heckler, who is holding his ground and still ranting. Franken hits the floor, wedges himself among a couple of dozen legs and puts the man in a wrestling hold, grabbing him at the knees. That destabilizes him, and others now quickly push him down and out the side door of the theater. Franken gets up, looking dazed; his glasses are snapped in two. He's quickly swarmed by confused but excited reporters who want to know, like, what was he doing."
Probably much the same thing as he's going to do next week when Al Franken and that nice woman, Katherine Lanpher decide it's time to cut mouths like Limbaugh off at the knees. He was the cover story in Sunday's New York Times magazine. Good piece.
Franken might say: "I got your Garage Logic over here."
Spain's decision to turn tail and run, in response to a terrorist bombing, not only tells terrorists how to get their way in the future, it should also tell us about the dangers of outsourcing our foreign policy to our allies or to the United Nations, as so many on the left want us to do.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20040323.shtml
Excellent article by Sowell, jethro, hard-hitting and to the point as usual.
Rick 3/22/04 10:36am
Franken's an extremist and a bully.
To compare him to Joe is silly. Joe's not an extremist. He appeals to both sides of the aisle. Franken doesn't even appeal to many on his own side.
"Joe's not an extremist. He appeals to both sides of the aisle."
By appealing very little to either.
I don't think he does politics and current affairs anymore. It's more of a jokey three hour version of WCCO. They used to make fun of the people at 'CCO (The Old Neighbor). They have become them.
You read the Franken piece in the Times, you'll come away thinking he's not an extremist, either, but he's passionate. But he could be extremely effective.
He said he doesn't care if the show only lasts a year, if it will help beat Bush. Then he could come back here and beat Sen. Smoothy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/magazine/21FRANKEN.html
"Franken would be nothing today without Rush Limbaugh".
He'll flop. He's not funny or entertaining. He's simply angry, which just isn't enough.
Plus, isn't he one of those "Rubes" from St Paul?
Hopkins.
nonsense.
Al was an Emmy Award winning humorist when Rush was still buying Twinkies with his welfare check.
I think about that time, Limbaugh was the PR Flack for the Kansas City Royals.
Franken won one in 1976, Rush didn't get a job with the Royals until 1978
You read the Franken piece in the Times, you'll come away thinking he's not an extremist, either, but he's passionate.
Franken is an extremist if you don't see it maybe it is because you may be one, too.
Franken is from Hopkins? Well that explains that!! I don't know of anything good that has come out of Hopkins.
"Franken is an extremist if you don't see it maybe it is because you may be one, too."
Booo!
Bet I scared you!
You don't scare me, Rick, it is your ideas that scare me.
We've been hearing a lot about this liberal radio network for a long time. Apparently it's taking so long to get going because there's no market for it, so some rich Democrats have to buy the stations.
"Apparently it's taking so long to get going because there's no market for it"
Is that a fact or an opinion?
Like rich Republicans run Clear Channel
Clear Channel, rejecting Howard Stern's claims that he was canned for slamming President Bush, says its radio network does not have a political agenda.
But new political contribution data tell a different story about Clear Channel (CCU) executives. They have given $42,200 to Bush, vs. $1,750 to likely Democratic nominee John Kerry in the 2004 race.
They have given $42,200 to Bush
Peanuts
It may be as much as they can legally give.
I guess the rest of the support comes from hiring right wing mouths to help Bush get elected.
Publicity like that you can't pay for anyway.
Peanut
No, just a pea.
They're betting on Dubya, that's all. If they thought Kerry had a better chance, they'd spend their money there.
We don't know that.
We don't know that.
It's a pretty good guess.
You can go through the FEC databases and find historical spending by companies on previous elections.
You gotta do some work, but it's out there.
I'm sure there were a lot of previous Democrat (Clinton) donors, that are now Republican (Dubya) donors.
go ahead, prove your point
go ahead, prove your point
That would be a waste of my time.
It would seem to me that they would do what many corporation do: Contribute equally to each. That way they'd be covered for any outcome.
all these years of conservatives crying about the "liberal" media...and now it's a "waste of time"...got it.
Crabby, no offense, but trying to prove anything to you is a waste of my time.
It would seem to me that they would do what many corporation do: Contribute equally to each. That way they'd be covered for any outcome.
I think you're wrong on that, and when I get time, I'll look into it.
you can't even be bothered to prove it to yourself.
sure you will.
Crabby, no offense, but trying to prove anything to you is a waste of my time.
It is a waste of anyone's time.
trying to prove that you are wrong is indeed a waste of your time.
you can't even be bothered to prove it to yourself.
I've already done it and proved it to myself.
Have you ever researched the FEC databases?
Very interesting info.
I did a lot of snooping there in 2000 & 2002.
I'll start looking around there again soon.
trying to prove that you are wrong is indeed a waste of your time.
Yes it would be a waste of time since I am right most of the time.
There is a lot of Democrats on their list. linkIncluding Paul "I don't need no stinking PAC money" Wellstone. link
You can search hereas well and find donations to CLARK FOR PRESIDENT INC, JOE LIEBERMAN FOR PRESIDENT INC, etc. Since Kerry wasn't the forerunner until recently, it is unfair to only look at his donations.
passed
the bill was sponsored by Arlen Specter
Noe Specter isn't running for president, now is he? I didn't support him when he did. The truth is Specter is just as unfit to be president as Kerry is. Next nonsensical comment, please.
Sorry, I can't top yours, jethro. Kerry proposed a $1.5 billion cut in intelligence funding, based on accounting that showed that a similar amount had not been spent by the agencies in question. The $1.5 billion was an amount less than 1% of the total intelligence budget. For this, he is being accused of trying to gut or destroy U.S. intelligence services, and this is supposed to be proof that he's a clear and present danger to the security of the US.
Instead of Kerry's $1.5 billion, a Republican congress passed a $3.8 billion cut -- so who gutted what? Was our intelligence service destroyed, and if so, wouldn't it be the fault of the Republican majority that rammed through a cut more than 2 1/2 times greater than what John Kerry proposed?
For this, he is being accused of trying to gut or destroy U.S. intelligence services, and this is supposed to be proof that he's a clear and present danger to the security of the US.
His idea to abdicate national security and put it into the corrupt hands of the UN is proof enough that he is a clear and present danger to US security.
And that, of course, is a lie.
Well, it wasunder jethro's name, wasn't it?
His idea to abdicate national security and put it into the corrupt hands of the UN is proof enough that he is a clear and present danger to US security.
And that, of course, is a lie.
No it isn't. He has said as much. I know a lot of people don't want to hear it because it was a stupid thing for him to say. It does put a damper on all those fantasies of beating Bush.
If DeMint wins the June 8 primary, his November prospects will glitter: not since 1962 has South Carolina elected a Democratic senator other than Hollings. DeMint has a House member's opinion of the Senate, which he says is ``where ideas go to die.'' Not if he gets there.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/gw20040325.shtml
As long as we're investigating everything, how about investigating why some loser no one has ever heard of is getting so much press coverage for yet another "tell-all" book attacking the Bush administration?
When an FBI agent with close, regular contact with President Clinton wrote his book, he was virtually blacklisted from the mainstream media. Upon the release of Gary Aldrich's book "Unlimited Access" in 1996, White House adviser George Stephanopoulos immediately called TV producers demanding that they give Aldrich no airtime. In terms of TV exposure, Aldrich's book might well have been titled "No Access Whatsoever."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/ac20040325.shtml