Bush and Cheney Indictments in CIA/Valerie Plame leak

October 23, 2005 5:29 AM

Bush and Cheney Indictments in CIA/Valerie Plame leak Today Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald handed over 22 indictments to Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, accusing President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney and others of espionage, obstruction of justice, perjury and a variety of other charges in the matter of the CIA/Valerie Plame leak-gate case.
posted by Livewire Confusion (39 comments total)

What a great site! I just donated the entire contents of both my savings and checking accounts!
posted by dsword at 5:34 AM on October 23, 2005

Tin foil hats aside...

I wonder if there is any actual Indictment.
posted by Livewire Confusion at 5:36 AM on October 23, 2005

Talk about a pump fake. Well, here's hoping for some real indictments real soon...
posted by qwip at 5:40 AM on October 23, 2005

Talk about a pump fake. Well, here's hoping for some real indictments real soon...
posted by Livewire Confusion at 5:47 AM on October 23, 2005

Newsfilter!
posted by R. Mutt at 5:49 AM on October 23, 2005

Make that RumorFilter...
posted by sexymofo at 5:51 AM on October 23, 2005

Asshat Filter!
posted by Livewire Confusion at 5:52 AM on October 23, 2005

ohh, I knew it was too good to be true.
posted by martinX's bellbottoms at 5:54 AM on October 23, 2005

This is why I always shoot over to cnn or google news before going any further...as I guessed - no breaking news type headlines....
posted by stevejensen at 5:57 AM on October 23, 2005

So this is admitted bullshitonapogostick preemptive conspiracy filter huh? Or is it hopefilter? Either way, LivewireConfusion, that's pretty lame-o.
posted by peacay at 5:59 AM on October 23, 2005

this is not helpful.
posted by 3.2.3 at 6:01 AM on October 23, 2005

unfunny-humor filter.
posted by tyllwin at 6:03 AM on October 23, 2005

Flag it.
posted by furtive at 6:05 AM on October 23, 2005

after looking over the front page of that site, it's my opinion that tom flocco is a few sections short of a newspaper ... phooey
posted by pyramid termite at 6:07 AM on October 23, 2005

april fool's?

asshat filter indeed.
posted by Busithoth at 6:17 AM on October 23, 2005

LivewireConfusion has admitted his mistake...over here.
posted by dash_slot- at 6:17 AM on October 23, 2005

Damn pricktease.
posted by Talanvor at 6:19 AM on October 23, 2005

In the interest of solidifying my place in the pantheon of omniscient conspiracy reporters I am going to pre-break a story. A story so huge, so outrageous, and so politically expedient that it will surely sate the most ravenous among the disenfranchised left.

Or maybe I'll go pumpkin picking today. I love the short fat ones.
posted by recurve at 6:23 AM on October 23, 2005

Kook....
posted by Durwood at 6:25 AM on October 23, 2005

Recurve, I take it you know that that pumpkin patch is fake too...
posted by R. Mutt at 6:28 AM on October 23, 2005

So there WASN'T any Indictments?
posted by LivewireConfusion at 01:33PM UTC on October 23, 2005

Jesus Christ.
posted by languagehat at 6:35 AM on October 23, 2005

why did you just do that to me
posted by rxrfrx at 6:37 AM on October 23, 2005

Was that supposed to be funny? Lifetime ban.
posted by planetkyoto at 6:44 AM on October 23, 2005

Well obviously it was a mistake.

At least I have given you the opportunity to spend the next 10 hours flaming me... thus giving your life purpose again, if only for a little while.

cockfilter.
posted by Livewire Confusion at 6:44 AM on October 23, 2005

I overheard two people talking on the back of the bus that Bush wasn't going to get indicted, but Cheney was. Discuss.
posted by my sock puppet account at 6:44 AM on October 23, 2005

that monkeyfilter link is funny as hell.
1 million Italian lira = $750 when I was there last. I really enjoyed being a millionaire.

I'm still crestfallen after seeing this FPP.
should've laid off the second coffee...
posted by Busithoth at 6:46 AM on October 23, 2005

Actually, planetkyoto, banning me sounds like a great idea.

I started reading this site back in 2000. I have seen it go way down hill since then. Last year I decided to support it and buy an account.

You know what, I am going to ban myself. This way all you self important pricks can big each other up.
posted by Livewire Confusion at 6:48 AM on October 23, 2005

Wow, Livewire. You get taken by an unofficial tinfoil hat site, don't check with other sources to see if its true, post this on both Metafilter AND Monkeyfilter and then start calling people names? That's rich. Do you always blame others when you fuck up? That's a rhetorical question by the way.
posted by terrapin at 6:55 AM on October 23, 2005

Happy ending after all.
posted by LarryC at 6:56 AM on October 23, 2005

Confusion is the operative word here.
posted by fixedgear at 6:56 AM on October 23, 2005

FPP flagged as "noise"
posted by alumshubby at 6:57 AM on October 23, 2005

languagehat writes "Jesus Christ."
Well, at least there's one indictment.

And Livewire Confusion, don't be going overboard mate. It's lame but not in the ballpark of banning for life. Although....I can't be stuffed checking MoFi times against MeFi. I'm presuming you didn't post it here after you understood it was fake/rot/crap/thin/unsubtantiated hmm?
posted by peacay at 7:06 AM on October 23, 2005

R. Mutt, a fake pumpkin patch is better than a fallacious news story.
posted by recurve at 7:09 AM on October 23, 2005

I gotta say though the discussion on monkey filter was more interesting than this bitch fest. I guess that post did waste a couple of inches of browser window and it did get a click from me, but it was good training for instant bullshit detection. Livewire was just excited and i can't blame a guy for trying. And obviously everyone had a little tension to release, geez
posted by los pijamas del gato at 7:13 AM on October 23, 2005

At least I have given you the opportunity to spend the next 10 hours flaming me... thus giving your life purpose again, if only for a little while.

our shape shifting alien overlords have instructed us that you're not that important ... sorry
posted by pyramid termite at 7:17 AM on October 23, 2005

The best defense against newsfilter is a good offense.

Cheers.
posted by Space Coyote at 7:18 AM on October 23, 2005

Just wanted to get in a "Hahaha!" before this post gets deleted!
posted by Balisong at 7:21 AM on October 23, 2005

Aw, and I'd gotten my hopes up and everything :(
posted by kaemaril at 7:25 AM on October 23, 2005

livewire, take it easy. one heavy handed suggestion of a response shouldn't spin you into a tizzy.

news this big, though, you know, could've deserved two links, maybe? and the friday morning date should raise suspicion that nobody else gave the story legs.

innocent mistake?
not worse than the fake bombings in D.C. that got posted recently. At least yours is, hopefully, just premature.
posted by Busithoth at 7:34 AM on October 23, 2005