Thread by @Martina_Webster

Why would Trump pardon Libby now, in 2018?
Chemical weapons in #Syria or maybe bc of Valerie Plame's gofundme to buy Twitter? Time to do some digging! Flashback to 2003 and everyone debating whether Iraq had WMD or not... @tracybeans @The_War_Economy @BenSwann_ @almostjingo

2) First, a refresher on the famous spy: Valerie Plame
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plame_aff…
Of interesting note, see 2001 notes. Brewster Jennings was “outed” as a CIA cover in 2001. If Brewster Jennings was outed, then all agents who had used it as a cover were now blown.

3) In 2009, a Democratic candidate for Congress was sued by Republican Jean Schmidt of OH-2 district. He alleged she took bribe money from a Turkish lobby. Schmidt sued him. wvxu.org/post/wenstrup-…. Krikorian subpoenaed Sibel Edmonds to testify at the trial.

4) Who is Sibel Edmonds? A FBI whistleblower who interestingly enough could be talking about the EXACT same FBI issues that are coming to light now – corruption, coverups, failing to investigate leads…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibel_Edm… @sibeledmonds

5) @sibeledmonds was stopped from talking in 2004 by the Bush administration via “States Secrets” privilege.

6) Here’s where it gets interesting. Read her testimony from the Krikorian trial: bradblog.com/Docs/SibelEdmo…
I know people won’t actually read 241 pages so some important ones would be: pg 63 (Plame cover revealed) pg 70, pg 94, pg 98 pg 145

7)HuffPo story on the trial: huffingtonpost.com/brad-friedman/… which they report:
An unclassified FBI IG report, released on her case in 2005, declared Edmonds’ classified allegations to be “credible,” “serious,” and “warrant[ing] a thorough and careful review by the FBI.” Con’t

8) In 2002, Sens. Chuck Grassley & Patrick Leahy, of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Comm, co-wrote letters on Edmonds’ behalf to AG John Ashcroft, ***FBI Dir Robert Mueller***, and DoJ Inspector Gen Glenn A. Fine, calling on all of them to take action in respect to her allegations.

9) See image in #6 Now, where have we possibly heard recently about Pakistani’s in positions where they could possibly be able to blackmail Congress? Hmmm….perhaps someone with access to Congressional emails could/would have such power? #AwanScandal

10) Tangent: Blackmail as the Modus Operandi for the swamp? Where else have we heard about blackmail in the news lately? NXIVM? rollingstone.com/culture/news/i…
Wonder if Raniere ever got his slaves into compromising positions with politicians? Things that make you go hmmm....

11) Women were allegedly forced to follow brutal starvation diets & asked to provide naked pics, $$ info, & criminal confessions as "collateral" to prevent them from defecting. "Once the group has [this info], that is a great source of potential coercion,fear-driven systems"

12) So back to Plame. She had been a prolific tweeter throughout 2017 but has been silent since Sept 2017 for retweeting something anti-Semetic. I figured she might have had something to say about the pardon. Nope.

13) She did share this before she went dark:

14) Kill the Messenger: Sibel Edmonds “exposing the criminal activities, money laundering, narcotic activities & nuclear black market that converge with terrorism” “Scandals after scandals at the FBI”
illinoispaytoplay.com/2013/08/03/val…

15) Oh look! Some more common names! #Comey #Isikoff “How Obama’s FBI Nominee James Comey Triggered the Plamegate Investigation” motherjones.com/politics/2013/…

16) Another really random coincidence: Trump specifically mentioned Judith Miller in the #Comey #memos

Also an interesting observation (at least to me) is why haven’t the talk shows had Plame on? #TTMYGH