- From what I've read on the Internet, it does appear there's a (thankfully small) subsection of society which believes that helping America's enemies is the highest form of patriotism. Once one has swallowed the hook, line, and sinker of Chomskyist belief in the USA as the Great Satan, the road to treason isn't that much farther of a leap, it seems to me. If one believes the U.S. must be stopped at all costs...well, birds of a feather flock together. Of course, its possible the whole "anti-war activist" was just a line she used to try and work up support and allies in a situation where she has none.

- If her case does involve connections with the Iraqi intelligence agencies, it'll be interesting if it goes through the normal legal process or if she'll find herself in one of the new tribunals. Since the old Iraqi regime is gone, I don't know if there's much to protect there, though the gov't may want to keep mum about what contacts were used to verify her guilt.

- And given how a number of the Guantanamo spy cases have turned out to be false alarms, this may also turn out to be nothing. Have to wait for the courts to decide.

- Still, if she gets the death penalty, will she become another cause celebre, a la Rachel Corrie?

Don't know much about this website, but if the information in this report is correct, Ms. Lindauer likely has a nice collection of tinfoil hats somewhere: Oy vey!
http://www.meib.org/articles/0007_me2.htm

In her mind she is innocent. She's been lying to herself for so long that she no longer has a base of rationally evaluated information from which to make decisions regarding right and wrong. To her, when exercising her Constitutional right to speak out in support of America's enemies doesn't achieve her goals, then she is perfectly justified in offering real support to Saddam. The law is "wrong", the masses are "wrong", everyone is "wrong" except for her. It's just like we see here, and all the facts and information in the world won't make a difference.

It is the natural and inevitable result of an extended practice of living in accordance with any set of laws other than the mathematically based laws of nature.

Fortunately, legal prosecution does not require her to admit or understand her guilt, and neither do the laws of nature. In the day to day world she lives in, she slipped through the cracks for a long time, but in the larger view, getting caught was simply a matter of time. In fact, to a large degree, people like her depend on the rest of us to stretch elastic reality and prevent the natural consequences of their actions from killing them off. A guy like Kerry or Clinton who can lie, live in an alternate reality without even giving the process a second thought, would never have survived the harsh environment that is reality, without the help of others.

Libyan connection?

"...he spoke to US congressional aide Susan Lindauer, telling her he knew the identities of the Lockerbie bombers and claiming they were not Libyan."

http://www.agitprop.org.au/stopnato/20000601alocktshuk.htm

"When Libya gave up its weapons recently a Libyan official stated that Libya had nothing to do with the Lockerbie bombing. Haven't found the link, sorry.

Also heard she wasn't a spy but "a person of interest", maybe so, but what does this sound like?

"In late June 2003 -- less than three months after the liberation of Baghdad -- she began meeting with the FBI agent posing as a Libyan intelligence officer seeking help for Iraqi insurgents, the indictment says.

On the agent's instructions, Lindauer left documents at designated locations near her Maryland home, according to the indictment."
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/11/iraq.conspiracy.case/index.html"

No idea, what this all means if anything. Her perp walk statements made her look like a fairly typical arrogant and ignorant anti-war activist but she may be nuts for all I know. Or is that redundant?

Has anyone seen this headline?

Accused spy is cousin of Bush staffer

They are absolutly shameless.
Do ya think the Editors will vote for Kerry?

You can't do anything about your relatives. You can do a whole hellava lot about who you work for.

If you read the article & look at the chronology, I think the following is inescapable:

Ms. Lindauer's illegal contacts with Iraqi agents began while SHE WAS STILL EMPLOYED AS A DEMOCRAT CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER!

Her Republican father ran for Alaska Governor--had campaign finance problems. Her story sounds like something out of Nancy Drew.

Shows to go ya--nut cases on the left and right.

But-GASP-she worked for Democrats!!! Omigod, have you heard that when she's thinking of going fishing on the ocean side, she gets the ALMANAC to check the TIDES?

Has anybody investigated who has been consorting with Chalabi? Taking $300K a month from American Taxpayers to make our intelligence look unintelligent to the extreme?

So. Get around much, buttonpusher? Are we to assume that you condone her behavior? That's what I'm readin' here, but then your toes were curled over the portside rail before you ever got here... BTW- I wouldn't be so smug. Her relatives, friends and acquaintances will be catching enough heat without trying to rub her and a stick together. Of course, that's about all you got, whereas the case sounds pretty airtight to me. She is of course, entitled to be presumed innocent until proven guilty...

It appears that she did work for Democrats in Congress, and is Andrew Card's second cousin. But it has been reported that she delivered a letter in person to a government offical, in which she claimed connection to Iraqi Intelligence, in Jan of 2003. And this government offical, realizing that her letter was essentially a confession to helping the Iraqis, turned the matter over to the FBI.

Who already had her under investigation since she visited the Iraqi UN Embassy in NY on Spet 18th, 2001. Apparently the FBI had employed some undercover agents, disguised as Lybian Intelligence, to see how far she would go with her "support" of their cause.

They don't name the government offical whom she delivered the letter in person to, at their private house. But if it is Andrew, that must have been a tough call for him.

Does buttonpusher get paid to post this stuff?

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