THE STATE DEPARTMENT PLOT THICKENS (Podhoretz on new Time article)

NRO Corner ^ | 7/31/05 | John Podhoretz

[Mo1]

That in turn could lead to clues about who she is protecting.

Which is why she is sitting in jail instead of telling the truth

As for what she was writing about .. we know she wrote many articles with regards to WMD

[Mo1]

I'm leaning in that direction of thinking also

[Howlin]

bookmark

Do you have as many as I do now? :-)

[Howlin]

This is one "issue" where I wish we were all in a huge classroom with walls and walls of blackboards so we could "draw" this story out so I can just LOOK at it till it all snaps into place.

[Alia]

lol..! It just grows 'n grows, doesn't it. This story is like Pinnochio's nose... And the more we discover about it; the more that danged nose becomes apparent. No wonder that "hopeful" spin in Times -- it smacks of "please don't hurt us too baaaaddd..

[Alia]

... and we haven't even gotten to the famous "Gorelick" memo and its links to this story. Yet.

[Mo1]

*L* .. I'm with you on that .. we need a chart of some sort

Well .. I gotta do family time .. if anything big happens, please ping me

Thanks

[Dr.Hilarious]

I'm getting the same feeling from the dems and MSM as I did when, just as the DeLay non-story was overheating, it was revealed that many democrats had spent funds as DeLay supposedly had. That story vanished in three days.

[McGavin999]

Nah, Powell is obviously the other source for Novak's piece (no partisan gunslinger) but the leak is Plame herself. She is who Miller is protecting.

The SP is pursuing more than who was Novaks sources, he's tracing down the leakers in CIA/State who have been leaking the kind of information that allowed Miller to inform the targets of the impending raid.

[McGavin999]

3M makes those giant sticky notes that you can attach to walls. I'm picturing us all on our computers with those giant sticky notes all over the walls :o)

[jos65]

Bull S--t is what it is no matter how you spin it.

Enough is enough

When the investigation is over,let me know the facts,not some wannabees theory

[DustyMoment]

Do you not think that the Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have a secret or two to protect? Powell, as JCS, cannot be held responsible for the Clintons. Blame Perot for that debacle, but not Powell.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Judith Miller's name keeps coming up .....

Her source?

Hillary? (Or via Hillary's staff, as a way to get to Rowe?)

[Lancey Howard]

This is one "issue" where I wish we were all in a huge classroom with walls and walls of blackboards so we could "draw" this story out so I can just LOOK at it till it all snaps into place.

You know what, Howlin? One of the good guys IS doing exactly what you describe. His name is Patrick Fitzgerald and he WILL get to the bottom of the whole thing. Since he has already told Luskin that his client, Karl Rove, is NOT a target, I think I might be a little bit nervous right now if I was a scumbag Democrat or one of their newsroom allies.

Regards
LH

[InterceptPoint]

Again the finger points at Colin Powell.

Methinks you are right on the mark.

Didn't Novak refer to his other source as someone who was not highly partisan? That would certainly fit Powell to a tee. The Dems love the guy and that is why they are not probing in his direction. Same goes for our Marxist State Department.

[Alia]

See, this is where I'm at odds with a number of Freepers -- over Colin Powell. I don't think he's the leaker of this "plame/wilson" scenario. Sure, I've seen him say other things, but his focus is predominantly (even yet) military. He's obviously well informed on intel/counter-intel procedures and "bylaws". It is such a rule of thumb in military circles to not *out* recon, intel, counter operations -- this is why I don't think he's the specific leaker on this. I do think, however, he has a *really* solid understanding of WHO may be the "leak" source.

Colin Powell spent more time fighting the State Department libs WHILE doing work in Iraq/Afghanistan. He was outright livid and as furious as I've ever read him being over leaks coming out of the "State" Dept.

[Lancey Howard]

[Alia]

I disagree: The DEMS do not love Colin Powell: They've always sought to "use" him, however.

[leftcoaster]

Powell could very well have been Novak's "gunslinger" source. But whoever the "gunslinger" was/is, Novak has disclosed that to the SP. Novak is not in jail for contempt. Miller is.

Miller's non-disclosed source is not necessarily Novak's "gunslinger". Powell could have talked to Novak, and Plame could have leaked her own identity to Miller.

[Alia]

I'm open to the possibility of it being Colin Powell. And, it would fit perfectly with the President's "recent": I'll fire anyone in my admin found guilty of leaking. I mean, Colin Powell is no longer in the admin.

Again, tho', my own thinking has me seeing beyond Powell, and more of an incestuous "indwelling" between pro-dem-CIA partisans and those who uphold themselves as "non-partisan".

Around the time the "leak" story broke, there were numerous "former" high mucka military doing plenty of ANTI-BUSH, ANTI-WOT bashing in print and via other media.

I haven't heard or even begun to look into "leak sources" like Al Jazeera as the prime leakers, yet. Thus far, the investigation has only focused on THE US. Miller is in jail. We've long since known of the "comrade in arms" relationship between the Liberal MSM (domestically) and the BBC, and other MSM in other countries.

Karl Rove says he heard it (plame stuff) from journalistic sources. "Journalistic sources" is pretty broad...