Posted on 10/18/2005 6:20:56 PM PDT by frankjr
... "For some reason none of us had a tape recorder, so on the flight back to Casablanca we compared our notes from the one interview wed had with a Moroccan general a few hours before. We wanted to be sure the phrases wed scribbled down were accurate. But there was a problem. Judy had many more quotes in her notebook than I and another reporter had in ours. And Judys were much better. Then I realized why. Id done a lot more homework on that particular story than she did, and I was asking much more detailed questions. Shed written them down, and now she thought they came from the general, but many of the quotes actually were from me." ...
"Given the way Judy takes notes, Im not surprised that she cant remember who first gave her the name of Flame. Ive even seen speculation that it came from one of her other not-so-reliable sources, Iraqi exile leader (and now vice president) Ahmad Chalabi, who peddled so many of the WMD rumors that wound up as facts in the Times. Ahmad keeps close tabs on his enemies, and I know first-hand that he counted many people at the C.I.A. on that list. When I e-mailed one of Chalabis aides to ask point blank if Chalabi was Judys source for Plames name, the aide responded: Come on Chris get back to serious work. That seemed like a non-denial denial, so I asked again. I'm not going to dignify it any further, was the reply. It is utter rubbish and you really should know better than to even listen to such rehashed '...' claptrap.
So, I dont know if Ahmad was the source. But I do know this. His agenda was to get Saddam ousted at any price..."
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Chalabi as a source. Who knows? Add it to the long list of rumors on this case.
Chalabi? Ha ha. Will get the moonbats going though. They still think he had a big hand in WMD information.
Both groups are largely composed of arrogant people with below average IQ's. I'd be hard-pressed to say which group is more prone to gross on-the-job incompetence.
Dickey undermines his own credibility by rehashing Wilson's explanation, which has been shown to be both nonsensical and incorrect.
Could be a CIA faction dropping Chalabi's name here. They hate him.
Takes away interest from Tenet as a source. BTW, I thought Miller gave only seleted notes to the prosecutor. Did she slip up?
For God's sake, this entire "scandal" is made up of nothing but speculation, a lot of it by the MSM. They're are supposed to be informing us on what is happening, not making up fantasies about what might have happened. What kind of a source of information is this?
That is a sign of imcompentence or worse.
Judy Miller leaked Plames' name. She should go back to jail.
No one outed Valerie Plame more than Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame.
But where is the information about Tim Russert's role?
Undoubtedly that would be a hanging offense if either the MSM or Hussein were in charge.
She was NOT covert. No one could have "leaked" her name...This is not about Plame, it's about the MSM/dems trying to bring down a this President!
I don't think she really leaked the name. The initial stories were true...half of Washington knew about her. Judith knew the name but didn't remember it exactly right. Hence, "Flame" instead of "Plame."
Dickey's tone amounts to an ill-concealed sneer. With "friends" like this, Judy Miller needs no enemies...
It occurs to me that we still don't know Novak's original source, do we? He and Rove have confirmed that Rove provided the confirmation ("Yes, that's what I've heard, too).
But we still don't know who put the bug in Bob Novak's ear to start with...
"I've worked with public school teachers. I've worked with reporters at a big city newspaper. Both groups are largely composed of arrogant people with below average IQ's."
I am neither a public school teacher nor a reporter, and I don't know you at all, but I find your statement totally arrogant and offensive.
Denigrating everyone in a profession (or any other group, for that matter) is just plain ignorant.
I would argue that not all Freepers are hotheads, or nutcases, or snobs, although a visitor to the site might draw that conclusion after reading some posts.
Which is why I said "largely composed of". See, I left myself an "out".
"I have previously said that I never would have written those sentences if Bill Harlow, then CIA Director George Tenet or anybody else from the Agency had told me that Valerie Plame Wilson's disclosure would endanger herself or anybody."
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/robertnovak/2005/08/01/155068.html
Tenet? Who said Tenet?...
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