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Woodward Apologizes to Post for Withholding Knowledge of Plame
Washington Post ^
| November 16, 2005; 1:18 PM
| Howard Kurtz
Posted on 11/16/2005 12:27:27 PM PST by NewMediaFan
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To: sine_nomine
Thanks for refreshing my memory. I read Silent Coup a long time ago, and found that tie between Woodward and Haig very interesting, especially in light of the later "I'm in charge here" incident. I never trusted Haig, and always thought he was DT, notwithstanding that FBI guy who now claims it was him. That is just too convenient.
Whether the Watergate breakin was done to protect John Dean's girlfriend or not, I don't know. It was certainly an interesting theory, and if Republicans had any control of DC or law enforcement at the time, it might have been investigated, but instead we are left with just suppositions.
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:29:30 PM PST
by
Defiant
(Dar al Salaam will exist when the entire world submits to American leadership.)
To: NewMediaFan
I'm in the habit of keeping secrets..." IMHO Woodward's been used so much by "intelligence" groups that if he was a woman and they were men, he'd be a major slut. Luckily, he's not a woman.
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:31:23 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(Frenchmen should ask immigrants "Do you want to be Frenchmen?" not, "Will you work cheap?")
To: babaloo
Why would someone wait until two weeks after Libby had been indicted to mention Woodward?
I don't believe this scenario.
To: OldFriend
Fitz should have immediately vacated the indictments of Libby, ALL of them.That'll never happen. In fact, what the media and the Dims will use this for is an excuse to keep Fitzgerald investigating Rove and the rest of the White House all through the 2006 campaign, leaking a slow, steady drip of misinformation to keep Republicans constantly on defense.
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:34:51 PM PST
by
CFC__VRWC
("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
To: txroadhawg
"Something smells funny here"
I agree. Woodward is trying to protect his behind for some reason.
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:36:13 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: eureka!
The reason that the dirtbag, woody came forward and testified is because the gvmt official testified on Nov 3rd naming woody. Fitzy then had to supoena woody. No honor here. I'm just wondering who the gmnt official is and why is he talking? There is more here than meets the eye. I was over at du and the dummies are all spitting and using the f word, calling woodward names that I don't even call hildabeast.
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:36:15 PM PST
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
To: p23185
"Woodward would like a re-run of WATERGATE!!"
More importantly, he doesn't want a rerun of rathergate.
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:37:57 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: LibWrangler
"Why would someone wait until two weeks after Libby had been indicted to mention Woodward?"
Because said person knew Libby was being screwed. The conversation has been confirmed by the Administration official and by Woodward, under oath. So it almost certainly took place.
To: NewMediaFan
Woodward, an assistant managing editor and best-selling author, said he told Leonard Downie Jr. that he held back the information because he was worried about being subpoenaed by Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special counsel in the case. How many other people are withholding knowledge that they knew Plame was a covert CIA agent because they are worried about being subpoenaed by Fitzgerald? How many other people have changed their stories just so they won't get subpoenaed (like Andrea Mitchell)?
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:39:14 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: USS Alaska
Re#66 LOL. DU is nuts over this--I took a peak earlier. As I posted elsewhere, I hope that Fitz figures that he was gamed by the presstitutes, is p*ssed and will reexamine who is telling the truth....
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:44:36 PM PST
by
eureka!
(Hey Lefties: Only 3 and 1/4 more years of W. Hehehehe....)
To: Ditto
Hmmmm.....I know Woodward was mouthing off....and I think it was about a month ago.
Questions: How did the question of Wilson come up between Woodward and Mr. X. How did Valerie's name get added to the conversation? Who did Woodward tell??" And who in the Bush administration blew Woodward in?
I'm guessing Berger. The little creep burgled in June of 2003 for the first time. Why? Perhaps to get rid of the OLD reference of Wilson's FIRST trip to Niger during the Clinton Administration where Valerie was also the "go between".(I'd use the proper word but it's not allowed.
When Hillary was asked about the burglaries which occurred during the 9-11 Pretend Hearings, she said: The timing speaks for itself. It made no sense except there was an inference that "It could be related to something else."
So did Woodward go to Miller? She was after all the expert on WMD in the literary world. Miller contends her first source WAS NOT Libby but does not state whether it was someone within the administration or someone like Woodard.
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:45:24 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Victoria Delsoul
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:47:02 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(What it all boils down to is that no one's really got it figured out just yet.)
To: Fintan
So, who's the leaker....Woodward or Pinkus?
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:49:11 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: NewMediaFan
So, Libby's defense team will now subpoena Woodward, should it ever come to trial?
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:53:34 PM PST
by
dynachrome
("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
To: sine_nomine
Woodard acknowledeged Felt was not the only one involved in passing info. He was the "clearing house". Everything went to him and then to Woodard. My guess is that one of the others was Henry Grunwald....Chief OpEd for Time, Inc.. AND Mandy Grunwald's father. Henry died in Feb 2005...3 months before VANITY FAIR published an EXCLUSIVE revealing Felt.
Mandy?? Yes, Hillary's best friend and media advisor, Bubba's campaign manager and Matt Cooper's wife.
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:56:56 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: ttdriver
Reporters are (were) expected to confide the identities of their "confidential" or "not for attribution" sources to their editor. For example, presumably, during Watergate Woodword told his editor (Ben Bradlee) the identity of "Deep Throat". That's my understanding as well, but it is also my understanding that Woodward did not do any reporting on the story and therefore did quote any "anonymous sources" that he should disclose to his editors. Perhaps I'm mistaken on the latter point and Woodward did write on the subject.
Perhaps his reasoning now is that since he alerted Pincus before Wilson's identity became public that Wilson's wife was CIA/WMD, he should have also alerted the editors that Wilson was playing games with Pincus.
I'd also add that it seems unlikely that Pincus did not know Plame's identity long ago since she was a long term WMD specialist at Langley, not undercover in some front outfit across town. Pincus has been reporting almost exclusively on the CIA for over 30 years. Some refer to him as the CIA's in-house journalist. It was surely easy enough for Novak to get the information out of the CIA yet the guy who practically lives there is blindsided by the revelation even though he knew about Joe Wilson weeks before Novak ever heard of him? That just does not pass the smell test, IMHO. Maybe Pincus is just getting too lazy to check things out.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:20:44 PM PST
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: ttdriver
"Why would Libby lie when he had to reason do do so?"
"Why would Libby lie when he had no reason to do so?"
Is that better? ;-)
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:26:58 PM PST
by
Tunehead54
(Nothing funny here ;-)
To: popdonnelly
I think you'd have to ask Fitzgerald and Libby's lawyer whether this is a good thing or a bad thing - and they're not talking, either.
Statement of Ted Wells, Attorney for Mr. Libby:
Woodward's disclosures are a bombshell to Mr. Fitzgerald's case. First, the disclosure shows that Mr. Fitzgerald's statement at his press conference of October 28, 2005 that Mr. Libby was the first government official to tell a reporter about Mr. Wilson's wife was totally inaccurate. Second, Woodward's disclosure that he talked to Mr. Libby on June 20 and June 27, 2003 and that Mr. Libby did not mention WIlson's wife undermines Mr. Fitzgerald's key theme that Mr. Libby was involved in a scheme to discredit Wilson by telling reporters about Wilson's wife's employment at the CIA. Hopefully as more information is obtained from reporters like Bob Woodward, the real facts will come out.
NRO
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:30:30 PM PST
by
Republican Red
(Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.)
To: Ditto
Excellent analysis. Pincus was either asleep at the switch or (perhaps) he knows much more than he's willing to pass on.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:31:06 PM PST
by
ttdriver
To: NewMediaFan
I apologize for not caring about either WaPo or Woody.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:34:17 PM PST
by
aculeus
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