Posted on 11/17/2005 7:14:09 PM PST by Doofer
Vice President Dick Cheney is not the unidentified source who told Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward about the CIA status of the wife of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson, a person familiar with the investigation said Thursday.
Woodward did not talk with the vice president that day, did not provide the information that's been reported in Woodward's notes and has not had any conversations over the past several weeks about any release for allowing Woodward to testify, said the person, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Woodward gave a sworn deposition in the CIA leak investigation on Monday, testifying that a senior administration official told him in mid-June 2003 that Plame worked as a CIA analyst on weapons of mass destruction.
Plame's identity was revealed in July 2003 by columnist Robert Novak, eight days after her husband, a former U.S. ambassador, accused the Bush administration of twisting prewar intelligence to exaggerate the Iraqi threat.
The Woodward revelations renewed attention to an investigation into who was responsible for leaking Plame's name, an inquiry that had appeared to be winding down after last month's indictment of Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
So, who's the source of this? Can we appoint a special prosecutor to find out and indict?
Gotta be Colin Powell.
Ari Fleischer.
Either Cheney or Bush. Otherwise, we'd know.
I have noted a couple of MSM stories today that referred to Plame as the outed CIA operative. She was outed in the same sense that I can "out" my wife by telling the world that she is a member of a technology study team for a health insurer. No! Really? Wow! Quick! Someone call Bob Novak!
Yeah, I'm thinking Powell, too. He loves reporters and they love him.
The source is Condi, but don't quote me on this.
Source is a "Former" administration official.
There is no source. It's a red herring.
I have a reliable source that says I don't care.Have a Merry Fitzmas!
Laura Bush??
Michael Barone's take is worth reading.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1524211/posts
Former Admin official - I got it!
The Chef! The WH has a new Chef! And think of all the things a Chef hears when serving dinner!
>Source is a "Former" administration official.
Isn't Condi with the State dept. now?
We already did, but Fitzgerald doesn't seem to be interested in anything material to the case he was charged with investigating.
LOL! Best laugh I've had all day.
"So, who's the source of this? Can we appoint a special prosecutor to find out and indict?"
Well I heard all kinds of rumors about Douglas Fieth being involved in the Plame Story and then he resigned and no more rumors...
Honestly my first thought was Karl Rove but then I thought - why are we even believing Woodward? Why are we believing the Post?
I say Tenet.
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