And if it were proven that Joe Wilson told a bunch of reporters about Plame, then that would help bolster Libby's testimony that this is where he learned it.
Would it really, if those reporters weren't named Cooper or Russert? Would the judge have even allowed the testimony that some other reporters knew, if there was no evidence that they told Russert or Cooper?
IF Wilson telling reporters about his wife was helpful to the defense, and IF it happened, they'd know about it. I don't recall a single proffer of a witness to show that anyone other than SAOs told reporters about Plame's wife. If they all knew about her, why is this?
On
May 26, 2006, Libby's defense team told the judge that they had located "five witnesses who will say under oath that Mr. [Joseph] Wilson told them his wife worked for the CIA." Do you suppose that the defense team was then acting in bad faith? And why do you suppose that
Joe Wilson didn't come out and flatly deny he told others that his wife worked for the CIA at that time? Perhaps because he had done so?
On May 26, 2006, Libby's defense team told the judge that they had located "five witnesses who will say under oath that Mr. [Joseph] Wilson told them his wife worked for the CIA." Do you suppose that the defense team was then acting in bad faith? And why do you suppose that Joe Wilson didn't come out and flatly deny he told others that his wife worked for the CIA at that time? Perhaps because he had done so? And yet they didn't proffer any of those witnesses, even to have the judge deny them. Who are they? Where are they? Does the representation by a lawyer convince you of the fact of what was stated, when they have completely failed to offer such evidence?