Posted on 03/06/2004 8:00:27 AM PST by Gothmog
"A transcript subpoenaed in the CIA leak probe reveals the White House press operation began efforts to personally discredit former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV days before a columnist blew the cover of his CIA-officer wife."
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"In the subpoenaed July 12 transcript of a briefing in Nigeria, then-press secretary Ari Fleischer called Wilson a 'lower-level official' and said Wilson had made flawed and incomplete statements."
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NBC's Andrea Mitchell "Andrea Mitchell, appears to have several connections of interest.
"On July 6, she interviewed Wilson about his trip to Niger, and two days later she reported officials tried to cast Wilson as a Democratic 'partisan.'"
"And on July 16, her husband, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, was honored at a White House reception held to celebrate former President Gerald Ford's 90th birthday."
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(Excerpt) Read more at nynewsday.com ...
They don't have to be twisted and they WILL be used against Bush -- that's why Greenspan brought the issue up in this election year. There's no fool like an old fool under the influence of a younger liberal woman, as Barry Goldwater proved.
Surprise, suprise!
Check out the subpoena list Newsday and Pincus are on it!!!
Hey, they're big-time. If you're not on the list, you better beg someone to add you.
No where does this article say anyone leaked Plame's name. They want to say so, this is the best they can do...
Excellent insight, which I overlooked.
Thanks for the ping, Sherm; some people are working very hard to keep this story alive until ... November.
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