[cyncooper]

Not the contents, but evidently in May 2002 "someone" leaked the existance of the August 6, 2001 memo to reporters.

Condoleezza Rice held a press briefing on May 16, 2002 and addressed the memo and characterized it exactly as she did in her testimony. The attitude from reporters and angle of questions was the same as it is today.

The next day Ari was asked during his daily briefing about it and gave the title.

That Sunday the WaPo, in a story co-authored by Bob Woodward, frontpaged a story about the PDB and gave the title in the first sentence.

Then last week when Ben Veniste asked about the PDB and asked for the title, Rice gave it and he proceeded to claim (and he repeated this on CNN last Sunday) that the title was not known until that moment.

There are threads on it I can link you to later. The actualy document was declassified this last Saturday and was exactly as described and characterized by Rice, Fleischer, the President and so on.

[Peach]

Okay. That makes the situation more clear. Thank you and you don't need to link articles. (You have a closing and much more important tasks to attend to today!)

[YaYa123]

Your # 121 is excellent background and timeline on the Aug 2001 memo. The committee and the shrieking widows making a big deal out of this memo, is such a sham, and the media is in on the fix.