[cyncooper]

First, the grand jury subpoena excerpt cited in the appellate court ruling upholding the contempt citations states they want Cooper to testify to more than merely who "leaked" Plame's "name".

The excerpt cited in the court decision states the grand jury seeks from Cooper any documentation and information he received regarding Joseph Wilson and his trip to Niger in 2002, in addition to Plame and her relationship to the CIA.

[cyncooper]

Matt Cooper thinks the time may be close to having to do jail time.

The part about explaining it to the son was touching, don't you think?

[cyncooper]

BTW, I asked the mods to add (Cooper/Plame) to the title in order to alert those following the saga.

[cyncooper]

The reporters would love to know what evidence the grand jury has.

I wonder why they don't know if it's all a matter of simply who leaked Plame's name and it's presumably one person?

Could it be the investigation is broader than popular wisdom would have it?

I think so.

[EllaMinnow]

When asked about the prospect of serving prison time, Cooper said he would rather go to prison than break the confidentiality of his source.

There is no Republican alive that Cooper would protect.

[Shermy]

"We got here early expecting the room to be crowded," professor of psychiatry and psychology Sidney Blatt said. "I find the apathy in this community disheartening."

The good doc is prinicpled and assumed with the past hoo-hah he'd get a big showing. Unfortunately the MSM locked themselves into the position of exposure of these contacts presuming it was Libby, Rove, or some "neo-con." Think the figured out it wasn't.

[mondonico]

Boo-hoo. You're not above the law, Mr. "Journalist." Doctors and lawyers have privileges against testifying in order to protect confidential relationships, but in exchange they agree to be regulated by the state.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

"[It was] very surprising how few people showed up to hear a central figure in a huge public controversy," Rudy Kleysteuber LAW '07 said. "It points to apathy among citizens regarding manipulation of the press as a tool to achieve political ends."

Apathy? Now if you're talking about manipulation of the truth that's another matter all together.

Resistance is futile..........we are the Blog

[kayak]

ping

[Diogenesis]

He should be forced to go without food and water.

[Hildy]

isn't Cooper married to Mandy Gruenwald?

[MamaLucci]

Cooper said he found the case proceedings and how it has been enshrouded in secrecy to be almost comic.

Silly liberal........I can assure him that Patrick Fitgerald is quite serious about the law.

[Mo1]

for a morning read

[piasa]

JULY 4, 2003 : (PARTY AT THE WILSON'S HOUSE INCLUDES REPORTER)

[* My note: Now, Pincus of the Washington Post mentioned this gathering but the wording he used for some of it implied that there were reporters there- which he didn't name. ]

JULY 5, 2003 Tuesday : (REPRESENTATIVE WAXMAN WRITES LETTER CONCERNING NIGER FLAP) Rep. Henry Waxman of California, the top Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, wrote to Bush on Tuesday outlining a letter he received from the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding the forged Niger documents. The letter "raises new questions about why the administration withheld the evidence from the IAEA for over six crucial weeks in December and January and - even then - failed to share the conclusions of U.S. intelligence officials that the evidence was bogus."
Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination, including Sens. Bob Graham of Florida and John Kerry of Massachusetts and Reps. Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, also called for further investigation. - "Bush Defends Use of Iraq Intelligence," By TOM RAUM, ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 09, 2003 Sat via Las Vegas SUN main page


[* My note: Why would some unknown person in the IAEA contact Henry Waxman of all people, and not, say, the President? Rumsfeld? Condi Rice? The US UN ambassador? The Senate intelligence committee?]


JULY 6, 2003 : (NY TIMES : WILSON'S OP ED IS PUBLISHED)