To: Black Tooth
Time reporter Matthew Cooper told prosecutors that he talked to Libby on July 12 and mentioned that he had heard that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA, a source knowledgeable about his testimony said,"Cooper testified that Libby said he had heard the same thing from the media".
My guess is it didn't come from anyone in the administration but was confirmed by the media for the media and again confirmed by omission from the administration to the media, if that makes sense. As for Novaks role, it sounds as though he took other "confirmations" and jumped the story basically leaving Cooper and Miller out on their own. Novak just had to tell the GJ that he got the "confirmation" from Cooper or Miller and that's the reason he's off the hook.
Now Cooper's notes will allege that he asked a ? administration official to confirm Plames identity and they did. After that Cooper will have to explain how it was confirmed and he will testify that Libby stated he heard that too from the media.
To boil it all down, it sounds as though the media got an inkling of something and played a good guessing game after that. No story after that!
132 posted on
06/30/2005 2:46:55 PM PDT by
tobyhill
(The war on terrorism is not for the weak!)
To: tobyhill
Don't know. But a determined Grand Jury would no doubt chase the story to it's conclusion.
In the end, it would be pretty funny if no source actually existed.
To: tobyhill
"Cooper testified that Libby said he had heard the same thing from the media"."
Judith Miller I bet was the first. Whom did she hear it from? My bet: Valerie Plame and hubby, if they wanted to promote themselves, if the tip was meant to be negative, George Tenet.
138 posted on
06/30/2005 3:22:45 PM PDT by
Shermy
To: tobyhill; YaYa123
As per Matt Drudge:
Lawrence O'Donnel on McLaughlin Group: 'I'm probably gonna get pulled into the grand jury for saying this, but it will be revealed in Cooper's notes that it is Karl Rove who leaked Plame's identity'... Developing.
150 posted on
07/01/2005 9:07:01 PM PDT by
StarFan
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