Posted on 07/01/2005 8:11:15 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
Friday night,long holiday weekend,justice on the supreme court takes up the entire news day and the focus becomes on how everyone wants to be Bush's friend so they can get dibs on their hopeful nominee, and then oh wait...what is this? Oh yeah...quick..we need a bash Bush story in there...hurry it up...people are gonna be in front of the tv this weekend...zip it up and let's create a new scandal.
of course it is bullshit...if it were rove they would have leaked the "notes" a year ago....no media covers for a Bushie...
It's not as if we have the 'toons' in the WH...with their death squads..running around.
One time I was flying back from DC on SW Airline in the jump seat...I was facing a very well connected Republican Couple...they both leaned over to me and told me that since the 'toons' were in the WH DC had become an extremely dangerous city...to be very careful there and keep my mouth shut...
Why would Cooper have to go to jail if he's turned over his notes?
Didn't Novak say his source was in the "administration"?
The only problem with your scenario is that you forget about the money factor. Lawyers aren't free. Those reporters may never have been willing to stick their necks out for Rove, but apparently Time Magazine was apparently willing to spend large sums of money on this case anyway---despite the fact, I might add, that existing Supreme Court precedent was quite clear that these reporters were not protected from contempt charges.
He didn't. Time Magazine did. So basically, Cooper never complied.
The reporters figured if the government went after anybody, it would be Novak. They never expected Novak to do whatever he did to get the government off his back. Once the special prosecutor went after them, Time and the Times had no choice but to fight it- if for no other reason then to hope the Supreme Court would finally decide one way or the other regarding confidentiality protection for the press. The more I think of it, I bet Rove did nothing more than spread the story about Plame after it had already been revealed by Novak. In other words, Rove is not the original source of the leaks and O'Donnell knows it.
Time Magazine was ordered to turn over the notes. Cooper was ordered to answer questions in the grand jury. He could still go to jail if he doesn't answer the questions.
Yep, but can you believe anything they say?
Ah. Thanks.
I'm no expert in journalism, so I don't know the answer, but why would Time have the reporter's notes? Wouldn't the reporter keep the notes himself?
Fact checking.A reporter would hand over notes for fact checking. Also Times used to (not sure if they still do) have reporters and writers. The reporter would provide the rough story and the writer would write it. This provided for a consistent style throughout the magazine.
If it is true, maybe he can just take Cheney's place in an "undisclosed location" until it blows over.
The story is "made-for-hire" copyright. Since Time paid Cooper, they own it and all the work associated with it (including the notes).
Nope. Here's a quote I picked up from a Google search that pointed to an article on www.cnn.com: "'Nobody in the Bush administration called me to leak this,' Novak said on 'Crossfire.' 'There is no great crime here.'"
O'donnel is insane, like howie dean. Insane RATS are allowed to say anything without fear of consequence.
But would any reporter worth his salt actually name his source in the notes? Doesn't the reporter's promise of confidentiality prevent him from revealing the source's identity to anyone- including the editors or publishers of the medium that published it?
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