NY TIMES CLAIMS EXCLUSIVE NEW DETAILS OF EVENTS SURROUNDING CIA LEAK, SOURCES TELL DRUDGE...

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NY TIMES CLAIMS EXCLUSIVE NEW DETAILS OF EVENTS SURROUNDING CIA LEAK, SOURCES TELL DRUDGE... DEVELOPING LATE OUT OF WASHINGTON... MORE...

[TexasCajun]

I've seen a picture going round of them with Slick in the Whitehouse.

[BJClinton]

That has Srappleface headline written all over it.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

This is her second

[hispanarepublicana]

it is worth remembering that when Robert Novak, the columnist, disclosed her identity in his column, he had called the CIA to tell them he was going to do that, and they didn't stop him. I didn't KNOW that! Jeeeze...now I'm getting mad.

Someone on FR needs to take the time to put together a timeline graphic on this affair that starts with Plame's start of her "career" and INCLUDES items like that as well in the timeline.

[syriacus]

consider Scott Ritter. Then consider Joe Wilson

Yes...

[hoosiermama]

Make sure you include their dating/marriage information....Appears to me they were dating before they were divorced....which says a lot about their morals. On the third "date" she tells him she's CIA. Why is she still employed?

[Peach]

Not quite, peach, but close.... Wolfie asked Wilson if his wife was a covert operative at the time of the Novak article and Wilson stammered out a "no comment".

I don't know which interview you saw, but this is a direct transcript of the Blitzer/Wilson interview from yesterday where Wilson admitted his wife wasn't covert at the time of the Novak article: "Wolf Blitzer: The other argument that has been made against you is that you sought to capitalize on this extravaganza, having that photo shoot with your wife, who was a clandestine officer of the CIA, and that you tried to enrich yourself writing this book and all of that. What do you make of those accusations, again, which are serious accusations as you knw that have been leveled against you? Joe Wilson: My wife was not a clandestine officer the day that Bob Novak blew her identity. Wolf Blitzer: But she hadn't been a clandestine officer for some time before that. Joe Wilson: That's not anything that I can talk about. And indeed I will go back to what I had said earlier. The CIA believed that a possible crimne had been committed and that's why they referred it to the Justice Department. She was not a clandestine officer at the time that that article in Vanity Fair appeared, and I have every right to have the American public know who I am, and not to have myself defined by those who would write the sorts of things that are coming out being spewed out of the mouths of the RNC. Wolf Blitzer: Who did you vote for in 2000? Joe Wilson: In 2000? I voted for Al Gore. In 1992 I voted for George Bush." This is an interesting exchange not because of Wilson's answers, which are insipid and defensive, but because Blitzer begins to ask a coupole of questions that haven't been asked to date. In asking them, Blitzer is protecting CNN against a surprise from the Special Prosecutor if there is a crime charged to Wilson's account, against the possibility of no charges --"she hadn't been a clandestine officer for some time," Blitzer correctly notes-- and against the realization by the public that this is just a partisan hack attack on Rove, led by a hack partisan who supported Gore and who maniupulated his "service" in Niger to undermine the president with whom he disagreed.

[syriacus]

Ahhh...
That's how I like to start the morning.....

1. a cup of coffee,
2. a piece of cinnamon toast, and
3. The NY Times stock chart delivered directly to my home computer.

Thank you! :-)

[Peach]

Better formatting:

Not quite, peach, but close.... Wolfie asked Wilson if his wife was a covert operative at the time of the Novak article and Wilson stammered out a "no comment".

I don't know which interview you saw, but this is a direct transcript of the Blitzer/Wilson interview from yesterday where Wilson admitted his wife wasn't covert at the time of the Novak article:

"Wolf Blitzer: The other argument that has been made against you is that you sought to capitalize on this extravaganza, having that photo shoot with your wife, who was a clandestine officer of the CIA, and that you tried to enrich yourself writing this book and all of that. What do you make of those accusations, again, which are serious accusations as you knw that have been leveled against you?

Joe Wilson: My wife was not a clandestine officer the day that Bob Novak blew her identity.

Wolf Blitzer: But she hadn't been a clandestine officer for some time before that.

Joe Wilson: That's not anything that I can talk about. And indeed I will go back to what I had said earlier. The CIA believed that a possible crimne had been committed and that's why they referred it to the Justice Department. She was not a clandestine officer at the time that that article in Vanity Fair appeared, and I have every right to have the American public know who I am, and not to have myself defined by those who would write the sorts of things that are coming out being spewed out of the mouths of the RNC.

Wolf Blitzer: Who did you vote for in 2000?

Joe Wilson: In 2000? I voted for Al Gore. In 1992 I voted for George Bush."

This is an interesting exchange not because of Wilson's answers, which are insipid and defensive, but because Blitzer begins to ask a coupole of questions that haven't been asked to date. In asking them, Blitzer is protecting CNN against a surprise from the Special Prosecutor if there is a crime charged to Wilson's account, against the possibility of no charges --"she hadn't been a clandestine officer for some time," Blitzer correctly notes-- and against the realization by the public that this is just a partisan hack attack on Rove, led by a hack partisan who supported Gore and who maniupulated his "service" in Niger to undermine the president with whom he disagreed.

[syriacus]

On the third "date" she tells him she's CIA. Why is she still employed?

Joe says somewhere that he had sufficient security clearance to allow Val to tell him that she was CIA. [Or some similar story -- perhaps it was Joe doing CYA]

[Alberta's Child]

After giving this some thought, I'm speculating that all this nonsense over an absolute non-story (the Rove involvement in the Wilson/Plame case) is related to the Supreme Court nomination process, but not through the "impeachment" route described by Pukin Dog here and elsewhere on FR.

I believe the one thing that has the Democrats pulling their hair out right now is their fear that Bush will not nominate a replacement for O'Connor until after Labor Day. What they really want is to get the nominee's name out in the open right now, so they can spend the next 3-4 months working on a well-orchestrated campaign to kill the nomination (just like the "Summer of Bork" in 1987). If the nominee isn't known until just a few weeks before the Supreme Court starts its next term, then any campaign against the nominee will be far less effective.

I believe this Rove fiasco is related to this process, but only insofar as the Democrats are looking for ways to apply negative media scrutiny of the White House. What they are really trying to do here is force the hand of the Bush administration -- by applying enough negative pressure that the White House feels the need to do something momentous (like nominate a Supreme Court justice!) just to change the subject on the national stage.

[hoosiermama]

I'd bet on one thing....They were both working UNDERtheCOVERs.

[syriacus]

consider Scott Ritter. Then consider Joe Wilson.

I agree that a Ritter connection is well worth considering and posted a similar thought yesterday

BTW, anyone know if the Wilsons are chums with Scott Ritter?

And consider that Chuck Schumer and Joe Wilson are pushing to make sure Rove is unable to have access to classified material before Bolton gets a chance to "nose around" at the UN.

What will Bolton find, when he gets there?

[syriacus]

They were both working UNDERtheCOVERs.

LOL.

[editor-surveyor]

You mean this?
Discussion of Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act

[1Old Pro]

Exclusive details are this: Wilson himself leaked the name to the NY Times reporter.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

In DUmmie-land, up is down, black is white, genocide is peace, stalinist is moderate, and on and on... this fits their usual pattern.

[GoLightly]

I wonder how many books have been written, waiting to get published. All that's needed is the name... Bush should name the name & let the festivities begin.

I think the WH was waiting for Renquist, before they named any names, cuz they wanted to name two at the same time. Renquist got ticked about the WH leaking about his pending retirement, before he had a chance to announce it himself, with the result of him staying until further notice.

The next term of the SCOTUS, not a problem. O'Connor said she will wait to retire, until her replacement has been confirmed. The donks are not so shortsighted that they would give any nominee a quick pass, just to make sure the court runs smoothly.

Weakening Bush as much as possible before the battle is *the* donk goal.

[GoLightly]

If it was Powell, it's no big deal, for the reasons you stated in one of your later responses to me. He testified to the GJ & fits with "nonpartisan", high level Exec. label to a tee, which is why I think he's Novak's original source.

I do not think he is Miller's original source, which is why she's sitting in jail. I think she got her info from... someone in the Kerry Kamp. This story was supposed to be part of a better orchestrated pre-election Bush bash. Novak's dabbling with the same story threw a wrench in the whole works.