Posted on 07/24/2005 12:18:13 PM PDT by ricoshea
An NBC statement last year said Russert did not know of Plame, wife of ex-ambassador Joseph Wilson, or that she worked at the CIA, and "he did not provide that information to Libby."
Yet we have this bit of reporting from John Poderetz
NRO Corner ^ | 7/22/05 | John Podhoretz
PLAMEGATE UPDATE [John Podhoretz]
Okay, this is getting complicated in exactly the way that attempting to study a tempest in a teapot is complicated -- because it's so small. Scooter Libby says he learned of Valerie Plame's identity from Tim Russert. Evidently, Russert told the special prosecutor he did not reveal Valerie Plame's name to Scooter Libby.
Russert and Miller might have the same snot nose state department democrat loving source (Joe Wilson Perhaps?), Or Russert learned it from Judith Miller.
This is beginning to scare me...I hope that Fitzgerald or a member of his staff reads FR, there is so much info here that I hope he already has..
I heard the Fitzgerald's staff only reads DU. ;)
Nathan, now you're really scaring me...*L*
Tis investigation may have the potential to answer the $64 question of why the intelligence was wrong on Iraq. If it does that, it will be worth the wait. Of course if you are satisfied with the idiotic answer, Bush lied, it will be a waste.
I think part of the reason that this Plame/Wilson case is definitely an offshoot of the Iraq intelligence issues. The CIA has taken a lot of heat. Some in the agency are not happy about it. We know there are plenty of Bush haters there. Some want payback. I think Wilson's trip was part of that.
I just don't know if Fitzgerald will get on that path. We'll see if he hints at it in his final report.
Herself from self incrimidation. She had to of leaked the the name!
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Who is the main honcho on Air Force One with whom the Secretary of State would share a secret memo..............that's right, the Big W.
The Prez inadvertently leaked the info to some reporter in a conversation and now everyone is doing a circle jerk so as not to embarrass the Prez ;-)
Did he sign any kind of secrecy agreement? IT SEEMS HE DID NOT
I can't imagine the CIA hiring an 'investigator' or using a source and allow him to shoot his mouth off when he gets back from his supposed CIA assignment - unless they WANTED him to.
What was the paper trail in the CIA? Who signed his travel vouchers? Did he get paid? IT SEEMS HE DID NOT
Did he blend his assignment in with a business trip - and then write off all expenses as business expenses? (Hellooooo IRS!) Who OK'd his expenses?
Why didn't the CIA require a written report from Wilson upon his return - unless they did NOT WANT ONE in the first place.
Does the CIA usually debrief a 'source' in his home in the presence of his wife? Does this set the stage for 'plausible deniability' since there is no paper trail? Maybe all he said was that he had sweet tea with some dignitaries, was in the men's room when yellowcake was discussed, and flew home. Without a written report or even contemporaneous notes from his trip - NO ONE KNOWS specifically what he said in his CIA debriefing - and he can say whatever he wants about it now.
What is the relationship, if any, between the Wilsons, the Coopers, - including the lovely Mandy - Judith Miller and the Kerry campaign? There must be some dots here...
In any case, the term "Democrat Operative" MUST be attached to the Wilsons whenever they are referenced. All of this was to help the Kerry campaign and defeat and befuddle GWB.
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