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This now appears significant: in pursuing Russert's testimony, Fitzgerald was testing statements by White House aides -- reportedly including Libby -- that they learned about Wilson's wife from reporters, not classified documents.

So Fitzgerald was seeing if Rove or Libby lied by claiming they got the name from Russert, I guess.

I sure hope neither of them claimed Russert gave them the name. I have no idea who's lying, but even if Russert was I have a feeling his side of the story will be believed over Rove or Libby's if Fitzgerald is angling for an indictment. Plus, as much as he's a wackjob and BS artist, Lawrence O'Donnell was correct when he said Rove would be revealed to be a source, and this weekend he said indictments would be coming down.

The reporters are not overly honest in my opinion. Cooper said that Rove was putting out Plame's name in retaliation for his op ed. That turned out not to be the case, Cooper in fact called Rove and asked about the trip. Plus there was some controversy over whether welfare was discussed in the Rove/Cooper conversation and Rove has notes confirming that was the case. I think the reporters set up their template and reality, they would probably pass a poly.

This has been a politically motivated investigation from the get-go, part of a coup attempt against the President using the legal system.

It's very surprising that so many here believe in Fitzgerald. He's NOT going after the MSM or the Wilsons. That's wishful thinking. He's going after Rove, Libby, and possibly others if he can get to them. Fitzgerald needs to be reigned in immediately, and fired if necessary. Yes, it would look bad to do that. It will look worse if one or more high level members of the administration get indicted. The left is waging war against us, make no mistake.

Larry's source for Rove being a source of Cooper came from Cooper or someone close to him. Larry is not going to have contacts in Fitzgerald's office to say which indictments have already been written (if any). And after Larry opened his yap about Cooper's source, I am sure folks may be a little leery of telling Larry anything. Hey, "Leery" O'Donnell!!

Fitzgerald will not trust reporters over WH staff unless he has a corroborating source. Fitzgerald is not going to file indictments based on "he said/he said". Not in this high profile of a case.

Plus there are other reasons Fitzgerald will not trust reporters:
1) It appears Cooper already lied when he said he had no recollection of Welfare talk in his call to Rove. Luckily Rove had a contemporaneous email to Hadley right after the Cooper call that said Cooper called to give him a heads up on a Welfare story (which Cooper published 2 months later). This email was in the possession of Fitzgerald at the time Cooper testified, but was not made public until 2 days after Cooper's testimony. Oops!!!!
2) Fitxgerald previously had issues with NYT reporters (including Miller) potentially tipping off an Islamic Charity to upcoming federal raids. Source:
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040929-092447-8153r.htm

The reporters are covering up for someone, but, obviously, it isn't Rove or Libby...since they sign like canaries about those two. And remember, no reporter has come forward to say that Rove or Libby called them to push the Plame/Wilson story. So far (as far as we know) it has only been reporters initiating calls to the WH.

I think the CIA is going to have more problems than the WH regarding the Wilson trip and leaks.