Posted on 10/25/2005 9:46:55 AM PDT by SirLinksalot
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005 12:03 p.m. EDT
NY Times: CIA Leaked Plame's Name
The ultimate source of information identifying Leakgate accuser Valerie Plame as a CIA employee my turn out to be the CIA itself, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
Notes obtained by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald identify then-CIA Director George Tenet as the person who gave up Plame's secret to the White House, with the Times reporting that Tenet tipped Vice President Dick Cheney to her identity.
However the notes - taken by Cheney's chief of staff Lewis Libby - "contain no suggestion that either Mr. Cheney or Mr. Libby knew at the time of Ms. Wilson's undercover status or that her identity was classified."
So far, Tenet has neither confirmed nor denied that he was the original source of the Plamegate leak, with the Times reporting that he was "unavailable for comment."
"But another former senior intelligence official said Mr. Tenet had been interviewed by the special prosecutor and his staff in early 2004, and never appeared before the grand jury."
Mr. Tenet has not talked since then to the prosecutors, the former official told the Times
Yesterday they said it was Cheney!
And he knows this how? He's such a weirdo.
I have a hard time believing that Libby could be indicted for perjury for not mentioning something that was not in itself a crime or part of a crime. On top of that, he could just claim he forgot; Judith Miller can't remember who she first heard a lot of things from, either. No one's talking about charging HER with perjury.
It's not the "game of the day" to blame the CIA, we've been discussing it for over a year here on FreeRepublic. (You wouldn't know that though since you're a newbie) We can't help that Rush and others in the media are just now starting to report what Freepers uncovered over a year ago!
By not telling them that the information is classified or top secret - knowing that the recipient of the information will use the information to defend their position on the WMD issue. Even among "cleared" persons, information that is of a classified or secret nature has to be clearly identified as such.
One question. What does it matter who told Cheney or Libby? I would think both had the highest security clearances and telling a classified piece of info to the holder of the highest clearance hardly constitutes a leak.
"Judith Miller can't remember who she first heard a lot of things from, either. No one's talking about charging HER with perjury."
Miller MUST HAVE known a lot about Wilson from being in Iraq and having a "special" security clearance. She probably knew Valerie also because of their mutual interest. I believe Miller had special clearance at the CIA also.
I think you got that right. Valerie Plame and George Tenet were not asked to appear before the grand jury. Could be they are both "targets".
Neoprog talking points memo, I suppose!
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Good call RightFighter. I remember that thread.
Searching Amazon, you find Plame the Flame's book, "Germ" Although a lot of the info supplied to her was from Chalabi, I'd wager that she got a lot of stuff from her contacts in the CIA WMD division. Namely, PLAME. I'm sure they've known each other for years. That's why Miller wanted her questions and testimony to be very limited. I was really surprised when Fitz agreed.
Miller had an idea who Plame was, but not her name. She got all of her stuff from the CIA through an intermediary.
When are they going to investigate the 'leakers' leaking the details of grand jury testimony and the 'leakers' in Fitz's office leaking about the leaking?
Looks like all the leakers are accusing the other leakers of leaking??? Is that about right?
Thanks for the correction. How did you find this out? Got a good link I can check? I figured that they probably ran in the same circles in DC.
From Podhoretz' column:
BILL Keller, editor of the Times, clearly doesn't believe Miller. In fact, he has even intimated that she and Libby had an inappropriate personal relationship.
Ha! Jooty and Scooty. I've been kiddin' 'bout that for a few days. I'll laugh if it's true. What a mess that would be!
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