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
I am Spartacus!
Bush should assign a special prosecutor to find out if any laws were broken! Two can play this game. This does gall me intensely. The hypocrisy is stunning.
Someone's been doing their research, Alia. Thanks for posting and link and reading.
Also did the CIA-critter who allegedly "leaked" the name to the VP & Scooter inform them that Plame's name/status was classified (if it was)?
IOW, even if the recipients of the classified info had clearance and need to know, the provider of the info has to id the info as classified so that the recipients can then treat the info accordingly.
Oh, it would be delicious if R-U-S-S-E-R-T somehow was the ultimate source.
Now, Tim, I'm going to put up on the screen what you said on . . .
Yup, there's been so much CYA going on in the LSM the last few days, it's starting to look like a day at the beach . . . in Victorian England.
Wow. This needs to be emailed around the cyberspace and the blogosphere.
Have you sent it to Rush as a reminder?
Except we can't remember exactly who our sources are. But we will go to jail for them nevertheless, you can be sure of that.
Are you sure it wasn't Tim Russert?
Yep. But hey, the flouncy little ruffles on the umbrellas are lovely. ; )
I noticed she was overt before I knew she was covert.
"Timmy!"
Of course that's true.
And he didn't commit a crime when he told Libby about Plame. Even if they both knew that Plame was covert no crime was committed until her name was revealed publicly to those with no clearance and no need to know.
But that Cheney got the info from Tenet and gave it to Libby, who gave it to Rove, and then both started spreading it around does not look good.
I assume that Libby also had the proper clearance.
As I understand it, the Special Prosecuter can only go after Administration officials. MSM-types could be charged, but not by the Special Prosecuter.
But I'm not sure if Wilson and Plame would be considered part of the Administration - common sense says yes, but modern law is immune to common sense.
Any question now on why Tenet was unceremoniously dumped? I said a long time ago that he was the leaker - and the
president knew it, and fired him.
Yes, and that "someone" would be Chris. :) My part was easy.
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