And this is supposed to be damaging to Libby?
EXACTLY- that is absurd, isn't it?
Libby is a dumb bastid for trying to cultivate the press. They are a thankless group of lowlifes from whom one can expect no good. It is hoped that Bush's team has learned something from this -- but I doubt it, given the enormity of the egos involved.
You can do 10 years for that??? This is 1/3 of his case!! Something is missing if you can be convicted for this about a crime that is not even a crime.
Courtesy phone for Mr Novak, Courtesy phone for Mr Novak...
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Cooper called Rove on the 11th and SUPPOSEDLY Novak's article was on the wire BEFORE Cooper called. But why did Cooper go through the White House switchboard when he called Rove?? The call had to be transferred and it was not logged in (time stamped) because of Cooper's clever little telephone system maneuver.
So we don't know WITH ABSOLUE CERTAINTY (or do we) what the relationship is/was between when Novak's article hit the wire and Cooper's call.
But why wasn't a call to Rove enough?? Why did he even call Libby the next day? Did Rove say to Libby "I got a call from Cooper asking about Wilson and Valerie" at some point in time before Cooper called Libby? If so, Libby had every right to say "Yeh, I heard that, too but did not say and you were the source".
The object was to involve BOTH Rove and Libby. Fitz would sort it out? Well, bullshit. From what Fitz said yesterday, he couldn't figure it out. Well, if he couldn't figure it out, how come 12 people said they figured it out by "agreeing with Fitz".
Almost sounds like Jane Bond wrote the script with a little help from Mandy, Cooper's wife.