Posted on 11/15/2005 8:49:00 PM PST by atomicweeder
Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward testified under oath Monday in the CIA leak case that a senior administration official told him about CIA operative Valerie Plame and her position at the agency nearly a month before her identity was disclosed . . .
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Instead of speculating you ought to read the article.
Among other things you will learn that Woodward was interviewed by Fitzgerald--and gave a two hour long deposition.
"He also told Fitzgerald that it is possible he asked Libby about Plame or her husband, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV. He based that testimony on an 18-page list of questions he planned to ask Libby in an interview that included the phrases "yellowcake" and "Joe Wilson's wife." Woodward said in his statement, however, that "I had no recollection" of mentioning the pair to Libby. He also said that his original government source did not mention Plame by name, referring to her only as "Wilson's wife."
If Woodward asked Libby about "Plame" and or "Wilson's wife" or even mentioned her in conjunction with Wilson's CIA yellowcake trip to Niger then Libby is being truthful when he said he heard about her from a reporter. Also, that it was common knowledge. Makes sense that he might shrug it off as "I heard that too." As has been stated a thousand times on this forum, this is much ado about nothing. Fitz should be reprimanded for wasting two million or more of our tax dollars and dragging good people through the mud on a partisan witch hunt.
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Your post makes no sense.
Did you mean to post to me?
Was he Novak's source, too?
It sure sounds like it's a strong possibility.
Agreed. It should have taken Fitz a couple of phone calls over his morning coffee to find out that Plame's status with the CIA did not fit the definition of "covert" as specified in the Intelligence Identitites act, and so therefore there could not have been any violation of the act. Case closed.
The question is, who will have the guts to reprimand him? The little weasel should have already been spanked by somebody.
Why is it so hard for you all to realize that this wasn't really about Fitz's investigation? this was all about the MSM wanting to smear Bush et al...the facts NEVER MATTERED!!!
Lemme guess...Karl RovE!! :)
Libby was VP's chief of staff. So, could it be now the President's chief of staff, Andrew Card?
Minor point, but he was covering up evidence of "sexual harrassment" [SH]. Let's not forget that, leading up to MonicaGate, SH was the Dems favorite club to hit Republicans and big business with. Clinton lied to cover up a pattern of inappropriate relationships which fit perfectly into the Dems definition of SH. After Drudge revealed the Monica caper, suddenly the media and the Dems never mention SH anymore...never. That allowed Clinton to convince people he lied to cover up the infidelity and take the victim's role.
and all the 'rats got were lumps of coal!
Why would any idiot ever have a conversation with Woodward?
Because it is.
Bof of youse forgot to mention pointless and a waste of taxpayer dollars.
I've suspected Powell for a long time. (Or his aide, Lawrence Wilkerson, who says the administration was a CABAL of officials actually trying to---gasp!--- change policy).
Why do I say Powell? Recall the memo that was circulating on Air Force One about Plame's role in sending Joe to Niger. It was a State Department memo. It was based on the notes of a State official who had attended the CIA meeting where Plame introduced her hand picked emissary---Joe.
Add to that: Novak described his source as "not a partisan gunslinger". That fits Powell's public image---as perpetuated by himself. The Post describes the source as "an administration official", not a White House official.
It's interesting that this new source went to the prosecutor---only AFTER the Libby indictment---and only released Woodward to testify. He didn't release Woodward to identify him or speak in public about their conversation. I suspect it was Powell (the media's darling second only to McCain) or his office...and I suspect many a reporter in Washington has known about it for a long time. It's ridiculous for Pincus to say he wouldn't recall such a revelation. I think he may be in hot water now.
Does anyone know if Powell, Wilkerson, or anyone else from Powell's office testified to the GJ? This is getting interesting again.
Wow, it will be interesting to know who else is called in.
Woodward has been consistent in this story from the beginning.
I may be hanging my hat on a toothpick, but the fact that he released a written statement carries weight. No "sources close to the investigation" or first person verbal spin accounts. The statement is factual.
By process of elimination, we can deduce who it was not.
1. Scooter Libby - Woodward statement
2. Karl Rove - Statement from Rove's lawyer
3. Dick Cheney - 99% assuming if Woodward was going to send Libby a list of questions for Cheney & among them were references to "Yellowcake" and "Joe Wilson's wife", Woodward had not yet had an opportunity to talk to Cheny.
Who does that leave? What senior administration officals are conidered "No partisan gunslinger?"
CIA? Tenet
State? Powell
Who am I leaving out?
Another Woodward, "Look At Me!" moment.
I was hoping someone like Woodward would be writing the CIA Coup expose, but now he's a witness. Oh well.
LOL! That's it!! Thanks for the laugh. :)
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