Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Rove, said that Rove is not the unnamed official who told Woodward about Plame and that he did not discuss Plame with Woodward.
William Jeffress Jr., one of Libby's lawyers, said yesterday that Woodward's testimony undermines Fitzgerald's public claims about his client and raises questions about what else the prosecutor may not know. Libby has said he learned Plame's identity from NBC's Tim Russert.
"If what Woodward says is so, will Mr. Fitzgerald now say he was wrong to say on TV that Scooter Libby was the first official to give this information to a reporter?" Jeffress said last night. "The second question I would have is: Why did Mr. Fitzgerald indict Mr. Libby before fully investigating what other reporters knew about Wilson's wife?"
Libby's lawyers are smiling. DUmmies are claiming foul.
that is the key point to me. the issue of whether this is applicable to what Libby is actually charged with (not smeared with, as Fizgerald has smeared him with everything) is in question - it probably isn't. but it just shows that the GJ was a perjury setting - only for Rove and Libby. any claims from the reporters, having not been fully investigated, means they were never at risk for perjury indictments. the GJ should have been shut down once it was determined that the underlying crime did not occur - since that didn't happen, its only fair that perjury charges be possible for anyone who testified there, not just Rove and Libby (or maybe Ari now).