[Steve_Seattle]

"I don't see the significance of Woodward claiming he got the same information from another administration source."

The significance as I see it:

1. Woody did not deny the possibility that he might have mentioned Plame to Libby.

2. Pincus and Woody had different recollections about whether Woody told Pincus about Plame. If Pincus or Woody could have made an honest mistake, so could Libby.

3. Someone other than Libby has now been fingered as the original source of the leak, undermining Fitz's comments at the press conference and raising questions about what else he might have missed.

4. Libby did not mention Plame to Woody, reinforcing his claim he wasn't shopping the news to reporters and undermining the "outing" version of events.

5. As more people come forward who knew about Plame independently of Libby, it becomes easier to argue that Plame's identity was already blown and her true identity was "in the air," making it more plausable for Libby to plead confusion of memory as to when - and from whom - one first learned about it.

[Sam Hill]

"3. Someone other than Libby has now been fingered as the original source of the leak, undermining Fitz's comments at the press conference and raising questions about what else he might have missed."

I tell you what it also raises. It raises the real point that Fitzgerald did a very botched job, that he would miss such an important element.

And it suggests that even after all this time it was more important for him to get this indictment (any indictment) out before the elections -- when they would do the most good.