[Mr. Brightside]

I agree.

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

[traderrob6]

Woodward states that He "may" have told Libby about Plame. That woyld serve to at least cast doubt on the assertion that Libby lied about where he heard of Plame and her "job"

[yoe]

...which administration is Woodward talking about?

Couldn't Skooter have had the same "faulty" memories as the non-accused? Was it faulty memory or lies? This whole Plame-Wilson fiasco is fraught with lies; seems to me Fitzgerald has perpetrated this bogus mess.

[rvoitier]

Fitz stated in his press conference that Libby was the originator of the rumor/story.

per Joe DiGenova, guidelines require Fitz to drop the charges because the indictment was obtained under false pretense. DiGenova said, if I understand all of this, Fitz would now have to 're-calibrate' the whole case and work his way back from Woodward being the originator of the rumor/story rather than Libby.

What I can tell is that Libby was actually telling the truth. Imagine that!

[EQAndyBuzz]

This is a set up. They are wheeling out Woodward to reignite the Rove conspiracy theory.

They are trying to pull a Watergate2.

Not going to work.

[wouldntbprudent]

Read the WASHTIMES editorial today (sorry, I don't have time to get the link--there are threads on it)---lays it all out.

Libby is indicted for saying he got the info from Russert. But this shows he may have simply mistaken WHICH reporter he got the info from---he got it from Woodward. If that's a reasonable scenario, then he most certainly did not lie about having heard it from a reporter. He mistook which reporter he heard it from.

[daviscupper]

I think it makes Fitzgerald look like an ass. Remember he held a press conference and stated that Scooter Libby was the first person to leak Valerie Plame's name and identify her as a CIA agent to the media. This was a threat to our National Security. And Libby lied about it.

I bet Fitzgerald used the same lines to the Grand Jury and that is why he was indicted.

Remember the only reason Woodward is talking is because his source (Cheney?) ratted him out. The source is probably in the clear because it sounds like he contacted Fitzgerald and said something like. "You know, I now recollect mentioning in passing that Valerie Plame was Joe Wilson's wife to Bob Woodward." Fitzgerald will probably have a hard time indicting this souce if he volunteered the information. JMHO.

[Eva]

The significance is that Woodward admits that he may have passed that information on to Libby, indicating Libby may only be guilty of a faulty memory and so over confident in his innocense that he hadn't bothered to review his own notes before testifying. Forgetfulness and over confidence is not perjury.

[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.