[KCRW]

"Asked on "Fox News Sunday" if he ever spoke to Woodward about Plame, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said, "No, of course not." Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a similar denial through a spokesman on Saturday."

I gotta say- I was giggling at Rummy today. Of course, he was giggling when Wallace asked him about this. Did you hear what he said? He said that at first he refused any interviews with Woodward, then the President asked him to do them. Rummy agreed, but everything had to be on the record and he insisted on a transcript. Rummy said the transcripts prove he said nothing to Woodward. Good for Rummy!

Perhaps all Bush administration officials can take a lesson from Rummy. Every conversation is on the record and they must insist on a transcript!

[muawiyah]

It's much too late in the game for the Washington Post to pretend to be calling for a higher moral standard among its editors and writers.

Besides, no one would believe them if they did!

[double_down]

"He has to operate under the rules that govern the rest of the staff -- even if he's rich and famous," Howell wrote of Woodward....

Many of these "journalists" at the Wa Post don't like the sweetheart deal Woodward has where he basically gets to write books and make a bunch of money. They were ok with it as long as he criticized republicans. Now that he criticized Fitz instead of Bush, the jealousy is in the open for all to see.

[tang-soo]

If Judy Miller of the Times had done anything like this, she would have been, oops. Never mind!

[mewzilla]

said the newspaper took a "hit to its credibility"

Snort.

What credibility?

[polymuser]

Saturday morning on NPR, around 9:10 am EST, NPR commentator Daniel Shore was asked by another NPR commentator if he thought Woodward did anything wrong. As I heard it, Mr. Shore answered "I don't like talking about what's right and wrong, especially about my colleagues."

[kindred]

[One of the best-known investigative reporters in the United States, Woodward revealed last week that he testified under oath to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald that a senior Bush administration official told him in mid-June 2003 about CIA operative Valerie Plame's position at the agency.

Woodward revealed last week that he testified under oath to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald that a senior]


So Fitzy boy definitely knew that vals position was already comprimised well before 2003. Oh fitzy boy. Who do you really work for?