"However, in my unexpected role of TIME apologist, I will hazard this guess - suppose Special Counsel Fitzgerald is asking Ms. Novak about information she may have passed to Robert Luskin. Specifically, suppose Ms. Novak told Mr. Luskin in May of 2004 that Matt Cooper believed he was being subpoenaed to testify about his side of a conversation with Karl Rove.
Well, then - it is far from clear why her questions would be covered by any concept of source confidentiality. But if Luskin had been alerted in May 2004 that Cooper had talked top Rove, why did it take so long to discover the missing email?
It's just a guess. Now I'll tell you something that is not a guess - TIME ought to have explained this in their statement. Are they or are they not still attempting to protect their sources?
More links to possibly-relevant Viveca Novak articles here, and more links to follow. And as to how or why Fitzgerald discovered this link now, as opposed to a year ago, I have no idea."
Any relationship between Viveca and Bob Novak?
There was a little Asian girl (I think she was Asian) who testified at the end as to how the phone transfers work.
Cooper didn't get through to Libby until July 12th.
Now, why the hell would either Libby or Rove pass info "to spin" to a Dem Operative who is married to Mandy Grunwald who (by coincidence) is Hillary's best friend and MEDIA advisor. Mandy was also Bubba's campaign manager.
This whole thing was about getting rid of Rove so Mandy wouldn't be up against him when Hillary mounts her broom.
Is it just me of has the whole Plame affair sunk to ridiculousness? And why is Fitzgerald being paid on my nickel to continue this foolishness?
Just when is this guy going to stop wasting the taxpayers money? She was not covert at the time of her so called "outing". The man who wrote the law says this does not even qualify. Could someone tell me why this partisan hack is allowed to continue with this drivel?
This Times reporter is no doubt expected to hang Rove, or she will lose her job at the Times, too.