Posted on 07/11/2006 2:06:27 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
Edited on 07/11/2006 2:56:48 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
BOB NOVAK, My Leak Case Testimony: 'I learned Valerie Plame's name from Joe Wilson's entry in 'Who's Who in America'... MORE Published reports that I took the Fifth Amendment, made a plea bargain with the prosecutors or was a prosecutorial target were all untrue... MORE... My primary source has not come forward to identify himself... Bill Harlow, the CIA public information officer who was my CIA source for the column confirming Mrs. Wilson's identity. I learned Valerie Plame's name from Joe Wilson's entry in 'Who's Who in America'... I answered questions using the names of Rove, Harlow and my primary source... I considered his wife's role in initiating Wilson's mission, later confirmed by the Senate Intelligence Committee, to be a previously undisclosed part of an important news story. I reported it on that basis.
Novak's testimony on 1/14/04 merely confirmed what Fitz already knew.
This assumes Fitz was acting in good faith, which he was not. I don't contend that Fitz targeted Rove as the source. I contend that Fitz targeted Rove.
So, whatever Fitz was doing, he couldn't have been looking for the person who outed Plame.
No, and he never was. That's my point. He knew from the beginning there was no real crime. Novak's report makes this 100% clear. Listen to Fitz's press conference. People will usually tell you what they're doing, if you listen. Fitz makes it clear that he intended to punish someone for outing Plame, even if no crime actually occurred. Indeed, Fitz himself pretty much says this in his self-satisfied, sanctimonious little lecture.
He was after Rove--but not for violating the Identities Act, and indeed not for any crime at all. He was after Rove because he was on a crusade to punish someone in the administration for doing something he didn't like. Eventually, he "got" someone. But the person he wanted was Rove.
It should be so obvious to everyone now that this whole case was about nothing to begin with. But when I read some of these other articles (wapo, nyt) or flick though the channels tonight (hardball) it is amazing how these media morons are coninuing to attempt to spin this story as a big deal against Rove & the Administration. The media looks like complete idiots, but they don't seem to care.
Now we just need to wait for the Libby charges to be dropped. Even though I would like to see some of the players in this story be forced to take the stand (e.g. the reporters).
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