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> It is no accident that HT was not on that list.

I wonder if there's some backstory here, like...
* WH drops hints to Press Corp to rein her in (no result).
* WH discretely tells key Press members more directly (no result).
* WH hints to HT personally to stop using WH press
conferences as her personal soapbox (no result)
* WH warns here in no uncertain terms (no result)
* chop

If we don't hear from Helen again, it would appear that
the following (based Ari's response mentioning her by
name) is her final question at a WH press conference, from:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030305-7.html

"Q Ari, since there is an atmosphere of the imminence of war in this White House, and since we have no direct access to the President, will you state for the record, for the historical record, why he wants to bomb Iraqi people?"

It degenerates into a pointless debate from there.

I think your scenario is probably spot on. It rather reminds one of how the Taliban were repeatedly warned. Bush's comment as he got off Marine One and headed in to give the order: "I gave them every chance to do the right thing."

We are seeing the same thing with Iraq.

France should pay attention.

If we don't hear from Helen again, it would appear that the following (based Ari's response mentioning her by name) is her final question at a WH press conference, from: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030305-7.html

Thanks for providing the summary and the link. From the way Helen was ranting at the earlier press conference, it sounds like she was becoming a runaway train that really needed to be stopped.