Parsometer on:
Cooper employs the time-tested and trusty "can't recall" ploy. From the article:
Rove has testified thathe and Cooper talked about welfare reform foremost and turned to the topic of Plame only near the end, lawyers involved in the case said. But Cooper, writing about his testimony in the most recent issue of Time, said he "can't find any record of talking about" welfare reform. "I don't recall doing so," Cooper wrote.
As to Rove being his "first" source---I found the reporters played fast and loose with terminology, first writing:
Lawyers involved in the case said there are now indications that Fitzgerald did not initially know or suspect that Rove was Cooper's primary source for the reporter's information about Plame.
This does not exactly say Rove was the "first" and the evidence to date does not buttress a Rove-as-primary-source scenario.
But then the sleight of hand on page two:
Cooper then told the grand jury that Rove was the first administration official to tip him off that Plame worked for the CIA.
First administration official does not mean first source.
" I found the reporters played fast and loose with terminology.. "
As they do with the facts.
It's interesting that Rove volunteered to the Special Prosecutor apparently a long time ago, that he had discussed Wilson's wife with Cooper.
It wasn't dragged out of him or revealed in a perjury trap.
" ..a source close to Rove said the senior adviser volunteered the information:
"It appeared they( SP ) were not aware of the conversation."
The WP characterizes this as "passing information about Plame to Cooper ." As if Rove had classified info about Val in a folded newspaper on a park bench.
Tonight on the Keith Dopermann show, Joe Wilson said that the reason the investigation was taking so long,
was because President Bush is allowing members of his administration to stonewall Fitzgerald.
The delay was because of Cooper and Miller.
" That testimony ( Cooper's testimony last year and subsequent refusal ) contributed to a lengthy legal battle, as Fitzgerald sought to compel Cooper to testify before a grand jury .."
Wilson then blabbered on basically accusing President Bush of masterminding the conspiracy against him and Saint Valerie.
No challenge what so ever by Doperman to Wilson's lies and delusions.
Wilson appears to be a pathological liar, paranoid and delusional, very much in the style of Bill Clinton.
Now that was one heck of a trick. I could have swore it was in the left hand?
Just a little personal thought;
Last week I called a tire dealer to inquire about pricing and this recording came on and said,"all call maybe recorded for quality purpose". Now, if a tire store is going to record calls, shouldn't the White House?