[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Just in case there is some late night editing:

From page 2 of the article..........

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Defense lawyers won permission to play for the jury a tape of his interview with Armitage. It showed a Woodward interview style that, in contrast to his broad narratives, is equal parts staccato, gossipy and profane.

Armitage: "His wife's a [expletive] analyst at the agency."

Woodward: "It's still weird."

Armitage: It's perfect . . . she is a WMD analyst out there."

Woodward: "Oh, she is."

Armitage: "Yeah.

Woodward: "Oh, I see."

Armitage: "[Expletive] look at it."

Woodward: "Oh I see. I didn't [expletive] . . ."

Armitage: "His wife is in the agency and is a WMD analyst. How about that [expletive]?"

The jurors chuckled as they listened to the scrubbed transcript.

"You redacted some words that were offensive," Woodward observed.

"Expletives? Yes," Jeffress answered.

Woodward seemed disappointed. "In the raw," he said, "it has a little more fire."

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No mention of the statement about Wilson calling reporters and identifying himself as the mysterious ex-ambassador...........

[Freee-dame]

Three times the transcript has Armitage calling Plame an ANALYST, not an operative or covert operative or anything like that.

If this were a case against the Dems, the headline would have been "Everyone Knows." Instead, the key phrases are hidden well inside the article.

The AP story in the Baltimore Sun keeps referring to Armitage as "an administration official." This is so infuriating as informed poeple know that most at the State Dept. have not worked to advance President Bush's agenda, to say the least. GWB's to-the-extreme nice guy personality has caused him and our country many problems.

[Txsleuth]

So you are saying that the jurors didn't hear that part??

But, that that part WAS in the original recording of their interview??