OK--I made sure to adjust the title in my folder to reflect the article is of interest to the grand jury.
NBC has said previously that Russert was "not a recipient" of Plame's name. A statement from the network yesterday said "the Special Prosecutor's questions addressed a telephone conversation initiated by Mr. Libby and focused on what Mr. Russert said during that conversation. Mr. Libby had previously told the FBI about the conversation and had formally requested that the conversation be disclosed."From August WashPost last year. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52895-2004Aug9_2.html I remembered that, thought is was just confusion...but maybe not only did Libby not tell - maybe he didn't know! Maybe a reporter told him about Plame's Wilson connection.NBC officials said that at the time of the conversation Russert "did not know Ms. Plame's name or that she was a CIA operative" and "he did not provide that information to Mr. Libby." Network representatives would not elaborate on Fitzgerald's interest in learning whether Russert disclosed information to Libby.