Reply #4: An intelligent and potentially explosive insight, TacticalPeak!

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I've posted (with credit) the issue in GD, stating it thus:


(This post) has a fine transcript of McClellan's dodging the question about whether Rove, Libby, Abrams leaked Plame's name to Novak.
When asked directly whether they leaked Plame's name, he repeatedly says, "not involved in leaking classified information."
As TacticalPeak implies, this overly nice lawyerly response might mask a number of possibilities such as: They didn't know
the information was classified. Or, They had reason to suspect her name wasn't classified.

McClellan also states that he was the one who asked. A preliminary call from a White House lawyer could have informed
Libby, Rove, and Abrams that if they did not know the information was classified or had reason to suspect it was not, then
they could legally answer 'No.'

I'm sure a lawyer could imagine much better loopholes in the question, but this would be the general way that it might
happen. Check out the transcript. McClellan refuses to directly answer whether or not any of these men leaked Plame's name
to the press, only responding that they did not leak classified information.

Damned curious.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=513876

Let's not let this die!!!!