White House Defense Shaky in CIA Leak Case

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051021/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_leak_investigation

WASHINGTON - Even if White House aides leaked a covert CIA officer's identity, they were simply passing along information they'd already heard from the news media, the administration's supporters maintain in a defense that looks increasing shaky as new evidence accumulates.

Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald now knows that Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, met three times with a New York Times reporter before the leak of Valerie Plame's identity, that Libby initiated a call to NBC newsman Tim Russert and that Libby was a confirming source about the wife of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson for a Time magazine reporter.

Presidential political adviser Karl Rove has testified that it's possible Libby was his source before Rove talked to two reporters about the CIA operative.

Where Libby first heard the information still isn't publicly known, but a full three weeks before Plame's name first showed up in print, Libby was telling New York Times reporter Judith Miller that he thought Wilson's wife worked for the CIA, according to Miller's testimony.

While Libby maintains that he didn't know Plame's name until it was published in the news media, the now-public evidence suggests Libby at least was aware that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA and that he spread the information.

[displacedtexan]

1. The problem I'm having with Miller's tale is...

She says Libby told her Wilson's wife was CIA, but why didn't she ask, "Who's Wilson?"

I hope Fitzgerald asked her about any prior knowledge of Wilson. (Before Wilson's op ed, only govt insiders knew of his report.)

[cliss]

2. As beads of sweat start to build on their foreheads,

Their story falls apart like a cheap suit.

These PNAC:ers were so tough on making the rest of the world, so firm and unwavering about their plans and ideas.

Let's see how TOUGH they really are. My hunch: they're nothing but soft cream-puffs. They'll fold like umbrellas in the wind as the pressure mounts to astronomical levels.

Heh he he(enjoying this)

[twaddler01]

5. yep

:popcorn:

[janx]

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[leftchick]

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but I am still looking for one. :hi:

[JudyM]

7. These are great dogs - we raised 3 litters when I was a kid.

Really bright, gentle, engaging.

[twaddler01]

4. DUH!

Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald now knows that Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, met three times with a New York Times reporter before the leak of Valerie Plame's identity, that Libby initiated a call to NBC newsman Tim Russert and that Libby was a confirming source about the wife of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson for a Time magazine reporter.

Of course this isn't enough evidence for the leak :sarcasm:

People are so stupid...

:spank: