Fitz Email Plamegate article makes the AP - the AP people!

[stop the bleeding]

I know this story has been posted already here at DU.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_leak_1

This is awesome, all day this story has been growing, and now the AP - I think I am hearing angels singing O8) aahhhh -sorry to go overboard but this is HUGH.

This will be all over the talking heads now.

Mr. President we gladly accept your resignation

edited for punctuation.

[usregimechange]

1. Yes, this is huge, obstruction sounding.

[existentialist]

2. The Ghost of Rosemary Woods did it.

[Botany]

3. Could it be Fitzmas?

He went hunting for a Rove but he might have bagged a Cheney too.

<We also note that it is our understanding that Mr. Libby testified that he was authorized to disclose information about the NIE to the press by his superiors.>

From papers filled by Fitz ...... So Libby's Superior would be ???????????

Somebody might have to step down for health reasons.

[stop the bleeding]

4. Interesting isn't - I only posted this because it went from web sites

like Rawstory reporting it to the AP in a matter of hours.

This has been a crazy week though.

[spinbaby]

5. Will ya look at the spin

It's not covering up evidence, it's an "e-mail archiving problem at the White House."

[Me.]

6. The Story Has A Way To Go

But it's a start, despite the spin.

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. I got the impression that this was a deliberately wry statement on

Fitzgerald's part. Perhaps he is anticipating "spin" and showing how ridiculous the idea is. I like the fact that "email archiving problem at White House" came from Fitzgerald, not the White House.

"We are aware of no evidence pertinent to the charges against defendant Libby which has been destroyed," Fitzgerald wrote in a letter to the defense team.

But the prosecutor added: "In an abundance of caution, we advise you that we have learned that not all e-mail of the Office of Vice President and the Executive Office of the President for certain time periods in 2003 was preserved through the normal archiving process on the White House computer system." His letter was an exhibit attached to Libby's demand for more information from the prosecution.

Fitzgerald is f***ing brilliant!

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8. You honed in what everyone else has in these threads - Obstruction

As stated previously I know there are threads on this bumping around on DU, but those are all based on articles out of the blogosphere. I only posted this because it shows the significance of this going from the blogs to the AP in a matter of hours - this is HUGH.

BTW the original post here was 4 hours before the one in LBN on the same AP article.

[BR_Parkway]

11. 2 other issues covered in his original letter - Plame was undercover

and there are more documents detailing other's involvement with reporters as they tried to leak her info.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2432282&mesg_id=2432282

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12. Stellar Research on this BR_Parkway - K&R and replied to your thread

Awesome research :toast:

[The Witch]

9. I am so impressed by Fitzie's objectivity.

Look at his quotes. He's doing his best to be cautious and say that the archiving could very well be the problem. This guy is the mother of all straight shooters. :loveya:

[stop the bleeding]

10. If Fitz is stating what is missing then you better believe that he has a

shitload of evidence that people are not aware.

Another thread showed that he met with GJ yesterday.

If I was * and Darth Cheney I would be shitting my pants right now also Fitz hates being obstructed and lied to.