Reply #31: UPDATE: Major inconsistencies, and ARMSTRONG WAS NOT AN EYEWITNESS

[Nothing Without Hope]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x423714
thread title (2-14-06 GD): A Smoking Gun: Armstrong Was NOT An Eyewitness
Comment/excerpt: "Sitting in the hunting car, Armstrong didn't know there was a problem until she saw Cheney's security detail running…. How could the Kenedy County Sheriff's Department say ‘you could say it (the case) is closed’ before speaking to Whittington on Monday, if Armstrong wasn't an eyewitness? What that means is that the only eyewitness they spoke to before ‘closing the case’ was CHENEY….

also see the MEDIA MATTERS Feb 14 article on Fuddgate:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200602140016
Tue, Feb 14, 2006 5:55pm EST

Media overlook unanswered questions and inconsistencies in Cheney shooting disclosure

Summary: Media reporting on the delay between when Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot one of his hunting partners and the public disclosure of that information have overlooked unanswered questions and inconsistent accounts of how the incident was revealed to the press.

The two points they concentrate on in this Feb 14 article:

• Media overlooked Armstrong's conflicting accounts of whether she coordinated with Cheney
  
• Media ignored Rove's involvement while reporting that Vice President's Office was solely responsible for delayed disclosure