Reply #22: Right.

[H2O Man]

Guys like Hadley aren't there by coincidence. They didn't get tossed into the mix in 2000.

Hadley is, in ways, like Hannah. Always watch the quiet guys. Just one example, though imperfect: many, if not most, DUers were disappointed that Libby was indicted, rather than Rove. Few really knew enough about Libby to appreciate that the Iraq war is his offspring. Rove is public, and so obnoxious, that people know and despise him. But Rove has never been a foreign policy expert. Ever. Not close. Indicting the quiet Libby was far more important, at the moment, than nailing the loud mouthed Rove.

People should also remember that last July, there was a brief campaign to imply that Powell was the leaker? Because he was seen with the secret documents on AF1? Well, Armitage had e-mailed them to Powell, care of Rice. But the media made people think Powell was a player in the scandal.