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Lawyers familiar with the case believe these e-mails were one element of a broad, eleventh-hour review of evidence -- coupled with negotiations by Rove's lawyers -- that led Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald not to include him in Friday's action. "In the normal back-and-forth between prosecutor and defense attorneys, some issues were raised that made the prosecutor step back and have pause for thought as far as his future activities," a source close to Rove said. "He thought, 'This is enough for me to hold off making decisions.' "
"In the normal back-and-forth between prosecutor and defense attorneys, some issues were raised that made the prosecutor step back and have pause for thought as far as his future activities," a source close to Rove said. "He thought, 'This is enough for me to hold off making decisions.' "
Judy is not the main course at all. What I suspect Fitzgerald had to do was eliminate the defense, namely that Miller and Cooper and other reporters were the source of the identity of "Wilson's Wife" as CIA NOC. Remember we have already been through this defense as PR over the past couple of years -- Wilson's wife scrubbed floors at CIA, she was a lowly secretary, an apprentise in the Directorate of Intelligence -- she ran the travel bureau -- defenses that would all exclude her identity as a NOC. I suspect that is what transpired today, so Fitzgerald's positive case can now emerge.
Digby sums it up pretty nicely.
Ok kidz. Judy's lawyer Bob Bennett just told Wolf Blitzer that Judy's agreement with Fitzgerald was limited to "the Valerie Plame matter" not just Libby. Wolf pressed. Fitzgerald reiterated that it was "the Valerie Plame matter." Judy was worried that Fitzgerald was going to pursue her bogus WMD claims. Bolton and Cheney and Rove all the rest aren't off the hook on Plame. Do you suppose that includes Niger?
Judy was worried that Fitzgerald was going to pursue her bogus WMD claims.
Bolton and Cheney and Rove all the rest aren't off the hook on Plame. Do you suppose that includes Niger?
NBC and Tim Russert deserve a lot of heat for their cold-hearted reporting and questioning of Aaron Broussard. They nitpicked at a death using erroneous information in order to discredit an honorable man. For that, they need to be held accountable for their actions.
You can email them here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6872152/
It appears that Bolton and his cronies may be the original sources of the Plame information. This revelation allows us to fill in the missing pieces as to where the leak originated from and how the information got to Karl and Scooter.
According to two sources, Bolton's former chief of staff, Fred Fleitz, was at least one of the sources of the classified information about Valerie Plame that flowed through the Bush administration and eventually made its way into Bob Novak's now infamous column.
This letter was written on Sunday. The GOP is trying to spin that the local and state government hadn't asked for help. Well, now we got the memo that proves that they did indeed ask for help. The President got an urgent appeal by the state of Louisiana urging him to allocate his resources to help the situation. Unfortunately, I guess eating cake and playing the guitar are far more important.
Here's some snippets from AMW's brief overview of the case:
Gus was living the American dream and life was good - until February 6, 2001. That night around 9 pm, after a late meeting, Gus got into his black BMW outside his Ft. Lauderdale office. He was alone and heading toward a relative's house. Gus drove south on Miami Road and had gone just a short distance from his office when a car in front of him stopped. Then, a second car, a dark colored Mustang, drove up from the opposite direction and stopped alongside Gus' car. From out of nowhere came a shiny silver pistol. The man behind the gun fired four or five shots into Gus' BMW. Then the cars drove off.
From out of nowhere came a shiny silver pistol. The man behind the gun fired four or five shots into Gus' BMW. Then the cars drove off.
The grumblings inside the Times have grown louder as more questions have been raised about the scope and nature of Miller's role in "Plamegate." Many of Miller's colleagues are unclear about exactly whom or what Miller is protecting. In the face of limited information, some speculation has surfaced that Miller is only pretending to protect a source to divert attention from her past problems. No proof exists that the theory is true.
Comey made the designation of Margolis. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has stepped aside from the probe because he was White House counsel when Valerie Plame's name was leaked in 2003 and he has testified to the grand jury investigating the unauthorized disclosure. Comey gave broad discretion to U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago when he was appointed to investigate the leak in December 2003. Margolis is not expected to alter Fitzgerald's mandate in what are likely to be the final months of his investigation. The grand jury ends its term in October.
Comey gave broad discretion to U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago when he was appointed to investigate the leak in December 2003. Margolis is not expected to alter Fitzgerald's mandate in what are likely to be the final months of his investigation. The grand jury ends its term in October.
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