Posted on 07/05/2005 8:22:23 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
The Washington Post, declaring Wednesday an "historic" day in the history of the press in America, suggested that perhaps the "leaker" of Valerie Plame's identity as a covert CIa operative was not a Bush administration official but a reporter (or reporters).
In a Wednesday A3 story, Carol Leonnig writes, "Sources close to the investigation say there is evidence in some instances that some reporters may have told government officials -- not the other way around -- that Wilson was married to Plame, a CIA employee."
She also revealed that colleagues of Matt Cooper, the Time who may be sent to jail Wednesday if he continues to refuse to testify to a grand jury, say "he is still struggling with his decision. For practical purposes, he cannot protect his sources because his publication has already turned over notes that identify them. But if Cooper cooperates, friends say, he fears his journalistic reputation will be tarnished. Time editors have told him they will respect whatever decision he makes, they said."
Leonnig also observed that at a lunch meeting on Tuesday with Washington Post reporters and editors, Karl Rove, who turned up as a source in Cooper's notes, declined to answer questions about the Plame case.
If the Washington Post says this, you can bet it was a reporter or reporters. Getting this juicy little tidbit out there may be an attempt to dull the story's impact.
"The leaker is ... Karl Rove!! This just shows how evil and unethical the Bush Admin is and how they will stop at nothing to weaken our ... hang on. I've just been handed a newsflash. Turns out the actual leaker is Katie Couric. Well. Ah ... Ah ... Ummm ... Katie has always been a bold journalist, always willing to do go the exta mile to uncover a great story. We salute her!"
Yeah. I just love how DU and the lefty blogs responded to O'Donnell's revelation. One partisan says something he has no real way of knowing, and they're all over it. It's like they learned nothing from Rathergate. Once again, Lucy holds out the football, and once again Charlie DU gets ready to land flat on his back.
Hey, maybe Rove was the leaker. I don't know. Neither do you, and neither does anybody else except those who've actually seen Cooper's notes. But I seriously doubt it was him, on the theory that mainstream reporters would never, never, never risk going to jail to protect Karl Rove. We shall see.
Easy, Bush's fault because he was Selected not elected, lied about the war, lied about Halburton, lied about the National Guard, lied about his DUI, lied about [fill in the blank] etc. ad infinitum ad nauseum...
< /sarcasm >
DFU presents Joe Wilson's diary of his excellent adventure in Niger
secret source | 7-14-04 | dfu
Posted on 07/14/2004 10:44:48 AM PDT by doug from upland
JOE WILSON'S secret diary; entries Feb. 17 - 25, 2003
Monday, Feb. 17
my biggest worry - when was I last immunized for yellow fever?...hectic cab ride to the airport...grabbed a latte on the way at the Starbucks where Caity Mahoney was murdered...awwww, she didn't get her chance to talk to Ken Starr...damn Republicans...caught United flight to Paris.....caught Al Algerie and landed in Niamey...20 hours and a lot of smelly people....man, I better find a way to get a book deal out of this
Tues, Feb. 18
fourth floor suite at the Gawaeye is okay...jet lag hitting hard...sat by the pool sipping sweet mint tea most of the day...asked a bellhop if he knew anything about Iraq buying yellow cake...he didn't
Wed., Feb. 19
spent about three hours sipping sweet mint tea...watched some CNN...I don't know whether to thank or blame Valerie for getting me this gig...if she ever finds out about the student who came in on my flight from Paris, she will hang me by my nads...asked Bridgette if she knew anything about Iraq buying yellow cake...she didn't
Thurs, Feb. 20
had a traditional Niger breakfast and stomach felt queasy most of the day...met with a few government officials...we sipped sweet mint tea...can't remember their names...asked if they knew about Iraq buying yellow cake...they didn't
Fri, Feb. 21
went to the Niamey Grand Market to do some shopping...asked the cabbie on the way if he knew anything about Iraq and yellow cake...he didn't...had a leisurely lunch and sipped sweet mint tea for about an hour and a half...asked 10 shop keepers if they knew about Iraq buying yellow cake...nine of them knew nothing...one guy heard some kind of a rumor from his brother-in-law in Chad but didn't trust him, particulary after his honor killing of their niece ...bought Valerie an authentic Djenne-Djeno copper alloy bead necklace...got one for Bridgette, along with a copy of Leaves of Grass in French...put it all on expense account...thank you, taxpaying suckers...watched a little CNN and a porno tape I brought with me
Saturday, Feb. 22
it was a tough week, so I thought I deserved some R&R...went to see camel races...asked three camel jockeys if they knew whether Iraq had bought yellow cake...they didn't...the races were fun, but the sweet mint tea had me jumping up to go to the bathroom too often...ha, ha, kind of like Al Gore was not in the room because he drank too much iced tea and had to go pee...took Bridgette out for some dinner and entertainment...we had a fairly decent meal of rice and sauce, couscous, kebabs, grilled fish and chicken...then went to the Jet-7 and drank a few too many beers
Sunday, Feb. 23
slept in late...this stinking place has no decent Sunday brunch in the whole damned country...had a continental breakfast -- orange juice, coconut milk, stale pastry of some kind...sat by the pool most of the day drinking sweet mint tea...in the evening, I went by a mosque and asked some kids outside if they knew anything about yellow cake...they ran away...I think they were scared and thought I might have been out gay cruising...maybe I'm lucky I didn't get beaten up like Kevin Spacey when he was out cruising in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park in London
Monday, Feb. 24
last day here...in good faith, I really wanted to do my job and find out about this yellow cake stuff...a police officer knew nothing, a librarian knew nothing, three tribal leaders knew nothing, a high-ranking military officer knew nothing, a peddler knew nothing, a guy I met in a public restroom knew nothing...spent another few hours by the pool to get in my last several cups of sweet mint tea
Tuesday, Feb. 25
another 20 stinking hours from Niamey to Paris to D.C....if this religious warrior and cowboy thinks he is going to get away with claiming Iraq was a threat, I have all the info I need to nail him...hell, he was never elected in the first place...I wonder if it will be Howard Dean or Hillary who gets the nomination...if I were Howard, I would worry that Hillary might whack me...whoever gets the nod, if they win, I had better get a good job...but I'm not going back to Niger...give me Paris
I remember when all of this started, Fred Barnes or someone on Britt Hume's panel said it was an open secret in Washington that Plame was CIA.
Oh my word...how funny would that be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I recognize Katie Couric on the left, but who is that horrific looking monster on the right?
Good work
I think it was Lawrence O'Donnell.
I love your scenario -- I think you probably hit it right on the mark too. I have been chuckling ever since I heard this on our local radio when I was headed to a fundraiser tonight.
It's certain that Miller and Cooper will spend less time in jail protecting Democrat wrongdoing than Susan McDougal did.
ROFLOL! That was good! :)
You made me burst out laughing with that one! Wonder if this story is going to just disappear?
It gives them a chance to recite the "Bush lied about WMD" mantra one more time, while ignoring the now demonstrated fact that it was Wilson who was discredited.
"I recognize Katie Couric on the left, but who is that horrific looking monster on the right?"
Katie before the multi-million -dollar make-over.
Right! I can just hear it at the Washington Compost--
1. "Maybe we can get O'Donnell to say it was Rove!"
2. O'Donnell says it was Rove.
3. Bloggers wonder why reporters would go to jail rather than nail Rove.
4. "Well maybe we can say it was reporters after all."
Rush is right, they are predictable.
Shhhh! You're not supposed to remember that!
This jerk has a young wife, wealth, probably a nice house, a few cars, etc. And yet he STILL is in a mid-life crises and now demands attention.
What scum. These leftist will do anything to enhance their status, wealth and ego while taking down a conservative or Republican.
And the idiots in the GOP leadership better learn that lesson...FAST!
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