Could be chaff, but Cooper's two articles discussed more than Iraq.
In an interview with The Washington Post on Wednesday, Luskin denied that Cooper had received a call from Rove releasing him from his confidentiality pledge. Yesterday, however, Luskin declined to comment on a New York Times report that the release came as a result of negotiations involving Rove's and Cooper's attorneys, nor would he speculate that Cooper was released from his pledge in some other fashion than a direct conversation with Rove. "I'm not going to comment any further," Luskin said.
Very shifty. Cooper expressly stated he talked with his "source." It was not lawyers. Luskin shouldn't comment further seeing how his every word is twisted.
"I didn't know her name, and I didn't leak her name."
Begs the question, "Yes, but did you say "wife."" Seemed all of Washington was.
Nobody in the WH knew that Joe Wilson went to Niger until his op-ed. Once that was revealed, they still would not be privy to his wife's role.
So, no...parsing out the name vs. "his wife" still doesn't get a WH official as the source.