Posted on 02/12/2007 2:25:08 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Walter Pincus knew Valerie since 1996
Woodward testifies in CIA leak case
Text: Bob Woodward's Public Statement
Pincus: Woodward 'Asked Me to Keep Him Out' of Plame Reporting
PS: I should mention that on that first link, I haven't been able to confirm the agent referred to in the article was Plame and other researchers I've talked to have argued that it wasn't, so take that FWIW, but I include it for reference on the topic of Pincus and Plamegate.
What a mess this is - and what an embarrassment this is even on trial. Mitchell knew, Russert knew, Armitage knew, hell EVERYBODY knew and they are trying to hang Libby because their little witch hunt didn't work out.
Still working on that piece,...pretty thick...
>> I am Spartacus...
No, I am Spartacus.
Thank you!
There was no "leak," because she was not covert.
Woodward adds twist to CIA leak case ~ Armitage tape at CNN reveals truth of Plame exposure
Wilson did it!
No freaking way. How low can they go?
See link at post #49.
See link at post #49....just unreal.
CHUCKLE. CHUCKLE. CHUCKLE.
Thanks for the info!
Good thing I am snowed in today...otherwise I wouldn't have time to try and figure all of this out!
Libby lawyer Ted Wells just announced that he will not call Vice President Dick Cheney to testify in the trial. Wells also said that Libby himself will not testify in the trial. The defense is expected to wrap up its case tomorrow.
02/13 02:42 PM
A Glimpse Into the Sausage Factory PowerLine 2-12-07
One of our readers has now penetrated inside the Post through an email exchange with Jeff Smith, one of the Post reporters "credited" with the story. Smith is unhappy at being associated with the debacle. This is what Smith emailed to our reader:
I agree with you that this was an egregious error. I also had nothing to do with it. All I did was obtain a copy of the unclassified summary of the IG report and write a precisely correct account, which I turned over to the other reporters. I'm not happy my name was put on that story by the editors, and I was astonished by the mistake. I blew the whistle on it internally. So don't attribute the mistake to me.Cheers,
Jeff Smith
So someone--Pincus is an obvious candidate--had the two-page public portion of the IG report, and also had an accurate account thereof, but nevertheless managed to misrepresent the report's contents to make it look more critical of Feith's group than it actually was. Is there any possible explanation for that "egregious" and "astonish[ing]" error, other than a political agenda that trumps all else?
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