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WOODWARD COULD KO CASE VS. SCOOTER
NY Post ^ | 11-17-05 | DEBORAH ORIN

Posted on 11/17/2005 5:10:51 AM PST by veronica

November 17, 2005 -- CALL it "Deep Throat 2." The CIA-leak probe is in big trouble because superstar reporter and Watergate hero Bob Woodward has emerged as a surprise witness for the defense — potentially undermining the case against ex-White House aide Scooter Libby.

Woodward yesterday revealed that he's told prosecutors he could be the first reporter to learn from a Bush administration source that Iraq war critic Joe Wilson's wife worked as a CIA analyst — but Libby wasn't his new "Deep Throat."

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To: Sacajaweau; pollyannaish
I'm having trouble convincing myself that Woodward is just being "a good person"

Agreed. I don't know his motives. I worry though, because Woodward is the old media's main boy.

From what I've learned about him, he'll do mostly anything for one reason or another.

281 posted on 11/17/2005 1:51:09 PM PST by beyond the sea (Gloria Borger is Andrea Mitchell on Peyote)
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To: Wild Irish Rogue
I think it makes Fitzgerald look like an ass.

LOL. Yeh, and the old media and others kept saying how smart he was. I guess this makes him a smart*ss.

;-)

282 posted on 11/17/2005 1:52:41 PM PST by beyond the sea (Gloria Borger is Andrea Mitchell on Peyote)
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To: AmishDude
Fitz is gonna be put on trial by the defense and well he should be. No wonder he looked so nervous at that presser.

He certainly did. He looked like he just drank a gallon of high octane coffee. The guy is strange.

283 posted on 11/17/2005 1:56:49 PM PST by beyond the sea (Gloria Borger is Andrea Mitchell on Peyote)
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To: pankot

Yes, of course. A slick one.


284 posted on 11/17/2005 2:00:15 PM PST by beyond the sea (Gloria Borger is Andrea Mitchell on Peyote)
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To: Sacajaweau

I hate to tell you this but I have never heard of Christopher Wolf!! I never got that stranger on the street thingy either.


285 posted on 11/17/2005 2:00:48 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience. T)
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To: Wild Irish Rogue

I think he needs to drop all charges and move to Canada!


286 posted on 11/17/2005 2:01:19 PM PST by daviscupper
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To: Sam Hill
Very unprofessional all around. And shows he's not quite what so many said he was.

Agreed.

287 posted on 11/17/2005 2:03:18 PM PST by beyond the sea (Gloria Borger is Andrea Mitchell on Peyote)
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To: Sam Hill
Heck, most of their stories still have Miller saying that Libby was her source.

LOL! Yep. It's that bad. Nobody knows what the heck is going on, but maybe that's not such a bad thing. There's been so much speculation on the part of the talking heads that everything is completely mucked up. I think we should just see what happens with the investigation. Fitzgerald is keeping his mouth shut, for the most part.

288 posted on 11/17/2005 2:03:30 PM PST by huck von finn
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To: huck von finn

I have a feeling that Novak might just "risk it all" and "tell all" because he thinks it's wrong for Fitz to "silence him" because that is what it amounts to.


289 posted on 11/17/2005 2:06:40 PM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: popdonnelly
I thought in Stewart's case, the crime was insider trading. Wasn't her broker convicted of something?

She was never charged or convicted of insider trading. Her broker who cooperated with the prosecutor was convicted of insider trading on her behalf.

290 posted on 11/17/2005 2:06:41 PM PST by Dave S
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To: Sacajaweau

For whatever reason, Novak is keeping his mouth shut too. Where has he been, anyway?


291 posted on 11/17/2005 2:09:56 PM PST by huck von finn
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To: huck von finn

He was instructed to by Fitz. At some point however, I think he has a "right" to make his source known despite Fitz's "command". And I think the time is "soon".


292 posted on 11/17/2005 2:18:20 PM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: Sacajaweau
I'm having a hard time as to why Woodward stepped forward now. Is he just an ecape hatch for the Dems and media who now wish to "Stop the Game"?

He stepped forward now because a Bush Administration official went to Fitzgerald and said oh by the way I now recall I had a conversation with Bob Woodward in which I may have casually mentioned Wilson and his wife. As soon as the official contacted Fitzgerald, the prosecutor contacted Woodward. Woodward contacted his source to determine if he was free to talk. So far spokesmen for Bush, Card, Libby, Rove, Powell and Tenant all say it wasnt them. Unless someone is lying that leaves as likely suspects: Rumsfeld who Ive heard doesnt like Woodward, Cheney (who likely feels obligated to his Chief of Staff) and Hadley, the national security Chief. Since Libbys legal staff will be able to find out who it is, its likely it will leak to the press (unless perhaps its Cheney).

293 posted on 11/17/2005 2:19:39 PM PST by Dave S
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To: b4its2late
I guess he didn't turn over all the rocks, or maybe he did, and some of them he let back down in their original position

Actually it was that a Bush adminstration official failed to recall and report that he had discussed Wilson/Plame with Woodward. That person Im sure is under heat from the prosecutor at this point although I dont see much that he can do. Either that, or someone slyly kept this information secret in case Libby's "the reporters told me defense" didnt work. But honestly I dont think these folks are that smart.

294 posted on 11/17/2005 2:24:53 PM PST by Dave S
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To: Sacajaweau

Why soon?


295 posted on 11/17/2005 2:26:06 PM PST by huck von finn
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To: quefstar
Libby should plead no contest (not guilty), throw himself on the sword and nip this in the bud

Except Libby faces 30 years in prison. Prosecutor I heard didnt show any interest in a plea deal before the indictment, maybe he will now. But I think Libby has to offer up something more than he lied... and its quite possible that there is no one for him to give up.

296 posted on 11/17/2005 2:28:09 PM PST by Dave S
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To: huck von finn

"I think we should just see what happens with the investigation."

You keep saying that. But the investigation is OVER.

There is no more GJ. Fitzgerald might tie up some loose ends, but it's over.


297 posted on 11/17/2005 2:29:13 PM PST by Sam Hill
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To: MizSterious

I don't think Woodward came out with the story on his own. I recall that his source in the administration told Fitz that he told Woodward.

Woodward was outed by his source in the administration. At least that's my memory. Someone please correct me if I've got it wrong.

Pinz


298 posted on 11/17/2005 2:33:43 PM PST by pinz-n-needlez
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To: pollyannaish
What was not, and still is not clear to me from the indictment, and the presser with Fitzgerald, is how much evidence, from whom, they have to back up that charge.

He got testimony from Cheney, two CIA officials, one state department official that they told him. They have copies of faxes from CIA or State (cant remember which). They have Libby's own notes which show he was told by these various people.

They also have the testimony of Ari Fleischer and two other white house officals that they were involved in meetings with Libby discussing how to deal with Wilson and his wife. Ari Fleischer reported being told by Libby that Wilsons wife works at the CIA on WMD a week before Libby supposely learned this from Russert.

Russert flatly denies ever talking to Libby about Wilson and his wife. In fact, he says he didnt know that Wilson had a wife much less that she worked for the FBI until he read Novaks column. To a lesser extent the reporters Miller and Cooper dont support Libby's version of the truth.

299 posted on 11/17/2005 2:39:59 PM PST by Dave S
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To: huck von finn
Because Wilson is now on the defensive...defending himself against Vallely AND Woodward. Novak can add another source that will likely be the biggest surprise of all to Joe.

Joe has assumed all along that all his Dem buddies are behind him 100% and everyone would remain either as "ambiguous witnesses" on his behalf or "true political friends". The wind has suddenly shifted.

300 posted on 11/17/2005 2:43:43 PM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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