NY Daily News: Cheney May Be Target of Probe("senior cooperating witness")

[DeepModem Mom]

Cheney may be target of probe

BY JAMES GORDON MEEK, THOMAS M. DeFRANK and KENNETH R. BAZINET
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU


WASHINGTON - A special prosecutor's intensifying focus into who outed a CIA spy has raised questions whether Vice President Cheney himself is involved, knowledgeable sources confirmed yesterday.

At least one source and one reporter who have testified in the probe said U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is pursuing Cheney's role in the Valerie Plame affair.

In addition, at least six current and former Cheney staffers - most members of the White House Iraq Group - have testified before the grand jury, including the vice president's top honcho, Lewis (Scooter) Libby, and two top Cheney national security lieutenants.

Cheney's name has come up amid indications Fitzgerald may be edging closer to a blockbuster conspiracy charge - with help from a secret snitch.

"They have got a senior cooperating witness - someone who is giving them all of that," a source who has been questioned in the leak probe told the Daily News yesterday....

(NOTE: There is no speculation in the article as to the identity of the "cooperating witness.")


http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/356858p-304125c.html

[HereSince1628]

1. Fear causes WH to grow a "throat," how deep is it?

I hope it shares roots with the conspirators and can turn them all together. With the aid of a little agent orange they'd drop their leaves together and we'd see their naked aspens quaking. It would give me hope, I might be able to take a vacation out west, the nation might come back to life and work again.

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Very clever, Here -- and so early in the a.m.! nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. Powell. If he has a shred of integrity and honor left.

which is hard to do, having agreed to work in this administration. It wouuld be hard for anyone.

[HereSince1628]

4. Powell has a long, long history and its not all pretty.

He was in on the cover-up and CYA exercise the Army did on the American massacre of Vietnamese civilians at Mai Lai.

[converted_democrat]

5. Great article!! Good find....k&r............n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

6. Kicking the story that caused all the excitement last night --

[Heidi]

7. Kick. (nt)