White House Defense Crumbling in Leak Case

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/20/national/w131938D96.DTL

The evidence prosecutors have assembled in the CIA leak case suggests Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff sought out reporters in the weeks before an undercover operative's identity was compromised in the news media, casting doubt on one of the White House's main lines of defense.

For months, the White House and its supporters have argued top presidential aides did not knowingly expose Valerie Plame, the wife of administration critic Joseph Wilson, as a CIA operative.

At most, the aides passed on information about her that entered the White House from reporters, the supporters argued.

Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald now knows that Libby met three times with a New York Times reporter before the leak of Plame's identity, initiated a call to NBC's Tim Russert and was a confirming source about Wilson's wife for a Time magazine reporter.

And in a new twist, presidential political adviser Karl Rove has testified that it's possible Libby was his source before Rove talked to two reporters about the CIA operative.

[marmar]

1. Crumble away...

and crush these mofos.

[indepat]

2. The sweetest sound in all the world would be to hear Timmy-boy is caught

up in this.

[Fridays Child]

4. Timmy Russert?

[indepat]

7. Yes!

[Halliburton]

5. yeah hopefully Timmy, Judy, and Novak will be frogmarched

for this. that would be the icing on the yellowcake.

[deadparrot]

3. It's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas...nt

[cliss]

6. C-r-u-m-b-l-i-n-g

I love that word. It's very descriptive. The perfect word for this administration.

I just heard on the radio today that they are talking to MCcain to see if he can take Cheney's job. Apparently, Cheney is looking at an indictment.

Man, we live in historic times.:smoke:

[Nightjock]

10. There was a post earlier

that said McCain would not take the job for several reasons including that his vacant Senate seat would be filled by a Democrat.

[MissWaverly]

11. can you still be indicted as an un-indicted co-conspirator

I must admit I am a little confused???

[texpatriot2004]

8. There was a post from All Hat No Cattle about Rover's defense...

it was hilarious.

[warrens]

9. Pete Yost

Really well-respected reporter. He seems to have laid it out.