Steve Clemons: TWN - Who is Patrick Fitzgerald's "Deep Throat" Source?

[DemReadingDU]

Is there a Counter-Leaker on Plame Case Working for the Side of Good?

There is a high level official in the Bush administration who helped give the "inside scoop" on the earliest moves by the White House in the Valerie Plame investigation -- but who is it?

On September 28, 2003, Washington Post writers Dana Priest and Mike Allen clearly note the existence of a source with knowledge about the outing campaign conducted as "a vendetta" against Joe Wilson by senior officials in the Bush White House.

This source clearly had concerns about the behavior of these officials, and to some degree, this Washington Post source appears to be a key "counter-leaker" in the Valerie Plame investigation, i.e. someone attempting to make sure that the real story about the Plame leak and reasons for it were told.

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001099.html

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[Stephanie]

1. Ari

He resigned right about that time.

[Me.]

2. Armitage

doesn't like these guys, doesn't like what they've been doing and was royally ticked off about the way Powell was treated.

[Me.]

3. Also

it has been suggested more than once that Hadley and Wurmser have been turned, so it might be an amalgamation of the three.

[Catherine Vincent]

4. I would answer you in a raunchy way but I won't.

:evilgrin:

[DemReadingDU]

5. my guess - Powell or Wilkerson, n/t