Reply #23: Yeah and I think it also was faxed to the WH. The original memo [View All]

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was drafted in late May and Libby had access to the information from various sources, weeks prior to that trip. Other people on that plane had access to that memo/info. I figure at least a couple cooperating witnesses for Fitz were on that plane, maybe more, and subsequent stories were leaked that others on the plane had also seen the memo. That Powell story you referenced was leaked to the press by people who had a vested interest in pointing the finger at Powell.

But the document on the plane story is a "look here, not there" sleight of hand. Libby already had that info long before. As I seem to recall, Libby told Judy Miller that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA on June 23. The trip to Africa was in July.

Then like now, Libby's camp issues smoke and fog to attempt to distract from the charges he faces. Lying, perjury, obstruction of justice are the charges. Not leaking to the press or being the first to leak to the press.