Thursday, November 24, 2005
Who is the real Deep Throat in Plamegate...?
After reading a post in Needlenose about his likely candidate for mysterious senior official as quoted in a September 2003 Washington Post story, evidence does seem to point to former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
In one of the earliest articles about the CIA outing, the Post had written:
So as Needlenose explains,
Needlenose's theory certainly makes sense. Especially when coupled with this August 2004 article by Newsweek. They reported,
And the Newsweek department official, together with Post senior administration official, seem to point to a source, who at minimum did little favor in talking to the media.
As Needlenose notes when concluding it was Powell, who had supreme interest in screwing the administration in early fall 2003...?
After reading a post in Needlenose about his likely candidate for mysterious senior official as quoted in a September 2003 Washington Post story, evidence does seem to point to former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
In one of the earliest articles about the CIA outing, the Post had written:
[A]senior administration official said that before Novak's column ran, two top White House officials called at least six Washington journalists and disclosed the identity and occupation of Wilson's wife...Wilson's account touched off a political fracas over Bush's use of intelligence as he made the case for attacking Iraq.
So as Needlenose explains,
[P]ut yourself in the position of Colin Powell on Air Force One during that fateful week in July 2003. Several months earlier, almost alone in trying to slow the neocon rush to war, you convinced Dubya to make one last run at getting approval from the United Nations -- and for your efforts, you got stuck rewarded with the big UN address to make the case for invading Iraq.
[....]
In short, you got punked. But it's July 2003, and you haven't complained yet -- technically, at least, you're still a team player.
[...]
Then you're minding your own business on the long flight back to the U.S., and you overhear Ari Fleischer and Dan Bartlett returning a batch of calls to reporters ... and they're repeating the same information about Wilson's wife that was marked as classified in the memo Dick Armitage faxed you. You look at the memo in disbelief as you hear the calls, one after another, and you start getting angry.
Did Fleischer and Bartlett learn what they were leaking from your memo? If so, despite your long track record of loyal service and your personal devotion to cultivating an image of intellectual and moral responsibility, you -- the oh-so-respected Colin Powell -- have just been punked again. Again.
Needlenose's theory certainly makes sense. Especially when coupled with this August 2004 article by Newsweek. They reported,
There's no indication Powell is a subject of the probe; the deparment official said the secretary never talked to Novak about the Plame matter. Still, sources say the decision to question Powell shows the thoroughness with which Fitzgerald is conducting the probe--and that knowledge about Plame was circulated at the highest levels in the administration."Now granted, when Newsweek refers to "sources," they could well be talking just about anyone; but its close proximity to "sourced department official" leads one to conclude they are related.
And the Newsweek department official, together with Post senior administration official, seem to point to a source, who at minimum did little favor in talking to the media.
As Needlenose notes when concluding it was Powell, who had supreme interest in screwing the administration in early fall 2003...?
// posted by Howling Latina @ 11:11 AM 
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Grand Jury testimony of Bob Woodward, longtime Washington Post editor, leaked by Rove-ing reporter (humor).
It is posted at: Bob Woodward Tells Grand Jury Who Leaked First
Bobbing and weaving, a tangled web we do. Book him, Danno.
Please keep my identity a secret. Double super Secret.
Middle-aged, Middle-of-the-road, Mid-Westerner
We can only hope that Fitz doesn't fizzle.
I think Mr. Fitzgerald's motto should be: "If you do a white collar crime then you will serve blue collar time." Look where he lodged Judith Miller. A few months in a blue collar jail and she was ready to sing. Unfortunately, she says she forgot the words
It is posted at: Bob Woodward Tells Grand Jury Who Leaked First
Bobbing and weaving, a tangled web we do. Book him, Danno.
Please keep my identity a secret. Double super Secret.
Middle-aged, Middle-of-the-road, Mid-Westerner
We can only hope that Fitz doesn't fizzle.
I think Mr. Fitzgerald's motto should be: "If you do a white collar crime then you will serve blue collar time." Look where he lodged Judith Miller. A few months in a blue collar jail and she was ready to sing. Unfortunately, she says she forgot the words
Woodward is writing a book and wants CIA sources, so he went pro CIA Union and, at the most, was once involved in operations himself.
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