I have really been waiting for this to happen: The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, […]
Last night MSNBC reported that the sudden shuffle with Rove is an indicator that he may be getting indicted (via Think Progress). KEITH OLBERMANN: First off, the base line here. Has the status of the Fitzgerald grand jury changed? Has the status of Mr. Rove in the investigation process itself changed? DAVID SHUSTER: Well, first […]
Earlier it was the discovery that Scooter’s defense could be an embarrassment to the administration. Now we learn of others who may come under scrutiny by the case: A former top State Department official suspected of being the first person to discuss the identity of a CIA official with reporters is expected to testify in […]
It looks like there is still more intrigue to the case of Scooter Libby and the investigation by Patrick Fitzgerald. Editor and Publisher reported this today: Woodward suddenly revealed late last year that he had talked with Libby as well as another unnamed government official about CIA operative Valerie Plame, the wife of former Ambassador […]
The White House took issue on Thursday with a claim by syndicated columnist Robert Novak that President George W. Bush knows who the source is who leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. “I don’t know what he’s basing it on,” said White House spokesman Scott McClellan, declining to comment further. Novak said Tuesday […]
On Wednesday, Raw Story learned from sources that Bob Woodward’s source on Valerie Plame’s identity was Steven Hadley (view article here). Today, Hadley was asked about this by reporters and, well read it for yourself: Hadley Won’t Say if He’s Woodward’s Source National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley won’t say if he was the source who […]
Heres an update on my previous postRove = Offical ‘a’. This is the Associated Presses report on this issue: ‘Official A’ Stands Out in Indictment By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer In a sign of the trouble lingering for the Bush administration, the indictment handed up Friday in the CIA leak probe refers to someone […]
Yesterday’s explosive report in the New York Daily News (see articlehere) of George Bush having prior knowledge to of Rove’s involvement in the leak has sparked a firestorm on Capital Hill. Senator Charlie Schumer of New York has already written the President asking him to come clean to congress and the American people on his […]