—Now wait just a second, hard chargers. If anybody owes anybody anything, it’s that “Official A” fella. So, y’know—let’s just wait to hear what he’s got to say before we go making all sorts of wild demands. Ahem. THE DEFENSE RESTS!
October 28, 2005
October 28, 2005
My fifth brief interview with Karl Rove’s breakfast burrito
Me: “So. Your boy dodged a bullet today, eh?” Karl Rove’s breakfast burrito: “Did he?” Me: “Well, he could have indicted on multiple crimes—including outing a covert CIA agent and putting national security at risk—the fallout from which would have been devastating to this Administration and to the Republican party in general. Not to mention that the specter of Bush’s Brain having its tubby ass frog marched across the White
October 28, 2005
The Libby Indictment – a few preliminary thoughts
Here’s what I’m getting out of this from a cursory reading of the indictment: Libby, after learning about Plame’s identity from either Cheney or some undersecretary or other (another unnamed administration official—Official A—seems to be the Novak source), told reporters that he’d heard about Plame’s CIA ties from other reporters. That is, he lied to reporters about how he knew what he knew [update: he confirmed for reporters, however tenuously].
October 28, 2005
Was Valerie Plame “Outed”?
Two years later, and I still don’t have a freaking clue. Question: Does Patrick Fitzgerald know? If Ms Plame was “outed,” was it intentional? If not, should the investigation even have proceeded? I ask all of these questions in good faith, because I honestly don’t know. What I do know, however, is that what pushed this investigation is the suggestion that the White House used classified information to “out” Plame
October 28, 2005
red pills found behind the sofa cushions, analepsis 11
Sure, he let it slip after pulling 16 moist hits off a 250 gram block of primo Moroccan hash and eating an entire white pizza—but still, when the dolphin in the pea coat tells you that “Val” Plame hasn’t been “covert” since a 1994 incident involving two bottles of Ikon, a dwarfish North Korean dignitary, and an unfortunate karaoke slip-up, well, let’s just say you put down the waterpipe and
October 28, 2005
“Aide to Cheney Appears Likely to Be Indicted; Rove Under Scrutiny”
From the NYT, Oct 28: Lawyers in the C.I.A. leak case said Thursday that they expected I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, to be indicted on Friday, charged with making false statements to the grand jury. Karl Rove, President Bush’s senior adviser and deputy chief of staff, will not be charged on Friday, but will remain under investigation, people briefed officially about the case said.