Bob Woodward knew about Valarie Plame before she was "outed."


And it wasn't Karl Rove or Scooter Libby who told him.
This pretty much kills the whole bit about the Plame "leak" I would say.

Woodward said he also testified that he met with Libby on June 27, 2003, and discussed Iraq policy as part of his research for a book on President Bush's march to war. He said he does not believe Libby said anything about Plame.

He also told Fitzgerald that it is possible he asked Libby about Plame or her husband, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV. He based that testimony on an 18-page list of questions he planned to ask Libby in an interview that included the phrases "yellowcake" and "Joe Wilson's wife." Woodward said in his statement, however, that "I had no recollection" of mentioning the pair to Libby. He also said that his original government source did not mention Plame by name, referring to her only as "Wilson's wife."

Woodward's testimony appears to change key elements in the chronology Fitzgerald laid out in his investigation and announced when indicting Libby three weeks ago. It would make the unnamed official -- not Libby -- the first government employee to disclose Plame's CIA employment to a reporter. It would also make Woodward, who has been publicly critical of the investigation, the first reporter known to have learned about Plame from a government source.

Chalk it up with the stories about President Bush's evading National Guard service or Mossad being responsible for 9-11.

No, this doesn't excuse Mr. Libby's actions if he is guilty. But it knocks the props out from the argument that the Bush Administration was out to get Joe Wilson.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Wed - November 16, 2005 at 04:51 AM  Tag


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