Indictment Gives Glimpse Into a Secretive Operation (NYT)

[jefferson_dem]

Indictment Gives Glimpse Into a Secretive Operation
By DOUGLAS JEHL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 - Over a seven-week period in the spring of 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney's suite in the Old Executive Office Building appears to have served as the nerve center of an effort to gather and spread word about Joseph C. Wilson IV and his wife, a C.I.A. operative.

I. Lewis Libby Jr., the vice president's chief of staff, is the only aide to Mr. Cheney who has been charged with a crime. But the indictment alleges that Mr. Cheney himself and others in the office took part in discussions about the origins of a trip by Mr. Wilson to Niger in 2002; about the identity of his wife, Valerie Wilson; and whether the information could be shared with reporters, in the period before it was made public in a July 14, 2003, column by Robert D. Novak.

The indictment identifies the other officials only by their titles, but it clearly asserts that others involved in the discussion involved David Addington, Mr. Cheney's counsel; John Hannah, deputy national security adviser; and Catherine Martin, then Mr. Cheney's press secretary.

Mr. Grossman, Mr. Hannah, Mr. Addington and Ms. Martin have all declined to comment, citing legal advice. The fact that they were not named in the indictment suggests that they will not be charged, but all can expect to be called as witnesses in any trial of Mr. Libby, setting up a spectacle that could be unpleasant for the administration.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/politics/30indict.html?pagewanted=print

[Wilms]

1. These reporters must be HUGH!!!1 MORANS.

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"The fact that they were not named in the indictment suggests that they will not be charged..."

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Nothing of the sort.

Fitz must have explained that notion away five times during the press conference. And idiot reporters asked over and over again, with some of their more intelligent colleagues laughing.

[AndyTiedye]

3. No, They're Just Back to Reporting what Karl Rove Tells them to

They are not that stupid, they are under orders from their bosses,
who once again take orders from Karl Rove.

[wordpix2]

2. nice to know the Repukes are working on "national security" matters

like spinning lies about Joe Wilson instead of focusing on their mess in Iraq and the whereabouts of OBL after letting him go at Tora Bora

[kurth]

4. "Indictment Gives Glimpse Into White House Smear Campaign (NYT)"

a more accurate description...

[Gelliebeans]

5. dupe