Joe Wilson has just posted a piece at TPMCafe

[kpete]

If It's Good Enough for the Times ...
By Joe Wilson
From: TPMCafe Special Guests
The recent revelation from the Washington Post that Bob Woodward learned of the identity of CIA operative (and my wife), Valerie Wilson, in June, 2003, is perplexing. Woodward and his partner Carl Bernstein were heroes to me as they were to many of my generation for their fearless reporting on the machinations of the Nixon administration. The Watergate investigation was what spurred me to pursue a career in public service. As Bob and Carl made clear in their pursuit of the truth, we as a nation had a right to demand better from our government. I still remember seeing All the President's Men at the old MacArthur Boulevard theater, just blocks from where we now live in the Palisades.

So now we have a situation where an icon of the journalistic fraternity intentionally sat on a story for over two years, while a special prosecutor investigated whether a criminal betrayal of the national security of our country occurred.

Why did he do so?

Was it out of fear of being subpoenaed, as he says, or was it rather to save it for the book for which he was interviewing at the time he was made aware of Valerie's identity? But there were no subpoenas being issued in June, 2003 and the book, Plan of Attack, contains no reference to the case.

http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/11/18/102834/88

[kansasblue]

1. and take a look at John Dean. That guys making sense.

the Watergate players are changing places.

[Stephanie]

2. H20Man cited two references to Wilson in the book

not to the case, but to Wilson's trip to Africa

[lonestarnot]

3. I'm with Joe, something more here than meets the eye.

Woodward, what's your motivation to keep secrets involving violation of national security?

[HereSince1628]

4. So, what would Woodward have to fear from a subpoena?

He could have complied like Russert, or claimed his source confidential, clammed up, and then he would have been turned loose to testify like Cooper, or go to jail and then testify like Miller.

Frankly that doesn't sound like much to fear. A chance to look, in the failing light of your glory, to be a journalistic hero protecting sources. Or a chance to slip under the public's radar (as Russert did).

Was there something else that Woodward was protecting? Such as early knowledge of how the organized campaign to mislead the US into an unnecessary war turned into an organized campaign to cover the deceits with personal attacks that led to the immoral and illegal act of outing Valerie Plame?

[realFedUp]

5. I agree

drip, drip, drip.

[donsu]

6. I posted yesterday that the bushgang hated Plame and her working

group because they stymied the bushgang from putting WMDs in Iraq, two times and so they couldn't do it.

that's why the bushgang wanted Plame outed and her working group made null.

Bob termite Woodward may be trying to cover this up too.

[janx]

7. This is about the government's relationship with the media.

It has been from the start.

[Talismom]

9. Right! It's about their relationship with the media and all the other

corporate powerhouses! It's about greed and power and corruption!It's about time to throw the bastards in jail!

[Mend]

8. Woodward is a neo-con and no different from limbaugh and

o'reilly except he has a quieter style. Next job should be as a news anchor on Fox... even though he is as dull as mud, he has the party line down just fine.