From The New York Daily News, 5/20/06:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/419364p-354152c.html
Ex-deputy secretary of state new figure in CIA leak probe
BY KENNETH R. BAZINET and JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON -
Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has emerged as a key
witness in the CIA leak probe, the Daily News has learned.
Armitage has been questioned several times, but is not expected to be
indicted by the federal grand jury investigating who outed CIA spy
Valerie Plame to journalists in 2003, sources said.
Armitage's testimony could hurt Vice President Cheney's indicted
former chief aide Lewis (Scooter) Libby, or President Bush's political
guru, Karl Rove.
Two sources familiar with the case said Armitage, Rove and Libby all
had contacts with the press about Plame.
Unlike Rove and Libby, Armitage appears to have tried to dissuade
reporters from writing about her.
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald recently had to sneak Armitage into
a Washington courthouse to get past reporters - a sign of his value in
the case, according to one source.
"Rich has been cooperating with Fitzgerald since day one," said
another source, who has close ties to Armitage.
"He was one of the first people to offer his testimony."
Armitage's office said he was was not available to comment.
Rove has testified five times as a subject of the grand jury probe.
Even if Rove escapes indictment, he could still be forced to resign
for talking about Plame with a Time magazine reporter.
"People don't seem to want to talk about the possibility that Karl
could be named an unindicted co-conspirator," a third source close to
the case said.
"Can an unindicted co-conspirator remain at the White House?
Personally, I don't think so."
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Flush the treasonous rats outa their holes.
Harry
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