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Questions Raised about Tim Russert's Story |
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 10:17 a.m. EST
Questions Raised about Tim Russert's Story
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/3/102415.shtml
NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert told Leakgate probers that he
had no idea Joe Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA employee before
her name surfaced in Robert Novak's fateful July 14, 2003 column, and
that he was stunned upon learning that Lewis "Scooter" Libby claimed
he got that information from him.
But an account by senior NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell raises
questions about whether Mr. Russert may have known about Plame's
employment well before the Novak column.
On Oct. 3, 2003, Mitchell was a guest on CNBC's now-defunct "Capital
Report," where she was asked by host Alan Murray:
"Do we have any idea how widely known it was in Washington that Joe
Wilson's wife worked for the CIA?"
Mitchell replied: "It was widely known among those of us who cover the
intelligence community and who were actively engaged in trying to
track down who among the foreign service community was the envoy to
Niger. So a number of us began to pick up on that."
Mitchell's "widely known" characterization flatly contradicts
assertions last Friday by Leakgate Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald,
who repeatedly insisted that Plame's association with the CIA "was not
widely known."
But perhaps more importantly, if Plame's work was an open secret in
media circles [according to Mitchell], how is it that her boss, Mr.
Russert, who - as NBC Washington bureau chief was presumably
monitoring developments in "the intelligence community" as they
related to the Wilson story - would have been oblivious to this same
"widely known" information?
In fact, according to the text of Fitzgerald's indictment, Libby's
version of events more closely matches Mitchell's on the subject of
who knew about Plame's employment.
Fitzgerald said Libby claimed:
"During a conversation with Tim Russert of NBC News on July 10 or 11,
2003, Russert asked LIBBY if LIBBY was aware that Wilson’s wife worked
for the CIA. LIBBY responded to Russert that he did not know that, and
Russert replied that all the reporters knew it." [Page 11 of Libby's
Indictment] None of this means that Mr. Libby actually told the truth
and that Fitzgerald's star witness against him, Tim Russert, perhaps
didn't.
But Mr. Russert might want to clear the air and explain how he managed
to stay in the dark about key information in a case that was the talk
of the town in early July 2003 - while the same information was
"widely known," according a senior reporter who worked under him.
--
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy." -- John Updike
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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07 Nov 2005 02:39:05 AM |
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Captain Compassion wrote:
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 10:17 a.m. EST
Questions Raised about Tim Russert's Story
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/3/102415.shtml
NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert told Leakgate probers that he
had no idea Joe Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA employee before
her name surfaced in Robert Novak's fateful July 14, 2003 column, and
that he was stunned upon learning that Lewis "Scooter" Libby claimed
he got that information from him.
But an account by senior NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell raises
questions about whether Mr. Russert may have known about Plame's
employment well before the Novak column.
All of that is a non-issue.
Scooter was indicted for perjury - not for release of restricted
information.
Next attempted cover-up, please.
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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07 Nov 2005 10:11:06 AM |
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On 7 Nov 2005 00:39:05 -0800, wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 10:17 a.m. EST
Questions Raised about Tim Russert's Story
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/3/102415.shtml
NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert told Leakgate probers that he
had no idea Joe Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA employee before
her name surfaced in Robert Novak's fateful July 14, 2003 column, and
that he was stunned upon learning that Lewis "Scooter" Libby claimed
he got that information from him.
But an account by senior NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell raises
questions about whether Mr. Russert may have known about Plame's
employment well before the Novak column.
All of that is a non-issue.
Scooter was indicted for perjury - not for release of restricted
information.
Next attempted cover-up, please.
This goes to the heart of the Libby defense. If Libby lawyers can that
some reporters knew of the Wilson/Plame/CIA link prior to statements
by Libby to the press then it lends some credibility to his
statements. It is Fitz's position that without Libby then the press
would not have known about Plame.
--
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy." -- John Updike
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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| User: "Neocon Oil Cheerleaders" |
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03 Nov 2005 11:10:14 PM |
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In article <nmilm1tttkfu2n0bdl08928mh9rfd9bpmm@4ax.com>, says...
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 10:17 a.m. EST
Questions Raised about Tim Russert's Story
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/3/102415.shtml
NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert told Leakgate probers that he
had no idea Joe Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA employee before
her name surfaced in Robert Novak's fateful July 14, 2003 column, and
that he was stunned upon learning that Lewis "Scooter" Libby claimed
he got that information from him.
But an account by senior NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell raises
questions about whether Mr. Russert may have known about Plame's
employment well before the Novak column.
On Oct. 3, 2003, Mitchell was a guest on CNBC's now-defunct "Capital
Report," where she was asked by host Alan Murray:
"Do we have any idea how widely known it was in Washington that Joe
Wilson's wife worked for the CIA?"
Mitchell replied: "It was widely known among those of us who cover the
intelligence community and who were actively engaged in trying to
track down who among the foreign service community was the envoy to
Niger. So a number of us began to pick up on that."
Mitchell's "widely known" characterization flatly contradicts
assertions last Friday by Leakgate Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald,
who repeatedly insisted that Plame's association with the CIA "was not
widely known."
But perhaps more importantly, if Plame's work was an open secret in
media circles [according to Mitchell], how is it that her boss, Mr.
Russert, who - as NBC Washington bureau chief was presumably
monitoring developments in "the intelligence community" as they
related to the Wilson story - would have been oblivious to this same
"widely known" information?
In fact, according to the text of Fitzgerald's indictment, Libby's
version of events more closely matches Mitchell's on the subject of
who knew about Plame's employment.
Fitzgerald said Libby claimed:
"During a conversation with Tim Russert of NBC News on July 10 or 11,
2003, Russert asked LIBBY if LIBBY was aware that Wilson?s wife worked
for the CIA. LIBBY responded to Russert that he did not know that, and
Russert replied that all the reporters knew it." [Page 11 of Libby's
Indictment] None of this means that Mr. Libby actually told the truth
and that Fitzgerald's star witness against him, Tim Russert, perhaps
didn't.
But Mr. Russert might want to clear the air and explain how he managed
to stay in the dark about key information in a case that was the talk
of the town in early July 2003 - while the same information was
"widely known," according a senior reporter who worked under him.
Andrea Mitchell? She's been coming up with a lot
***** lately. What's her problem? She's not
even a serious journalist anymore. Move over
Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh.
look at these:
http://tinyurl.com/7qp2d
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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04 Nov 2005 10:19:56 AM |
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 21:10:14 -0800, Neocon Oil Cheerleaders
<no@nospspam.com> wrote:
In article <nmilm1tttkfu2n0bdl08928mh9rfd9bpmm@4ax.com>, says...
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 10:17 a.m. EST
Questions Raised about Tim Russert's Story
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/3/102415.shtml
NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert told Leakgate probers that he
had no idea Joe Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA employee before
her name surfaced in Robert Novak's fateful July 14, 2003 column, and
that he was stunned upon learning that Lewis "Scooter" Libby claimed
he got that information from him.
But an account by senior NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell raises
questions about whether Mr. Russert may have known about Plame's
employment well before the Novak column.
On Oct. 3, 2003, Mitchell was a guest on CNBC's now-defunct "Capital
Report," where she was asked by host Alan Murray:
"Do we have any idea how widely known it was in Washington that Joe
Wilson's wife worked for the CIA?"
Mitchell replied: "It was widely known among those of us who cover the
intelligence community and who were actively engaged in trying to
track down who among the foreign service community was the envoy to
Niger. So a number of us began to pick up on that."
Mitchell's "widely known" characterization flatly contradicts
assertions last Friday by Leakgate Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald,
who repeatedly insisted that Plame's association with the CIA "was not
widely known."
But perhaps more importantly, if Plame's work was an open secret in
media circles [according to Mitchell], how is it that her boss, Mr.
Russert, who - as NBC Washington bureau chief was presumably
monitoring developments in "the intelligence community" as they
related to the Wilson story - would have been oblivious to this same
"widely known" information?
In fact, according to the text of Fitzgerald's indictment, Libby's
version of events more closely matches Mitchell's on the subject of
who knew about Plame's employment.
Fitzgerald said Libby claimed:
"During a conversation with Tim Russert of NBC News on July 10 or 11,
2003, Russert asked LIBBY if LIBBY was aware that Wilson?s wife worked
for the CIA. LIBBY responded to Russert that he did not know that, and
Russert replied that all the reporters knew it." [Page 11 of Libby's
Indictment] None of this means that Mr. Libby actually told the truth
and that Fitzgerald's star witness against him, Tim Russert, perhaps
didn't.
But Mr. Russert might want to clear the air and explain how he managed
to stay in the dark about key information in a case that was the talk
of the town in early July 2003 - while the same information was
"widely known," according a senior reporter who worked under him.
Andrea Mitchell? She's been coming up with a lot
***** lately. What's her problem? She's not
even a serious journalist anymore. Move over
Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh.
Expect to see her as a witness in the Libby trial.
--
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy." -- John Updike
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
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| User: "Neocon Oil Cheerleaders" |
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04 Nov 2005 11:30:29 PM |
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In article <3g2nm1t7n96dv6cas73069vq823rpno8ou@4ax.com>, says...
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 21:10:14 -0800, Neocon Oil Cheerleaders
<no@nospspam.com> wrote:
In article <nmilm1tttkfu2n0bdl08928mh9rfd9bpmm@4ax.com>, says...
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 10:17 a.m. EST
Questions Raised about Tim Russert's Story
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/3/102415.shtml
NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert told Leakgate probers that he
had no idea Joe Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA employee before
her name surfaced in Robert Novak's fateful July 14, 2003 column, and
that he was stunned upon learning that Lewis "Scooter" Libby claimed
he got that information from him.
But an account by senior NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell raises
questions about whether Mr. Russert may have known about Plame's
employment well before the Novak column.
On Oct. 3, 2003, Mitchell was a guest on CNBC's now-defunct "Capital
Report," where she was asked by host Alan Murray:
"Do we have any idea how widely known it was in Washington that Joe
Wilson's wife worked for the CIA?"
Mitchell replied: "It was widely known among those of us who cover the
intelligence community and who were actively engaged in trying to
track down who among the foreign service community was the envoy to
Niger. So a number of us began to pick up on that."
Mitchell's "widely known" characterization flatly contradicts
assertions last Friday by Leakgate Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald,
who repeatedly insisted that Plame's association with the CIA "was not
widely known."
But perhaps more importantly, if Plame's work was an open secret in
media circles [according to Mitchell], how is it that her boss, Mr.
Russert, who - as NBC Washington bureau chief was presumably
monitoring developments in "the intelligence community" as they
related to the Wilson story - would have been oblivious to this same
"widely known" information?
In fact, according to the text of Fitzgerald's indictment, Libby's
version of events more closely matches Mitchell's on the subject of
who knew about Plame's employment.
Fitzgerald said Libby claimed:
"During a conversation with Tim Russert of NBC News on July 10 or 11,
2003, Russert asked LIBBY if LIBBY was aware that Wilson?s wife worked
for the CIA. LIBBY responded to Russert that he did not know that, and
Russert replied that all the reporters knew it." [Page 11 of Libby's
Indictment] None of this means that Mr. Libby actually told the truth
and that Fitzgerald's star witness against him, Tim Russert, perhaps
didn't.
But Mr. Russert might want to clear the air and explain how he managed
to stay in the dark about key information in a case that was the talk
of the town in early July 2003 - while the same information was
"widely known," according a senior reporter who worked under him.
Andrea Mitchell? She's been coming up with a lot
***** lately. What's her problem? She's not
even a serious journalist anymore. Move over
Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh.
Expect to see her as a witness in the Libby trial.
Wait a minute, when you quote Mitchell "...who among the foreign service
community was the envoy to Niger...." isn't she talking about ambassador
Wilson, not Valerie Plame? So Mitchell was saying that it was widely known
that Joe Wilson was the envoy, not that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA.
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05 Nov 2005 12:34:53 PM |
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"Neocon Oil Cheerleaders" <no@nospspam.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1dd5e336917ddd5e9897eb@newsgroups.comcast.net...
In article <3g2nm1t7n96dv6cas73069vq823rpno8ou@4ax.com>,
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net says...
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 21:10:14 -0800, Neocon Oil Cheerleaders
<no@nospspam.com> wrote:
In article <nmilm1tttkfu2n0bdl08928mh9rfd9bpmm@4ax.com>,
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net says...
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 10:17 a.m. EST
Questions Raised about Tim Russert's Story
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/3/102415.shtml
NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert told Leakgate probers that he
had no idea Joe Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA employee before
her name surfaced in Robert Novak's fateful July 14, 2003 column, and
that he was stunned upon learning that Lewis "Scooter" Libby claimed
he got that information from him.
But an account by senior NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell raises
questions about whether Mr. Russert may have known about Plame's
employment well before the Novak column.
On Oct. 3, 2003, Mitchell was a guest on CNBC's now-defunct "Capital
Report," where she was asked by host Alan Murray:
"Do we have any idea how widely known it was in Washington that Joe
Wilson's wife worked for the CIA?"
Mitchell replied: "It was widely known among those of us who cover the
intelligence community and who were actively engaged in trying to
track down who among the foreign service community was the envoy to
Niger. So a number of us began to pick up on that."
<snip>
Wait a minute, when you quote Mitchell "...who among the foreign service
community was the envoy to Niger...." isn't she talking about ambassador
Wilson, not Valerie Plame?
Yes, she was talking about the envoy--Wilson.
So Mitchell was saying that it was widely known
that Joe Wilson was the envoy, not that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA.
Newsmax handily edited out the remainder of Mithcell's reply on CNBC. Here
it is in full:
"It was widely known among those of us who cover the intelligence community
and who were actively engaged in trying to track down who among the foreign
service community was the envoy to Niger. So a number of us began to pick up
on that. But frankly I wasn't aware of her actual role at the CIA and the
fact that she had a covert role involving weapons of mass destruction, not
until Bob Novak wrote it."
So, essentially, they knew of Plame through her relationship with the envoy
to Nigeria but not through her relationship with the CIA.
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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05 Nov 2005 02:03:20 PM |
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:34:53 GMT, "NoMo" <nothere@earthlink.net>
wrote:
"Neocon Oil Cheerleaders" <no@nospspam.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1dd5e336917ddd5e9897eb@newsgroups.comcast.net...
In article <3g2nm1t7n96dv6cas73069vq823rpno8ou@4ax.com>,
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net says...
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 21:10:14 -0800, Neocon Oil Cheerleaders
<no@nospspam.com> wrote:
In article <nmilm1tttkfu2n0bdl08928mh9rfd9bpmm@4ax.com>,
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net says...
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 10:17 a.m. EST
Questions Raised about Tim Russert's Story
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/3/102415.shtml
NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert told Leakgate probers that he
had no idea Joe Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA employee before
her name surfaced in Robert Novak's fateful July 14, 2003 column, and
that he was stunned upon learning that Lewis "Scooter" Libby claimed
he got that information from him.
But an account by senior NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell raises
questions about whether Mr. Russert may have known about Plame's
employment well before the Novak column.
On Oct. 3, 2003, Mitchell was a guest on CNBC's now-defunct "Capital
Report," where she was asked by host Alan Murray:
"Do we have any idea how widely known it was in Washington that Joe
Wilson's wife worked for the CIA?"
Mitchell replied: "It was widely known among those of us who cover the
intelligence community and who were actively engaged in trying to
track down who among the foreign service community was the envoy to
Niger. So a number of us began to pick up on that."
<snip>
Wait a minute, when you quote Mitchell "...who among the foreign service
community was the envoy to Niger...." isn't she talking about ambassador
Wilson, not Valerie Plame?
Yes, she was talking about the envoy--Wilson.
So Mitchell was saying that it was widely known
that Joe Wilson was the envoy, not that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA.
Newsmax handily edited out the remainder of Mithcell's reply on CNBC. Here
it is in full:
"It was widely known among those of us who cover the intelligence community
and who were actively engaged in trying to track down who among the foreign
service community was the envoy to Niger. So a number of us began to pick up
on that. But frankly I wasn't aware of her actual role at the CIA and the
fact that she had a covert role involving weapons of mass destruction, not
until Bob Novak wrote it."
But Mitchell knew Mrs. Wilson (Plame) was working for the CIA. Novak
didn't say that Plame was covert. That was David Corn several days
later.
So, essentially, they knew of Plame through her relationship with the envoy
to Nigeria but not through her relationship with the CIA.
"I wasn't aware of her actual role at the CIA..." Mitchell knew why
didn't Russert her boss.
--
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy." -- John Updike
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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07 Nov 2005 12:43:32 AM |
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In article <3m3qm1t03kcrsa3j0rreb2t1sc29mo5teb@4ax.com>, says...
On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:34:53 GMT, "NoMo" <nothere@earthlink.net>
wrote:
"Neocon Oil Cheerleaders" <no@nospspam.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1dd5e336917ddd5e9897eb@newsgroups.comcast.net...
In article <3g2nm1t7n96dv6cas73069vq823rpno8ou@4ax.com>,
says...
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 21:10:14 -0800, Neocon Oil Cheerleaders
<no@nospspam.com> wrote:
In article <nmilm1tttkfu2n0bdl08928mh9rfd9bpmm@4ax.com>,
says...
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 10:17 a.m. EST
Questions Raised about Tim Russert's Story
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/3/102415.shtml
NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert told Leakgate probers that he
had no idea Joe Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA employee before
her name surfaced in Robert Novak's fateful July 14, 2003 column, and
that he was stunned upon learning that Lewis "Scooter" Libby claimed
he got that information from him.
But an account by senior NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell raises
questions about whether Mr. Russert may have known about Plame's
employment well before the Novak column.
On Oct. 3, 2003, Mitchell was a guest on CNBC's now-defunct "Capital
Report," where she was asked by host Alan Murray:
"Do we have any idea how widely known it was in Washington that Joe
Wilson's wife worked for the CIA?"
Mitchell replied: "It was widely known among those of us who cover the
intelligence community and who were actively engaged in trying to
track down who among the foreign service community was the envoy to
Niger. So a number of us began to pick up on that."
<snip>
Wait a minute, when you quote Mitchell "...who among the foreign service
community was the envoy to Niger...." isn't she talking about ambassador
Wilson, not Valerie Plame?
Yes, she was talking about the envoy--Wilson.
So Mitchell was saying that it was widely known
that Joe Wilson was the envoy, not that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA.
Newsmax handily edited out the remainder of Mithcell's reply on CNBC. Here
it is in full:
"It was widely known among those of us who cover the intelligence community
and who were actively engaged in trying to track down who among the foreign
service community was the envoy to Niger. So a number of us began to pick up
on that. But frankly I wasn't aware of her actual role at the CIA and the
fact that she had a covert role involving weapons of mass destruction, not
until Bob Novak wrote it."
But Mitchell knew Mrs. Wilson (Plame) was working for the CIA. Novak
didn't say that Plame was covert. That was David Corn several days
later.
So, essentially, they knew of Plame through her relationship with the envoy
to Nigeria but not through her relationship with the CIA.
"I wasn't aware of her actual role at the CIA..." Mitchell knew why
didn't Russert her boss.
The statement "But frankly I wasn't aware of her actual role at the CIA and
the fact that she had a covert role involving weapons of mass destruction,
not until Bob Novak wrote it." is misleading or ambiguous, she doesn't
unequivocally say here that she knew Plame worked for the CIA at all. Is
this the quote you are relying on, or do you have something better?
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07 Nov 2005 01:04:35 AM |
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On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 22:43:32 -0800, Neocon Oil Cheerleaders
<no@nospspam.com> wrote:
In article <3m3qm1t03kcrsa3j0rreb2t1sc29mo5teb@4ax.com>, says...
On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:34:53 GMT, "NoMo" <nothere@earthlink.net>
wrote:
"Neocon Oil Cheerleaders" <no@nospspam.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1dd5e336917ddd5e9897eb@newsgroups.comcast.net...
In article <3g2nm1t7n96dv6cas73069vq823rpno8ou@4ax.com>,
says...
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 21:10:14 -0800, Neocon Oil Cheerleaders
<no@nospspam.com> wrote:
In article <nmilm1tttkfu2n0bdl08928mh9rfd9bpmm@4ax.com>,
says...
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 10:17 a.m. EST
Questions Raised about Tim Russert's Story
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/3/102415.shtml
NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert told Leakgate probers that he
had no idea Joe Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA employee before
her name surfaced in Robert Novak's fateful July 14, 2003 column, and
that he was stunned upon learning that Lewis "Scooter" Libby claimed
he got that information from him.
But an account by senior NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell raises
questions about whether Mr. Russert may have known about Plame's
employment well before the Novak column.
On Oct. 3, 2003, Mitchell was a guest on CNBC's now-defunct "Capital
Report," where she was asked by host Alan Murray:
"Do we have any idea how widely known it was in Washington that Joe
Wilson's wife worked for the CIA?"
Mitchell replied: "It was widely known among those of us who cover the
intelligence community and who were actively engaged in trying to
track down who among the foreign service community was the envoy to
Niger. So a number of us began to pick up on that."
<snip>
Wait a minute, when you quote Mitchell "...who among the foreign service
community was the envoy to Niger...." isn't she talking about ambassador
Wilson, not Valerie Plame?
Yes, she was talking about the envoy--Wilson.
So Mitchell was saying that it was widely known
that Joe Wilson was the envoy, not that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA.
Newsmax handily edited out the remainder of Mithcell's reply on CNBC. Here
it is in full:
"It was widely known among those of us who cover the intelligence community
and who were actively engaged in trying to track down who among the foreign
service community was the envoy to Niger. So a number of us began to pick up
on that. But frankly I wasn't aware of her actual role at the CIA and the
fact that she had a covert role involving weapons of mass destruction, not
until Bob Novak wrote it."
But Mitchell knew Mrs. Wilson (Plame) was working for the CIA. Novak
didn't say that Plame was covert. That was David Corn several days
later.
So, essentially, they knew of Plame through her relationship with the envoy
to Nigeria but not through her relationship with the CIA.
"I wasn't aware of her actual role at the CIA..." Mitchell knew why
didn't Russert her boss.
The statement "But frankly I wasn't aware of her actual role at the CIA and
the fact that she had a covert role involving weapons of mass destruction,
not until Bob Novak wrote it." is misleading or ambiguous, she doesn't
unequivocally say here that she knew Plame worked for the CIA at all. Is
this the quote you are relying on, or do you have something better?
I suspect that this will be hashed out in testimony.
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so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
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