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July 13, 2006

And while we are on the subject of irrelevancy, Valerie Plame looks to dine out on another 15 minutes

ABC BREAKING NEWS

WASHINGTON Jul 13, 2006 (AP)— The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career.

In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador, accused Cheney, Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby of revealing Plame's CIA identity in seeking revenge against Wilson for criticizing the Bush administration's motives in Iraq.

Guess Val wasn't listening Robert Novak's recent interviews.
The discussions with his original source, who has not yet been named, and with Karl Rove, were initiated by Novak and were discussions pertaining generally to the Niger uranium story, not the specific issue of who sent Wilson on the mission.

Novak says he did not believe the information regarding Plame from the original source was a conscious leak.

The references to Plame came up in the middle of the discussions. Novak was the one that asked why Wilson would have been chosen for the mission.

Not only was nobody pushing Novak the information about Valerie Plame, but Novak says that nobody in the administration ever said anything critical of Wilson to him.

Novak's discussion of Valerie Plame with Rove lasted about 20 seconds and consisted of Novak saying he heard Wilson's wife worked at the CIA and played a role in Wilson getting the mission and Rove replying "Oh, you know that, too?"

Oh, Mr. DeMille? Valerie is ready for her shot now!

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Posted by Darleen at July 13, 2006 01:18 PM

Comments

Riiight, because if anyone can be trusted to tell the unvarnished truth in this matter, it's certainly Bob Novak.

Posted by: Josh at July 13, 2006 02:54 PM

Ok, so you where privy to these conversations, where you Josh?

Alternatively, is Bob Novak less reliable than, say, oh, the NYTimes?

What poor Valerie and Joe have forgotten is that discovery (the legal type) works both ways. They're about to find out what it is like to be at the sharp end of the spear.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at July 14, 2006 11:50 AM

That scum-bag opportunist under cross.... there is a G_d.....

Posted by: Big Bang Hunter at July 14, 2006 02:15 PM

Did I claim that I was privy to them? Seems not. The NYTimes has nothing to do with this, and your crowing about discovery is a bit odd considering Rove and Cheney are likely to be deposed as well, unless they get a hack judge who buys the executive privilege bs they will inevitably claim.

Posted by: Josh at July 14, 2006 02:46 PM

Short version - You always know if a Lefty call's a judge a hack he must be following the Constitution, instead of re-writing it.

Posted by: Big Bang Hunter at July 14, 2006 07:46 PM