- Introduction:
Plamegate
 - Plamegate, Treasongate, Cheneygate...It's just a minor story mixed
into the decades-long run-up to the Iraq invasion / occupation...and very
much related to events surrounding the Downing
Street Memo of July 23, 2002. It's about the neocon push to
war versus the 'old guard' CIA that wouldn't go along with the Bush
administration intelligence manipulation. See Franklingate.com
- The journalism source id issue is just a smokescreen.
Who is Judith Miller protecting and what facts are not being revealed
by her being in jail?
- When
the American public finally connects these three events: (1) Plamegate, the
(2) AIPAC / Franklin / Rosen /Weissman Pentagon mole indictment
and (3) Bush's 2003 State of the Union lies and real sources of Niger
yellowcake forged documents, then
finally we could see the impeachment of Bush. That's what this
website is about. and see Franklingate.com....back to Plamegate.
- Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982.
see
Federal Judge Thomas F. Hogan. IIPA violation difficult to prove.
Common
Dreams "How to Prosecute the Plame Case"
- Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV and wife Valerie. Vanity
Fair
- Valerie Plame (Valerie Wilson) agency operative, Bob
Novak 'outed' her in a Sun-Times article (see below), citing "two senior administration
officials" as sources. George Tenet asked the Justice Dept to review
the matter, that is now a formal investigation. Washington
Post search Plame Wilson Rove.
- The Plame outing: Was it Bush administration retaliation for former Ambassador Wilson's
anti-administration stance and / or neocon leak laundering to advance their
agenda? see Franklingate.com and
how is it connected to Bush's 2003 State of the
Union address, and the 16 words: "The
British government has learned the Sadam Hussein recently sought
significant quantities of uranium from Africa." There is much
speculation the Bush administration is responsible for the forged
document. see Franklingate.com
- For two years the Whitehouse had insisted the Rove
and Libby had no connection to the leak. NYTimes
And see "Did Time Intentionally
Deceive its Readers in Plame Case? NewsWire
fair use copy,
- Both Rove and Libby told investigators the learned
of Plame's id from reporters...will these statements be the basis of
perjury investigations? Libby did talk to Miller before Novak's outing.
How did Miller learn about
Plame's CIA identity Wanniski
Report and 3rd source? Mediachannel
- Were Cheney and the National
Security Council, laundering leaks through Miller
to to stop the work of Plame's Brewster and Jennings &
Associates? see Franklingate.com:
All the characters in Plamegate can be linked in some fashion to
AIPAC / Franklin Pentagon mole case and the forged yellowcake
document.Wayne
Madsen Report
- Plame (Brewster Jennings &
Asscociates) was not an unimportant operation and were like other units
instrumental in exposing the Pakistani role in exporting nuclear
technology to Libya. Dissident
Voice
- The Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence is investigating the source of the forged document that
led to Bush's retracted statement in the SOTU about yellowcake, Niger,
Sadam Hussein links. The characters in that investigation are
also included in Plamegate and 'Franklingate'
- How significant is the State Dept memo
to explaining how Whitehouse officials learned of Plame's id and
when. NYTimes
and Washington Post. (“ State
Dept. memo gets scrutiny… ,” New York Times, July 16,
2005; “ Probe
Centers on Rove, Memo, Phone Calls, ” Bloomberg.com, July 18,
2005; “ Plame’s
Identity Marked as Secret, ” Washington Post, July 21,
2005). Commondreams
INR memo. Is this how Rove learned of Plame's id?
- Is there a connection between Miller getting an
anthrax letter, her going to jail in Leakgate, and her being in on all
lead stories about WMD (based on Chalabi info), and being an embedded reporter in the
invasion? on Mobile Exploitation Team MET Alpha during Iraq
invasion, and Ahmed Chalabi relationship, more
NewYorkMetro
and NY Times never really admits it was fooled by Chalabi. Michael
Maloof. Office of Special Plans. Wolfowitz, Feith. and
('banana in your pocket'). and SW-Asia
- Does Rove have history of
leaks to Novak?
to c
- Leakers and Leak Launderers: Is
this story relevant to Plamegate: Judith Miller in
2002 Fitzgerald had been investigating three Islamic charities accused
of supporting terrorism __ the
Holy Land Foundation, the Global Relief Foundation and the Benevolence
International Foundation. But just before his investigators
could swoop in with warrants, two of the charities in question were
tipped off and destroyed a lot of evidence. Judith Miller
and another New York Times reporter were used to launder leaks. Just
one in a series of leaks that will all relate to Plamegate
- Timeline
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- 1970 Rove, dirty
tricks start in Alan Dixon
campaign,
Illinois. search net for sordid details
- search net: Karl Rove, Nixon...etc Google
Rove a Bush family insider since 1973,
- Senior Bush was chairman of the Republican National
Committee in the 1970s.
- Karl Rove & Co, and Praxis List Company.
Bush Texas re-election campaign. Texas
Observer
- Michael Ledeen (Karl Rove's brain) was denied tenure at
Washington University in St. Louis in 1972 for plagiarism Agonist
- 1980 Plamegate TOP Franklingate
- 1980's Early corruption: Both BCCI and
Saudi Arabia's Mahfouz have historical connections the the Bush
family, also InterMaritime Bank, bailed out Harken Energy in 1987 with
$25 million. Harken Energy then got a no-bid oil lease in 1991,
George W. Bush promptly sold his shares and made a small
fortune....Brewster Jennings & Associates will uncover Bush
connections to build up of Iraq War which will lead to Plame's
outing? and see Wayne
Madsen Report and The
Randi Rhodes Show
- 1986 Rove Dirty Tricks
continue: Office bugging issue in Rove's work for Governor Bill
Clements 1986 campaign against Governor Mark White, the
Democratic incumbent. Rove smeared White into the bugging
of his office...completely unsubstantiated. Texas
Observer
- In Texas, Mr. Rove oversaw both of George W. Bush's
campaigns for governor and both of his runs for the presidency.
- 1986 Miller
Wikipedia
was previously the subject of controversy when
in 1986 she wrote numerous articles on Libya,
thus contributing to a massive disinformation campaign on Muammar
al-Qaddafi which was coordinated by Admiral John
Poindexter of the Reagan
administration
- Texas
Observer article: Bush's Hit Man, Karl
Rove wins...by any means necessary. by Louis Dubose
- 1990 Plamegate TOP Franklingate
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- 1990 When Hussein invaded
Kuwait, Cheney was secretary of Defense and Libby was a deputy to Paul
Wolfowitz, then undersecretary of Defense for policy. Cheney and
Libby were skeptical of the CIA.
- 1991 Cheney / Libby
clashed with CIA over credibility of Chalabi and INC
- 1990 Mylroie and Miller
co-authored "Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf"
- 1992 Rove fired from 1992 Bush Sr. presidential campaign
after he tried to smear Bush's fund raising chief Robert Mosbacher Jr
). Planted false raising fund dissatisfaction story on Robert
Novak. Clark copy
- Search: Ann Richards, Rep. Garnet Coleman, Mario
Gallegos, Jr., Tom Paulken, Warren Chisum, George Shipley, Robert
Bryce, Texas Rangers, SCI, Jim Hightower, 76 in 96, 8 in 98,
Associated Republicans in Texas, Susan Weddington, caucus system over
party primary, Texas
Observer, Clark
to copy please reference Stephen C Francis NewsFollowUp.com
- 1994 Brewster
Jennings & Associates became active. Wayne
Madsen Report
- 1994 Israel
Hernandez (WH Bush aide) begins working for Bush, Texas, gubernatorial
campaign. Will appear before Plamegate grand jury.
- 1994 Hollinger
International Wikipedia
Richard Perle Miller
path thru Sun Times, Burt boy toy
- 1996 William Luti,
Office of House Speaker Newt Gingrich: Congressional Fellow
- 1996 John Deutch, misuse
of classified data APFN
Clinton appointed him to WMD commission 1997
- 2000 Plamegate TOP
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- 2000 Indyk, stripped of
security clearance? What are Rove, Novak ties to Rosen?
- Indyk Miller
connections?
- Mid 2000 Able Danger, Zaman
Two out of three 9/11 terrorist cells id'd one year before 9/11 event,
according to Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, but Pentagon lawyers cancelled
meetings to report the info. 9/11 Commission ignored Able Danger
reports. Zaman
- Sept 26, 2000 The day in
history that the New York Times it admitted it hyped a story.
Wen Ho Lee, Los Alamos, China spy story Press
Think. search net "Wen Ho Lee" Chalabi
- 2001 Plamegate
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- 2001 William Luti,
served as Special Adviser to VP Cheney for National Security Affairs
(Middle East)
- Feb 2001 Another hype by
the New York Times that may be related to Plamegate?, Franklingate?
via Bush / Rove / Cheney / Libby? The case of Wen Ho Lee, search
terms: Los Alamos, reliance of stories content on government leaks and
stories, Energy Department, Notra Trulock, right wing organization
Free Congress Foundation, W-88 warhead, The
Nation Feb 2001.
- Jul, Aug 2001 John
O'Neill (New York FBI Counterterror chief, died in WTC 9/11), reported
to be under investigation for misplacing a briefcase, later found but
big splash in headlines. Why? And controversy with Bin
Laden investigation in Yemen.
- Sept 4, 2001 John
O'Neill, left FBI under a cloud, Judith Miller
NYTimes propaganda campaign, see Vernon Loeb article Washington Post,
search Yemen investigation, briefcase incident, RexResearch
- Sept 11, 2001 WTC
- Ted Olson, Bush Solicitor General,
served as defense attorney for Jonathan Pollard. Pollard was convicted
of spying for Israel.
- Oct, 2001 CIA received
and dismissed forged report on Niger / Iraq yellowcake. A French
consortium controlled the mines making the concept incredulous.
Elizabeth Burba of Panorama (Italian) magazine provided U.S. with
docs. Cheny and Bolton pushed it, Tenet tried to stop it.
Docs handled by SISMI or SISDE, Italy, but produced in U.S. Michael
Leeden? (Iran-Contra, Israel, Jewish Institute for National Security
Affairs (JINSA). Other names: Harold Rhode (investigation into
passing highly classified information to Israel.) Anti-war
- Oct 5, 2001 Bush
disclosure order, that severely curtailed intelligence oversight by
restricting classified information to just eight Congressional
leaders. Think
Progress
- .2002 Plamegate
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- 2002 WHIG THE
WHITE HOUSE IRAQ GROUP "But someone within
the Administration had to coordinate these concerted propaganda
campaigns. (Iraq War justification) That was the bailiwick and
job-assignment of the WHIG, chaired by Bush's Chief of Staff Andrew
Card, the regular members of which were Karl Rove, the president's
senior political adviser; communications strategists Karen Hughes,
Mary Matalin and James R. Wilkinson; legislative liaison Nicholas E.
Calio; and policy advisers led by Rice and her deputy, Stephen J.
Hadley, along with "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's Chief of Staff.
In other words, WHIG included the key decision makers (Rove, Rice,
Card, Cheney-via Libby), and the key propaganda specialists (Hughes,
Matalin, et al.)." Public
Domain Progress
- 2002 William Luti, Center
for Security Policy Iraq war plans at Franklingate.com
and Dual Loyalties, Chalabi, Wolfowitz, Luti newsfollowup.com
- Jan.
29: Bush 1st SOTU following 9/11, Bush identifies Iraq, Iran, and
North Korea as the "axis of evil," clearly targeting those
three countries for "regime change."
- Feb, 2002 Libby will
tell TIME that Cheney heard about Niger yellowcake in Feb 2002. Cheney
was keenly interested and a meeting of experts was convened including
Wilson and his wife. Aids say Cheney unaware of Wilson's trip. NYTimes
- Feb 12, 2002 Wilsons
trip grew out of a request by Cheney for more info on DIA
report. Plame wrote memo about her husbands
credentials. She told Wilson he had been selected and introduced
him to the meeting on Feb 19, 2002. Bush administration
officials tell a different story....say Plame (who worked on WMD
issues) suggested Wilson for the trip. Washington
Post
- Feb 19, 2002 CIA meeting
on whether Wilson should go to Niger NYTimes
- Los
Angeles Times article written Aug 25, 2005 summarizing events
leading up Wilson's Niger trip
- CIA maintains that Wilson was chosen by officials in
the Directorate of Operations counterproliferation division (CPD)
(Valerie Plame worked in CPD) Washington
Post
- Mar 5, 2002 CIA
interviewed Wilson upon returning from Niger. NYTimes
- Mar 9, 2002 After trip
to Africa, Wilson tells CIA yellowcake allegations are
"bogus" and the agency sends a March 9 memo to the White
House with Wilson's findings. Time
- June 11, 2002 Zionist
Organization of America, Mission dinner... to make themselves
heard. Addresses by Alan Keyes, Michael Ledeen(AEI) and Rafi Barak
(indictment FO-1), also speeches by Aaron Miller (Senior State
Dept official), Douglas Feith and David Schenker, Assistant Secretary
of Defense.
- July 23, 2002 actual
meeting minutes transcribed during the British PM's meeting. Show Bush
intent on Iraq invasion. many other documents.
Downing
Street Memo and Daily
Kos Kwiatkowski
- Aug 2002 Creation of the
Whitehouse Iraq Group. Three known members coordinated response
to Wilson's 2003 op-ed piece. Downing
Street Memo and True
Blue Liberal
- OSP, headed by Shulsky, by now had separate spaces
within NESA Daily
Kos Kwiatkowski
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at Franklingate.com
- Remember Sen. Paul Wellstone,
martyr.
- Sept, 2002 Miller and
Gordon article "Whitehouse Lists Iraq Steps To Build Banned
Weapons", on aluminum tubes, biolabs, defectors Hamza,
Saeed, Perle and Chalabi slam CIA for ignoring INC. Soviet
smallpox, Atropine auto-injectors, Mobile Exploitation
Team. Slate
- Sept 1, 2002 Miller ( FAS
). Background WMD Briefing by Senior Administration Official
- Sept 24, 2002 British
Govt. Report Iraq Dossier, No. 10 Downing Street. newsfollowup.com
- October 10, 2002 House
and Senate resolutions authorizing force against Iraq site British
intelligence report claiming Iraq sought uranium from Africa. Time
- National Intelligence Estimate, Key Judgments FAS
- Ashcroft received numerous detailed briefings
from Christopher Wray and John Dion (Justice Dept) and Libby
(Cheney) Politics of
Truth
- Rice NYT article blasts UN report on Iraq's effort to
get uranium abroad.....and then Bush's SOTU Jan 28. But Powell
dropped Iraq-uranium connection in speech to UN. Two weeks
before the war starts, ElBaradei confirms the forged docs facts.
Rosebud? Cheney
- Jan 23, 2003 Miller
New York Times article: wrote that Ihsan Saeed al-Haideri claimed that
chemical and biological weapons labs were hidden beneath hospitals and
inside palaces. see Wikipedia
Richard Perle.... Dissident
Voice,.AJR
- Los
Angeles Times article written Aug 25, 2005 summarizing events
leading up to Bush State of the Union speech.
- Jan 28, 2003 (Transcript
of “ State
of the Unio, Whitehouse.gov" ).
- Investigate AMDOCS, war criminals
- March 2003 Sen. Jay
Rockefeller asks for probe into forged yellowcake docs that showed up
in U.S. Embassy in Rome, 2002. APFN
names Rocco Martino, see Financial Times. and Talking
Points Memo
- March 3, 2003 IEAE head
tells the UN Security Council that, after a “thorough analysis”
with “concurrence of outside experts,” that the Italian
documents— “which formed the basis for the reports of recent
uranium transactions between Iraq and Niger—are in fact not
authentic.” ( Status
of Nuclear Inspections in Iraq.
- March 8, 2003 Wilson
learns that his wife's outing began in the "Office of the Vice
President". Cheney, Libby, Gingrich...others present?
- April 30, 2003:
JINSA sponsors a
conference featuring Ledeen, he declares, "It is time to
focus on Iran, the mother of modern terrorism.... The time for
diplomacy is at an end; it is time for a free Iran, free Syria, and
free Lebanon."
- May 6, 2003 New
York Times article mentions Wilson's trip to Niger to investigate
yellowcake claims. Wilson told Kristoff of forged Niger
docs. Wilson didn't want to be named in article.
Article talks about Cheney role.
- June......................................................
- June 2003 What
Really Happened, article list Jun 03
- June 2003 Washington
Post says White House officials (Rove, Libby and CIA officers assigned
to WH) first learned Plame's CIA id in June 2003 from reporters.
Independent Media TV
- Pincus inquired the CIA
about Wilson's trip to Niger. Plame's CIA unit was
contacted. Undersecretary of State Mark Grossman asked for and
received a memo on Wilson's trip from Carl Ford (INR). Powell
read it and possible Armitage, but didn't speak to the WH about it
until after July 6. TIME
- June 8, 2003
Condoleeza
Rice, NSA, attempts to refute story on Meet the Press. She made
"in the bowels of the agency" remark and said Niger claims
were true. NYTimes
- Pincus inquired about Wilson's trip to Niger from
CIA, CIA contacted Plame's unit.
- Grossman (Undersecretary of State) asked for Wilson
Niger trip info from Carl Ford same week as Pincus inquiry.
General discussion of Wilson's trip heightened, and WH may have also
inquired. This all leads to speculation that Rove learned from
administration about Plame and not from reporters as he has stated. TIME.
- June 12, 2003 Washington
Post detailed article on Wilson's trip, forged docs. Played down
by WH, State Dept, CIA. WH tees off on Wilson.
- June 10, 2003 A State Dept INR
( Bureau of Intelligence and Research) memo
created for Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Mark
Grossman contained Plame's id. Eventually Colin Powell
interviewed about this memo. memo says Joe Wilson had been
approved for the Niger trip by mid-level CIA officials on the
recommendation of his wife. Used the name Valerie Wilson.
- The memo had an 'S' for Secret stamped on it, the WH
had access to it. And the press will eventually report that the
WH can be held responsible for this fact. NYTimes
- The memo devoted almost entirely to why State Dept didn't
believe SH interested in yellowcake.
- Rove testified that the first time he saw it was when
"people in the special prosecutor's office" showed it to
him" according to Luskin.
- Did Libby, Bartlett, Fleischer see it?
- Carl W. Ford Jr. was asked to explain Wilson's
statements for Powell. He reprinted the memo and changed the
addressee from Grossman to Powell?????
- July
2003 Plamegate
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Henry Waxman, 11 Security Breaches in Plame Case hearing:
"National Security Consequences of Disclosing the Identity of a
Covert Intelligence Agent," was chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)
and Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.).
- Dailykos,
Rove Not Guilty? Cheney stickin' it to the CIA. Miller,
Rove and Libby are minor players?...leak launderers.
- Rocky
Mountain News WMD Bush deception timeline
- "Did
Time Intentionally Deceive its Readers in Plame Case? NewsWire
article copy,
- Wilson: "Wouldn't it be fun to see
Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs?".
after hearing of Rove's "fair game" remark NYTimes
- Was the Whitehouse Iraq Group still in
existence?. Three known members coordinated response to Wilson's
2003 op-ed piece Downing
Street Memo
- July 6, 2003, Monday Bloomberg
Colin Powell asked for Bureau of Intelligence Research memo that is
delivered on July 7, that says Wilson's trip had been approved by
mid-level CIA Officials on the recommendation of his wife who is a
counter-proliferation expert at the CIA, front company: Brewster
Jennings & Associates. Downing
Street Memo
- July 6, 2003, Sunday former
Ambassador Joe Wilson article "What I Didn't Find in Iraq", appears in
New York Times, suggesting that some
of the intelligence related to Iraq's nuclear weapons program was
twisted to exaggerate Saddam Hussein threat. This ignited
Congressional Democrats. NYTimes
- Wilson interviewed for a Washington Post story on '16
words'. and appeared on Meet the Press. Accused Bush of twisting
the facts about Iraq weapons and leading U.S. to war on false
pretenses. NYTimes
- July 6, 2003. Sunday Deputy
Sec of State Armitage called INR director Carl Ford asking about
Wilson Niger claims, wanted info forwarded to Colin
Powell.
- Rove doesn't remember whether he told Novak or vice
versa about Plame? Also strange meeting last few blocks on
way to 'Crossfire' taping where Novak spills all the beans to Wilson
friend. Wilson and friend documented exchange. Wilson and CNN
news division head Eason Jordan exchange words about Novak's
conversation with Wilson friend. American
Prospect
- July 6, 2003, Monday Bloomberg
Colin Powell received the Bureau of Intelligence Research memo
that says Wilson's trip had been approved by mid-level CIA Officials
on the recommendation of his wife,a counter-proliferation expert at
the CIA.
- July 6, 2003, Monday Bloomberg
Novak place a call to Fleischer. It is not known if Fleischer returned
the call.
- July 7, 2003, Monday Bloomberg
article copy: Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will focus on how
Rove and other Bush administration officials dealt with a key fact in
the Bureau of Intelligence Research (INR) memo. The key question
is who else received it and when. Phone records and fax records
were subpoened. Fitzgerald wants both Cooper and Miller to
testify or go to jail...very serious...they know something.
- July 7, 2003, Monday Whitehouse
retracts SOTU Niger claims. Bush
trip to Africa, with Powell and INR memo. Is this how Plame's id
circulated? Calls her Valerie Wilson. Memo clearly states Plame id sensitivity. Did
Bush see the memo? Ari Fleischer has testified on this and Novak
tried to contact him. Air Force One phone logs eventually
subpoenaed for the week of the Africa tour.
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- July 7, 2003, Monday Bloomberg
Fleischer was seen reading the INR memo.
- July 7, 2003 Monday Robert
Novak calls Whitehouse, asked for Ari Fleischer.
- July 8, 2003 Tuesday Rove and
Novak spoke about Plame on July 8, 2003. ( NY Times said a
"a person who has been briefed on the matter" described the
conversation) the conversation turned to Plame as a CIA agent and Wilson Africa trip details, and
said to Novak: "I heard that, too". (remember
there were two 'administration officials") The conversation was
initiated by Novak. Novak wrote the article that outed Plame
July 14th. Novak referred to Wilson's wife by her maiden
name. SFGate,
Time, NYTimes
American
Prospect
- July 8, 2003 Tuesday Miller has
meeting with Libby. What did she tell them, and why didn't she
write a story. Newsday and
Huffington Post
- Miller and Libby discuss Plame. Miller says she
has not received a 'specific' enough waiver to testify. Cooper
says he was given 'specific' waiver. Has Miller asked for
one? Salon
- July 8, 2003 Tuesday Rice
receives NSC briefing book for Sunday talk shows and may have
contained INR (Plame) memo.
- "Did
Time Intentionally Deceive its Readers in Plame Case? NewsWire
fair use copy,
- July 8, 2003 LIBBY SPOKE
TO GLEN KESSLER (see indictment)
“Fitzgerald took a tape-recorded deposition that
will be played to the grand jury from Washington Post reporter Glenn
Kessler. Kessler said he agreed to be interviewed, at the urging of I.
Lewis “Scooter” Libby, chief of staff to Cheney, about two
telephone conversations he had with Libby. Kessler said he told the
prosecutors that in conversations last July 12 and July 18, Libby did
not mention Plame or Wilson.” [Washington Post, 6/24/04] Smirking
Chimp and Antiwar
on "Pentagon guy", "real insider", Kessler
- New
York Magazine, and Arianna Huffington search on Miller
ties. and Talkleft
Miller spoke to Libby on July 8, 2003.
- July 8, 2003 Tuesday Novak /
Rove conversation turns to Plame, identifying her by name. Novak
claims he knows Wilson sent by Plame. Rove responds: "Oh,
you know about it" or according to Rove: "I heard that,
too." see dKosopedia
for more on this, search Eason Jordan.
- Rove provided confirmation to Novak of Plames
id. Salon
- July 9, 2003 Wednesday two top
WH officials disclosed Plame's CIA identity to at least six Washington
journalists as reported in a Sept 28, 2003 Washington Post article.
Bush was in Africa...and fending off questions about '16 words',
citing CIA ok. dKosopedia
- July 9, 2003 Wednesday Senate
Intelligence Committee (Republican leadership) report (smear). Republicans say Hussein was
after uranium citing EU intelligence. Plame did
"specifically recommend" Wilson for trip to Niger in a CPD
memo. Claim that Wilson never saw that docs that were determined
to be forged. Claim Wilson "misspoke" about forged
docs. Claim that CIA did not pass on to WH its own doubts about
yellow cake claims. Smearing CIA and Wilson campaign?
Whitehouse / Republicans silent on effects of outing on intelligence
community..dKosopedia
- July 10, 2003 Thursday Novak
tells Wilson that a CIA source informed him on Plame. Wilson
outraged, gets apology from Novak. Wilson tells Novak Plame has
nothing to do with yellowcake.
- Republicans will eventually try to spin the leak as
an effort by Rove to correct belief that Tenet or Cheney sent Wilson
to Africa....but rather it was Wilson's wife (by outing Plame?..dumb
as Clintons "is is" spin..)
- July 11, 2003. Friday
Rice claims '16 words' conformed to NIE, and DCIA cleared SOTU.
Rice said she learned about forged documents from a TV show, and that
the Whitehouse did not know about Wilson's Niger trip. Seemed to
want to push idea of Whitehouse ignorance on Wilson trip.
- Rove told Cooper about Plame Salon
- July 11, 2003. Friday
Cooper email to Michael Duffy
(bureau chief) "Spoke to Rove on double super secret background
for about two mins before he went on vacation"...."please
don't source this to rove or even WH (Whitehouse).... dKosopedia
- Cooper e-mail: Rove gave him (Cooper) a "big
warning" that Wilson's claims might not be entirely accurate and
that it wasn't the director of the CIA or Cheney who sent Wilson to
Nigeria. Rove (witness account) apparently told Cooper that it was "Wilson's wife,
who apparently works at the agency on WMD issues who authorized the
trip," according to a story in Newsweek's July 18 issue.
- Cooper said Rove ended the call by saying: 'I've
already said too much'. Cooper was not sure what that
meant. Fitzgerald very inquisitive about how Rove learned her
name. and Cooper said they never talked about welfare
reform. dKosopedia
- Tenet takes blame for not cutting Niger claim from
SOTU speech citing pressure from NSC, within days Hadley confesses
also.
- July 11, Friday 2003.
Rove emails Hadley NSA, that he spoke with Cooper, said he didn't take
Cooper's bait (Cooper asked if Bush hurt by Wilson) on Niger questions.
Rove tried to smear Wilson's stories.
- Later that afternoon
Tenet says decision to send Wilson was made by CIA alone. Matthew
Cooper, " What
I told the Grand Jury, ” Time.
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- July 12, 2003.
Pincus (Washington Post), gets 'clue' from Whitehouse that they had
not paid enough attention to Wilson's trip, 'because it was setup...by
his wife'. Pincus never wrote about this but testified and was
deposed on it. Story source: Karl Rove Independent
Media TV
- Pincus spoke to government officials about Plame two
days before Novak's article report.” ("
Probe
Focuses on Month Before Leak, ”
Washington
Post
- Harlow
warned Novak not to write a story with Plame's name in it. and see David
Corn.com
- Judith Miller, Scooter Libby conversation? July 8? Reported by
Kurtz,
- July 12, 2003.
Cooper told Libby that he'd been informed by other reporters that
Wilson's wife was a CIA employee. Libby said he'd already heard
that too from reporters. Washington
Post 10/16.
- Walter Pincus, Washington Post, wrote in the summer
edition of Nieman Reports that one of the Whitehouse officials
talked to him two days before Novak's column appeared. Guardian
- Simone Ledeen (daughter of Michael
Ledeen) will go to Baghdad in 2004, and leave just before the CPA was
dissolved. Washington
Post Simone Ledeen, CPA, Coalition Provisional Authority, brat
pack, and see Franklingate.com
yellowcake, Heritage.org connections. "Managing a $13
Billion Budget With No Experience"
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