COVERT! COVERT! Did you catch this?

[Tennessee Gal]

In the Raw Story article:

Woodward said he was told that it was “no big deal” that former Ambassador Joseph Wilson was sent to Niger to investigate the veracity of the Bush Administration’s claims that Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger. According to the attorneys, he said Hadley dismissed the trip by saying his wife, a covert CIA officer who worked on WMD issues, had recommended him.

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/National_Security_Adviser_was_Woodwards_source_1116.html

[LSparkle]

1. OFFICER, not analyst ... not a "Desk Jockey"

Oh my my my ...

[NanceGreggs]

2. "Mr. Hadley ...

... you have the right to remain silent."

[carolinayellowdog]

3. Unclear attribution

Is this really saying that *Hadley told Woodward* that Plame was covert? Or is the description of Plame as covert supplied by the authors of the article? I can't tell. Sure got my attention too, though.

[shaggy1974]

4. Good Point

It's not at all clear from this where the description of "covert" is coming from.

[Tennessee Gal]

6. To me it reads that Woodward is repeating what Hadley said.

I take it that Hadley described Plame as "covert" and that is critical to the case of outing.

[hughee99]

5. This sounds like a 3rd party recounting of the conversation

So I wouldn't read too much into the use of the word "covert" here. Fitz didn't even use that word during the Scooter indictments press conference, and you would think he would be able to find out whether she was covert or not.

[LeftNYC]

7. We dont know if Hadley said she was covert...nt

[iamtechus]

10. It matters not

Whether he said she was covert. Why are you people hung up on this?

[lovuian]

8. Great point and that Plame RECOMENDED not ordered!!!

:bounce:

[shaggy1974]

9. not a great point....

see the comments above

[shaggy1974]

11. Raw Story Correction

Correction: Due to an editing error, the first edition of this article was unclear about whether Woodward was told Plame was covert. Woodward was only told she was a CIA analyst.

[Tennessee Gal]

12. LOL! They had me going!

Thanks for posting the correction.