Plame leak: Was it Libby? And why no Swift Media Outrage?

[fearnobush]

Time Reporter Testifies in CIA Leak Investigation (Update1)
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- A Time magazine reporter gave private testimony to a special counsel investigating whether administration officials illegally disclosed the name of an undercover Central Intelligence Agency agent.

A judge vacated contempt orders he had issued against Time and the reporter, Matthew Cooper, who earlier had refused to testify, Time said in a statement. Cooper provided the deposition in Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation to find out who leaked the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame, Time said.

The deposition was given after one of Cooper's sources, I. Lewis Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, agreed to allow Cooper to identify him, Time said. Libby provided a personal waiver of confidentiality, the statement said.

Cooper was held in contempt by U.S. District Court Chief Thomas Hogan in July after refusing to say who gave him Plame's identity. Cooper disclosed the name of the agent in Time's online edition in last year.

Fitzgerald is seeking to find out whether officials deliberately disclosed Plame's name in violation of U.S. laws.

Time magazine is controlled by Time Warner Inc., the largest U.S. media company.
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[Doohickie]

1. Dick Cheney will be the new Oliver North

He will fall on his sword for Bush and step down amid scandal prior to the end of the GOP convention. Cheney will take all the blame, leaving Teflon George free to select a new VP candidate without seeming disloyal.

Sigh.... How can someone so stupid be so good a political maneuvering? And why do we let him get away with it?

[realisticphish]

3. i dont think cheney would do that

while your scenerio is logical, i think cheney is too aggressive and selfish to do that for bunnypants. i could see maybe powell or rice doing it, however; not that that would do much, but i see it as more likely than cheney...forgive my ramblings, its late

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[fearnobush]

6. Welcome to DU!!!!

:kick:

[gumby]

2. Thought you meant Libby Dole

HAHAHA love it when I out-stupid myself.

Yeah, that Bob Dole anti-Kerry thing must still be roaming my grey matter.

[Racenut20]

4. If you think it through

It almost has to be Libby, or else they wouldn't be protecting him so hard. Libby with Mo-Futchs knowledge.

[fearnobush]

5. Ok, so where is the outrage? VP's chieff of staff outs CIA agent!

VP CHief of staff ends 25 years of deep undercover work on the prevention of WMD!

VP Chief of staff blows untold billions of US tax dollars over CIA leak


ALL FOR POLITICAL PAY BACK.