10.25.2005

From MSNBC 'First Read' - Some Good Points

First glanceThe New York Times reports this morning that, per notes now in special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's hands, Lewis "Scooter" Libby learned of Valerie Plame's identity from Vice President Cheney rather than from journalists, as Libby had previously testified. The Times thus becomes the first to report direct involvement by Cheney in the White House effort to learn more about Joe Wilson -- though the story notes that it's unclear whether either Cheney or Libby knew at the time they discussed Plame that her status was classified. "But any effort by Mr. Libby to steer investigators away from his conversation with Mr. Cheney could be considered by [Fitzgerald] to be an illegal effort to impede the inquiry."

President Bush may or may not take questions today after his Rose Garden statement at 2:55 pm with the head of the Kurdistan regional government (note that Bush has another event, a photo op, scheduled for just 15 minutes later). White House spokesperson Scott McClellan suggested yesterday that Bush's 11:35 am address to a joint armed forces officers’ wives’ luncheon will include some recognition of the looming 2,000 KIA milestone for US troops in Iraq. Tonight, Bush headlines another $1 million fundraiser for the Republican National Committee.
(Is that not the definition of disconnect???)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9749969/

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