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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 10:57 AM
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Interesting notes and questions about the Judith Miller story
From The Wall Street Journal

A long story, I just picked interesting notes:

July 7, 2005

- Mr. Novak has never said whether he has spoken with Mr. Fitzgerald, nor has the prosecutor made public statements about him. Many observers assume Mr. Novak has communicated with the prosecutor as part of the probe.

= Several major questions remain unanswered. Chief among them: Who was the source for Mr. Cooper and Ms. Miller? Was it the same person? Were there multiple sources?

- Another unanswered question is whether Ms. Miller received a waiver from her source but refused it. Ms. Miller and Mr. Cooper both referred in court to "coercive" waivers from sources which they didn't consider to be true waivers. The waivers, said people involved in the case, were signed by a number of executive-branch employees during Mr. Fitzgerald's investigation, and automatically waived their rights to keep their names confidential if they provided information to reporters who were later subpoenaed.

- Yet another puzzle is that Mr. Fitzgerald's office hasn't said what crime it is pursuing. To charge someone with violating the antileaking statute, prosecutors need to show that there is intent to damage national security. Mr. Fitzgerald could be pursuing a perjury charge against a source for lying to the grand jury, or a charge for illegally revealing classified information.


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grumpy old fart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 11:01 AM
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1. My thought is that Novak is a target of the investigation.................
this would account for his not saying anything, and for his not being brought before the Grand Jury.
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 11:07 AM
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2. this could answer the 'Intent' question...Link>>
http://s93118771.onlinehome.us.DU/AMERICANJUDAS.pdf

it is pretty plane that Chaney didn't want Plame to discover his connection with the distribution of WMD's ...Plames assignment was to discover WMD's in Iraq and elsewhere... all EVIL leads to Chaney
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