Bob Woodward's role in exposing Valerie Plame
November 17, 2005
-- Washington Post managing editor Bob Woodward's role in exposing Valerie Plame and CIA network is no surprise to many and indicates continuing obstruction of justice. According to Washington journalists who know Bob Woodward, the fact that he was likely one of the water carriers for Dick Cheney in exposing Valerie Plame and her covert network is no surprise. They cite his famous "Deep Throat" character in Watergate. One of Woodward's boss's at the Post said he confronted the junior reporter and asked him, "If your source is so goddamned important, how come we don't know who it is?" It turns out that his source, Mark Felt of the FBI, was not as important as some of the other sources in Watergate, including FBI Director L. Patrick Gray, White House counsel John Dean, and possibly, Chief of Staff Al Haig.
Then there was Woodward's supposed death bed interview with CIA Director Bill Casey, who succumbed to a brain tumor just before he was due to testify in the Iran-contra scandal. People who worked at the hospital where Casey was being treated said there was no way Woodward could have gained access to Casey's room, whether posing as a doctor or claiming he was an old friend.
Richard Nixon deserves a laugh now that his "holier-than-thou" pursuer is now officially part of a White House cover up of criminal activity
Woodward is now embroiled in the CIA leak scandal, having testified this past Monday before Patrick Fitzgerald's new grand jury in the same Washington court house where top Nixon administration officials were found guilty of criminal conspiracy and obstruction. Susan Ralston, Karl Rove's secretary, is also due to testify this week. This flurry means that the investigation of the White House is expanding, not narrowing. The fact that Woodward withheld from Post editors and publishers the fact that he was also a recipient of classified information, possibly from Cheney directly or via National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, indicates a cover-up of Watergate proportions. Southern California, they are not tremors you're experiencing. That is Nixon jumping up and down for joy from his grave in Yorba Linda.
In some respects, Woodward is more disruptive to the criminal investigation than was Judith Miller. Woodward's revelations that he was told about Plame by a third White House source somehow exonerates Lewis Libby, who special prosecutor Patrick Fitgzerald claimed was the first official "known" (that means "known" at that time) to leak the classified information. Karl Rove's allies are also spinning the idea that Woodward's revelations clears Rove. Woodward's revelations only point to a much wider criminal conspiracy and continued obstruction of justice that has impeded the work of the special prosecutor.
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-- Washington Post managing editor Bob Woodward's role in exposing Valerie Plame and CIA network is no surprise to many and indicates continuing obstruction of justice. According to Washington journalists who know Bob Woodward, the fact that he was likely one of the water carriers for Dick Cheney in exposing Valerie Plame and her covert network is no surprise. They cite his famous "Deep Throat" character in Watergate. One of Woodward's boss's at the Post said he confronted the junior reporter and asked him, "If your source is so goddamned important, how come we don't know who it is?" It turns out that his source, Mark Felt of the FBI, was not as important as some of the other sources in Watergate, including FBI Director L. Patrick Gray, White House counsel John Dean, and possibly, Chief of Staff Al Haig.
Then there was Woodward's supposed death bed interview with CIA Director Bill Casey, who succumbed to a brain tumor just before he was due to testify in the Iran-contra scandal. People who worked at the hospital where Casey was being treated said there was no way Woodward could have gained access to Casey's room, whether posing as a doctor or claiming he was an old friend.
Richard Nixon deserves a laugh now that his "holier-than-thou" pursuer is now officially part of a White House cover up of criminal activity
Woodward is now embroiled in the CIA leak scandal, having testified this past Monday before Patrick Fitzgerald's new grand jury in the same Washington court house where top Nixon administration officials were found guilty of criminal conspiracy and obstruction. Susan Ralston, Karl Rove's secretary, is also due to testify this week. This flurry means that the investigation of the White House is expanding, not narrowing. The fact that Woodward withheld from Post editors and publishers the fact that he was also a recipient of classified information, possibly from Cheney directly or via National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, indicates a cover-up of Watergate proportions. Southern California, they are not tremors you're experiencing. That is Nixon jumping up and down for joy from his grave in Yorba Linda.
In some respects, Woodward is more disruptive to the criminal investigation than was Judith Miller. Woodward's revelations that he was told about Plame by a third White House source somehow exonerates Lewis Libby, who special prosecutor Patrick Fitgzerald claimed was the first official "known" (that means "known" at that time) to leak the classified information. Karl Rove's allies are also spinning the idea that Woodward's revelations clears Rove. Woodward's revelations only point to a much wider criminal conspiracy and continued obstruction of justice that has impeded the work of the special prosecutor.
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