| A transcript subpoenaed in the CIA leak probe reveals the White House press operation began efforts to personally discredit former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV days before a columnist blew the cover of his CIA-officer wife. |
The case seems to be picking up coverage now with the Grand Jury investigation moving along with its subpoenas. Of course, they're having a little trouble getting the White House to cooperate. I suppose there is legal recourse if the administration refuses to honor subpoenas, but I'm sure that every lawyer at the administration's disposal is working around it.
| The White House Friday confirmed it had received subpoenas. "We're still in the process of complying fully," said spokesman Scott McClellan.
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Yes. Expect a very long process. And don't expect the "fully" part.
| In the subpoenaed July 12 transcript of a briefing in Nigeria, then press secretary Ari Fleischer called Wilson a "lower-level official" and said Wilson had made flawed and incomplete statements. Fleischer did not return calls Friday. |
Hmmm. Ari may have resigned for additional reasons to the one of foresight as to the hot water bath he would be taking in days to come.
| One journalist, NBC reporter and "Meet the Press" host Andrea Mitchell, appears to have several connections of interest.
On July 6, she interviewed Wilson about his trip to Niger, and two days later she reported officials tried to cast Wilson as a Democratic "partisan." And on July 16, her husband, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, was honored at a White House reception held to celebrate former President Gerald Ford's 90th birthday. The grand jury subpoenaed the guest list, which has not been released. "I shouldn't talk about it," Mitchell said Friday, declining to say if she attended the reception. Asked why the grand jury might be interested in it, she said, "I can't even imagine." |
More to come. Little surprises around every corner.
Background and articles pertaining to the case are on my webpage here.
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