Reply #24: so what is up with that remark about Adam Levine? [View All]

[UpInArms]

all I can find about him is this:

http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/000315.html

The White House press aide interviewed this week by FBI officials in relation to the Plame leak investigation, Adam Levine, apparently left the White House in December. Which is when John Aschroft recused himself from the investigation. Now several news organizations report that Levine's job was to serve as a link between the White House press office and television networks. An old Knight Ridder story refers to "Adam Levine, the assistant press secretary at the White House who coordinates the Sunday appearances." A more recent Washington Post story writes that "Adam Levine, a former White House aide who portrayed Russert in mock sessions with administration officials," referring to White House prep of the President in advance of his appearance on Meet the Press this past weekend, so seems he is playing some sort of White House consulting role even though he left the job in December.

One thing that comes up in a google search for Adam Levine is a series of stories written by one Adam Levine in the late 1990s on Missouri state politics. We will remember that Ashcroft is a former governor of Missouri (1984-1993) and one of Missouri's Senators from 1994 until 2000. Who knows if there's any connection. It seems that there are multiple reasons Ashcroft may have had in December to recuse himself from the investigation, as the investigation gathered pace, and now seems to be zeroing in on fairly senior White House staff. But interesting if someone can figure out if between his stint at the Missouri state house news org in the mid-late 1990s and the White House press job in 2001-2004 if Adam Levine did any work for Sen. Ashcroft. It could be of course a completely different Adam Levine, and not working with a broadcaster, I honestly have never encountered him in his WH job before.

...more that says nothing...