List of Grand Jury Witnesses and FBI Interviewees

[joemurphy]

Here's something I put together from my Googling. If anyone has any additions or corrections, let me know. I'll post it from time to time in the future as changes are made

Persons Reported to Have Testified before the Grand Jury:

Alberto Gonzales – Former White House Counsel and now Attorney General
Karl Rove – Chief of Staff for the President
I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby - Chief of Staff for the Vice-President
Colin Powell – Former Secretary of State
Karen Hughes – Senior White House Aide
Ari Fleischer – Former White House Press Secretary
Scott McClellan – Current White House Press Secretary
Claire Buchan – Deputy White House Press Secretary
Adam Levine – Former White House Communications Aide
Mary Matalin – Former Advisor to the Vice President
Tim Russert – Host of “Meet the Press” MSNBC
Matthew Cooper – Time Magazine
Walter Pincus – Washington Post
Andrea Mitchell – Reporter MSNBC

Persons Who Refuse to Say if They Have Testified before the Grand Jury:

Robert Novak – Reporter for the Chicago Tribune

Persons Subpoenaed to Testify before the Grand Jury but Refused to Testify:

Judith Miller – New York Times

Persons Interviewed by Patrick Fitzgerald (But Not under Oath)

George W. Bush – President of the United States
Richard Cheney – Vice-President of the United States

Persons Reportedly Interviewed by FBI and Who Also Testified before the Grand Jury:

Karl Rove - Bush's Former Senior Adviser and Present Chief of Staff
Scott McClellan – White House Press Secretary
Mary Matalin – Former Advisor to the Vice President
Adam Levine- Former White House Communications Aide
Ari Fleischer – Former White House Press Secretary
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby - Chief of Staff for the Vice-President

Persons Interviewed by the FBI but not known to have testified before the Grand Jury:

James Guckert a/k/a Jeff Gannon a/k/a "Bulldog" - Talon News
Dan Bartlett – White House Communications Director
Cathie Martin – Aide to the Vice-President.


Unconfirmed:

John Bolton
Andrew Card
Condoleezza Rice
George Tenet
Stephen Hadley
Joseph Wilson

[kevinmc]

1. Nice Job n/t

[IChing]

2. great job... nominated

[G_j]

3. it occurs to me

after looking at this list that perhaps a few of these people may have committed perjury.

thanks for posting this

[jim3775]

4. You made a minor mistake

Jeff Gannon's real name is James Guckert. He changed his first name too.

[joemurphy]

8. Nice catch...I'll edit it. Thanks!

[gp]

5. great list!

it's strange that Bolton and Card aren't among the names in the list...

edit: ok after some googling, I've found that John Bolton apparently did testify before the grand jury.

there's also talk of Mark Grossman testifying, tho apparently unconfirmed also...

maybe you can make an additional 'unconfirmed' category...

here's a preliminary link (lookin for better source):
http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2005/07/why_bolton_woul.html

[Lecky]

7. I could have sworn that Bolten has testified before the GJ

[joemurphy]

10. I haven't found any solid reference to Bolton doing it.

I'd also thought I'd seen Condie's name mentioned, but likewise, no solid press references on it.

[against all enemies]

6. Nice work, a who's who of assholes.

[scarletwoman]

9. Kicked and recommended -- good job! (n/t)

[hang a left]

11. What about...

Andy Card
Condi Rice
George Tenet???

You have a good start there. I bet there are a few more. Wouldn't you think?

[joemurphy]

12. I'd have thought Stephen Hadley too...But so far no press

confirmations.

Bolton is certainly a possible for grand jury testimony. MSNBC reported that he did testify and there was a brief stink because he didn't show it on his "Pending Cases" disclosure form in connection with his nomination to the UN. But I later saw a report that backed away from this.

[joemurphy]

13. Yeah, you'd think...but I haven't found any press confirmations.

If you have a cite somewhere, I'll definitely add to the list.

[jsamuel]

14. What about Roberts? Do we know if he has any role in this?

Considering the AG nom Gonzales turns out to have a role and the UN nom Bolton has a role...

[joemurphy]

19. Umm...He's just a distraction. He was on the bench when the

calls were being made.

[Scout1071]

15. Why haven't the President and Vice President testified under oath?

For a couple of psuedo bible thumpers, they sure go out of their way to avoid putting that left hand on the bible and raising their right hand.

[joemurphy]

18. They wouldn't do it for the 911 Commission either. Fitz

probably could subpoena them but they'd likely invoke executive privilege. Nixon never testified during Watergate for the same reason, I think.

[Proud_Lefty]

16. Didn't Chris Matthews testify?

[joemurphy]

17. He may have. I just haven't found anything confirming it

[crispini]

31. I looked, I didn't find anything confirming either.

But after that quote in Wilson's book, betcha a nickel Tweety was indeed called to testify.

[wli]

20. what about Ghorbanifar, Ledeen, Chalabi, Rhode, et al?

That crew needs to be seriously investigated, esp. if the rumors either Ghorbanifar or Ledeen actually forged the document are true.

Also, what are your sources on these?

[joemurphy]

22. Most of the sources are compiled at this site:

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/011305.html

The above website got the info from mainstream media sources which are cited in the article.

[KharmaTrain]

30. How Many Journalist Were Called?

I've never quite gotten a handle on how many journalists and who were given Plame's info.

Novak is a given as is Cooper and Miller. Tweety said he was "offered" the names as did Russert and Mitchell. I see Walter Pincus name on the list and he's said he's testified and his source hasn't been publicly disclosed yet (Hadley???), but that still leaves a few others off that list.

We assume Russert's testified...he hasn't said so publicly that I know of and probably Mitchell. The interesting thing is how Tweety's was gone a lot of last week on Slimeball...especially the programs involving Rove/Plame. My radar suspects he's too close to the fire here and being kept in the cooler.

So are there any other reporters who we've missed?

A great list. This is definitely worth bookmarking for making future scorecards.

[joemurphy]

36. Here's a list of reporters with whom Fitz thinks the WH may

have had contacts. Fitz subpoenaed all records reflecting contacts with the following journalists:

A federal grand jury has subpoenaed White House records on administration contacts with more than two dozen journalists and news media outlets in a special investigation into the improper leak of a covert CIA official's identity to columnist Robert Novak last July. They include:

Robert Novak, "Crossfire," "Capital Gang" and the Chicago Sun-Times
Knut Royce and Timothy M. Phelps, Newsday
Walter Pincus, Richard Leiby, Mike Allen, Dana Priest and Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post
Matthew Cooper, John Dickerson, Massimo Calabresi, Michael Duffy and James Carney, Time magazine
Evan Thomas, Newsweek
Andrea Mitchell, "Meet the Press," NBC
Chris Matthews, "Hardball," MSNBC
Tim Russert, Campbell Brown, NBC
Nicholas D. Kristof, David E. Sanger and Judith Miller, The New York Times
Greg Hitt and Paul Gigot, The Wall Street Journal
John Solomon, The Associated Press
Jeff Gannon, Talon News

<http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2004/03/vpw_newsday_on_.html>

[KharmaTrain]

37. Thank-You...An Interesting List

I hadn't seen all the names, and I assume they've all testified (sans Miller). It'll be interesting if ALL those stories jive with the ones Mr. Rove & Libby & others tell. Pardon my gloating, but I smell a lot of conflicting stories coming out of all these names being paraded in front of that jury (hope the judge lets them take lots of notes).

My next question would be how many others were interviewed or their names got tangled up into this mess. Meaning, Novak might have shared his knowledge with someone prior to publishing...this is also illegal passing of classified information. I'm curious if Fitzgerald's people tried to dig how far and wide this leak went before it broke into the open.

Either way, that list should be kept handy by all following this case and want an idea of who this regime thought were their media "pals". These were the people they felt either friendly enough to assist in their smears or could be easily duped into planting fraudulent stories.

Cheers...

[joemurphy]

38. I would assume that most have NOT testified. They'd have to

divulge their sources. The subpoenas went to the White House, not the reporters. It wouldn't surprise me though if all or most were at least interviewed by the FBI. The FBI might want to know who claimed a privilege and draw conclusions from how the reporters responded.

As to Novak sharing information, there was some of that, possibly.
Before he wrote his story, Novak bumped into a friend of Wilson's on the street. The friend asked him about Wilson and Novak reportedly told the friend that Wilson was "an asshole" and that Wilson's wife sent him on the mission.

Yeah, these are, for the most part, all people that we should now be wary of -- not that we weren't already!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

41. I'm surprised Bob Woodward's not on that list.

[KharmaTrain]

29. Save Those For The Hague

That's the proper place those and the criminals in this country need to be tried.

[FreedomAngel82]

21. Nice list

Isn't it funny how Bush and Cheney NEVER have to appear on oath? Someday I wish someone would make these SOB's appear under oath and make them tell all their dirty deeds and reveal their sins to the American public and the world.

[AuntiBush]

23. There Ya Go: The Whole Seedly Lot of Them (Henchmen & Women)

Don't leave out all the PNAC folks. Combined, they gave us our new "friendly skies," a.k.a. np-harbor.

[brettdale]

24. kick

kick

[ConsAreLiars]

25. Nice work. As you continue, it might be helpful to distinguish

between those called before the Grand Jury who might be simply "witnesses," like Cooper, Wilson, etc., and those who are complicit in the act of treason (and might be turned into informants) like maybe Novak and Miller as well as the WH operatives.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

26. If anyone is interested - list of attorneys on the Special Counsel's team

James P. Fleissner, Deputy Special Counsel

Kathleen M. Kedian, Deputy Special Counsel

Debra Riggs Bonamici, Deputy Special Counsel

and of course, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald

[DemReadingDU]

27. Thank you!

very helpful list

[magnolia]

28. Off topic...

Since you mentioned Mary Matalin. Where is James Carville????

In the past he and his wife have fought passionately on TV over any and all issues they disagreed on...which was every issue. Why isn't he out there giving it to Karl Rove???? The fact that he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth may be a sign that this is the big one!

[Alizaryn]

32. A producer for MSNBC’s Hardball program

"However, a producer for MSNBC’s Hardball program testified before the grand jury that in July, 2003, Rove called the show’s host, Chris Matthews, and said Plame was “fair game.”"

I Have NO IDEA who the producer is.



http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_6981.shtml

[joemurphy]

34. Capitol Hill Blue is a shaky source. They make things up

sometimes. It sounds implausible to me that Fitz would subpoena a producer and elicit hearsay testimony when he could just subpoena Matthews and have him say it personally. Perhaps it's a way of getting around the source-reporter privilege, but it sounds goofy to me. If the producer got this from Matthews, the privilege would be gone.

[Alizaryn]

39. Thanks, thats nice to know

[Media_Lies_Daily]

42. What "things" has Capitol Hill Blue made up? I have read this more than..

...once, but have yet to see anyone point to anything specific.

[robertpaulsen]

33. How about John Hannah,David Wurmser and Elliot Abrams?

These are definitely persons of interest in this case. They've been interviewed by the FBI, but I'm not sure if they've been interviewed by Fitzgerald or if they've testified.

[joemurphy]

35. Do you have a source for their being interviewed?

I haven't found any.

[rainbow4321]

40. So does Guckert have a role in this?

Saw this while surfing:


10. The Disclosure by an Unidentified Source to James Guckert of Talon News

On October 28, 2003, Talon News posted on its website an interview with Ambassador Joseph Wilson in which the questioner asked: "An internal government memo prepared by U.S. intelligence personnel details a meeting in early 2002 where your wife, a member of the agency or clandestine service working on Iraqi weapons issues, suggested that you could be sent to investigate the reports. Do you dispute that?" Talon News is tied to a group called GOP USA and is operated by Texas Republican Robert Eberle.
Its only reporter, James Guckert (also known as Jeff Gannon), resigned when it was revealed that he gained access to the White House using a false name after his press credentials were rejected by House and Senate press galleries. In a March 2004 interview with his own news service, Mr. Guckert stated that the classified document was "easily accessible." In a February 11, 2005, interview with Wolf Blitzer of CNN, Mr. Guckert said the FBI interviewed him about "how I knew or received a copy of a confidential CIA memo," but he refused to answer FBI questions because of his status as a "journalist." A week later, Mr. Guckert changed his account, claiming he "was given no special information by the White House or by anybody else."

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The site has a list of the different "disclosures" and their timelines.


http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_23080.shtml

[immoderate]

43. I think Russert admitted to testifying on MTP this Sunday.

Saw a thread somewhere.

On edit: Here's the transcript. He says it.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8658626/

On further edit: I see you've got him. I missed it the first time. -- Never mind.

--IMM