Did Dr. Rice deny being a source?

[grasswire]

Did she?

HUME: Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who was asked to inquire in Africa about what Saddam Hussein might have been doing there in terms of acquiring nuclear materials, ended up with his wife's name in the paper as a CIA person. There are now suggestions that the name and her identity and her CIA work had been revealed by the White House. What do you know about that?

RICE: I know nothing of any such White House effort to reveal any of this, and it certainly would not be the way that the president would expect his White House to operate.

My understanding is that, in matters like this, as a matter of routine, a question like this is referred to the Justice Department for appropriate action, and that's what's going to be done.

SNOW: Well, when the story came out — his wife's name is in the paper — was it known in the White House that she was a CIA employee?

RICE: I'm not going to go into this, Tony, because the problem here is this has been referred to the Justice Department. I think that's the appropriate place...

SNOW: Well, but it is revealing, or it's important to figure out what the White House reaction was at the time. For years and years and years, for instance, the administrations chased Phillip Agee all around the globe because he had revealed the name of a CIA officer. This is a grave offense, if you have CIA officers.

Was there, at least within the White House, a gasp when somebody said, "Uh oh"? And if so, did the White House take any action, back then in June, when the story appeared?

RICE: Well, it was well known that the president of the United States does not expect the White House to get involved in such things. We will see...

HUME: You mean the revelation of names?

RICE: Anything of this kind. But let's just see what the Justice Department does. It's with the appropriate channels now, and we'll see what the Justice Department — how the Justice Department disposes of it.

SNOW: But there was nobody at the White House at the time who was saying, "Oh, we've got a problem here"?

RICE: Tony, I don't remember any such conversation. But I will say this: The Justice Department gets these things as a matter of routine. They will determine the facts. They will determine what happened, they will determine if anything happened. And they'll take appropriate action.

SNOW: Do you think the White House should release phone logs, if necessary, to figure out who talked to whom?

RICE: Tony, as a matter of course, when the Justice Department is looking into something, of course the White House cooperates.

[grasswire]

1. I don't think that's a denial.

Do you?

Jack Gillis, a contributor to bartop, thinks the leakers are Rice and her deputy Hadley.

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2. Josh Marshall thinks it's Tenet

http://talkingpointsmemo.com

Who knows?

[peacetalksforall]

3. We've got two problems

The CIA is a secret government unto themselves.

Anything that goes to Ashcraft is sealed or closed down.

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4. Interesting remark......

"...we'll see what the Justice Department - how the Justice Department disposes of it."

What does she mean here by,'disposes' of it. Does this mean, like throwing away, or sweeps under the rug, or makes it disappear? If she had said just 'disposes it', it would have meant, how they would consider, or give thought to.

Interesting that those two might have been the ones who did it. Wasn't Hadley, after all, the one who was dragged out early this summer when the finger-pointing got REALLY heated? He was picked to walk the plank, but later I read that he actually accompanied Bush to his ranch while he was on vacation. When the UN headquarters was bombed in Baghdad, he was conveniently there to write a speech 'on the spot'. So much for being in trouble.

'such loyalty to each other'. Cobra-leeza didn't hesitate to nail him when she was in trouble.