Fitz pursuing conspiracy against WHIG

[Halliburton]

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Report_Lawyers_say_investigation_into_CIA_1011.html

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Earlier conversations are potentially significant, because that suggests the special prosecutor leading the investigation is exploring whether there was an effort within the administration at an early stage to develop and disseminate confidential information to the press that could undercut former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, Central Intelligence Agency official Valerie Plame.

Mr. Wilson had become a thorn in the Bush administration's side, as he sought to undermine the administration's claims that Iraq had sought to buy materials for building nuclear weapons from other countries, such as uranium "yellowcake" from Niger. Ultimately, his wife's name and identity were disclosed in a newspaper column, prompting the investigation into whether someone in the administration broke the law by revealing the identity of an undercover agent.
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Mr. Fitzgerald's pursuit now suggests he might be investigating not a narrow case on the leaking of the agent's name, but perhaps a broader conspiracy.
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Lawyers familiar with the investigation believe that at least part of the outcome likely hangs on the inner workings of what has been dubbed the White House Iraq Group. Formed in August 2002, the group, which included Messrs. Rove and Libby, worked on setting strategy for selling the war in Iraq to the public in the months leading up to the March 2003 invasion. The group likely would have played a significant role in responding to Mr. Wilson's claims.
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:wow:

[Greeby]

1. Go Fitz go

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Canuckistanian]

2. Huffington Post says that Cheney is a target...

Whoo-hooo!

It would make sense, too. Scooter serves Cheney, does he not?

[Dudley_DUright]

7. Libby is Cheney's chief of staff AND VP national security adviser

AND he is also an adviser to Bush as well.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. Yep

So it's going to get good. Does Scooter have that type of clearance? :shrug:

[texpatriot2004]

3. I am so thrilled to hear this.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[bluestateguy]

4. I still say he's only going to indict some 25 year old junior WH staffer

I've just been through too many door slams for 5 years to get overly optimistic about this case.

[Tomee450]

11. I feel the same way. I just can't be

that optimistic.

[kster]

16. I keep my hopes up

while I spread the truth about the vote stealing machines.

[Cocoa]

5. here's a surprising source of good WHIG info

the DNC's blog is way ahead of the mainstream media on WHIG-gate, who rarely even mentions them.

http://www.democrats.org/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=whig

edit: to be fair, the DNC links to articles in Wash post, NYT and USA Today...

[highplainsdem]

24. Link to the SourceWatch backgrounder on WHIG:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=White_House_Iraq_Group

[Lex]

6. Mary Matalin and Karen Hughes and . . . who else?

[Cocoa]

8. Rice...

Hadley...

[Lex]

9. Rice?

Excellent Smithers . . .

[hootinholler]

23. Whig Roster

From my outline...

1.2.1: The group met weekly in the Situation Room. Among the regular
participants were Karl Rove, the president's senior political adviser;
communications strategists Karen Hughes, Mary Matalin and James
R. Wilkinson; legislative liaison Nicholas E. Calio; and policy
advisers led by Rice and her deputy, Stephen J. Hadley, along with
I. Lewis Libby, Cheney's chief of staff.
1.2.2: Participants:
1.2.2.1: Karl Rove (1.1.1)
1.2.2.2: Karen Hughes
1.2.2.3: Mary Matalin - James Carville's wife?
1.2.2.4: James R. Wilkinson
1.2.2.5: Nicholas E. Calio legislative liaison
1.2.2.6: Condoleeza Rice National Security Advisor
1.2.2.7: Stephen J. Hadley, Rice's deputy
1.2.2.8: I. Lewis Libby, Cheney's chief of staff.
1.2.2.9: Andrew H. Card Jr. WH Chief of staff

-Hoot

[IntravenousDemilo]

10. Silly rabbit, they haven't been called Whigs since the 1850s. n/m

:)

[recoveringdittohed]

13. If the conspiracy goes all the way to the top

Maybe Zachary Taylor or Millard Fillmore will get indicted.

[Flying Dream Blues]

18. bwahahahaha

[babylonsister]

15. Yes they have. WH Iraqi War (WHIG) Team, and that includes

Hughes and Matelin. Maybe this is why James Carville looks so wan. :shrug:
Edit for spelling

[Virginian]

17. Is there a charge called

Conspiracy to commit war?

The entire WHIG would be guilty.

[babylonsister]

20. The real players might be taken out. That would

be enough for me. Watch them implode!

[petgoat]

21. Maybe this is why James Carville looks so wan.

Somebody suggested that maybe the reason Novak freaked out and walked
off the TV set a few weeks ago was because Carville made some remark
that showed he knew something.

And Carville's puzzling ambivalence on election night would be explained
if he'd feared that a Kerry victory might mean jail for his wife.

[Jane Austin]

12. Is President Flightsuit a member of the Iraq group?

n/t

[Mr_Spock]

19. Why would the Preznit have anything to do with Iraq war planning?

He's just a prop Cheney uses to speak to the cameras because he comes across as entirely too evil :rofl:

[Jane Austin]

22. Oh, yeah. What was I thinking? :)

n/t