Who is Mr. X Speculation Thread

[longship]

Word is the leaker is somebody other than Rove or Libby, but is somebody outside the WH below the level of Rove/Libby.

I'd put my money on Bolton.

[stop the bleeding]

1. Leaker - Bolton, Flipper - Powell

Chimp's ass is leaking all over the place.:hurts:

[swag]

2. Ari Fleischer

[longship]

7. Ari is White House.

CBS via ThinkProgress is reporting that it's somebody outside the White House.

[swag]

8. Ari is outside the White House.

He left his job quite some time ago.

[longship]

11. When they say outside the WH

do they mean that the individual is outside the WH now? Or, do they mean not associated with the WH. I presume the latter.

If it's the former, I agree with you that it could be Fleischer. Certainly he'd fit the rest of the criteria.

[swag]

19. It's hard to tell what they mean.

And they just guessing, as they said. And so am I, of course.

I just wanted to play this game.

[Roland99]

3. Bolton or it's a diversion.

[AlCzervik]

4. Bolton or Tenet or Hadley---oh my!

[wryter2000]

5. I think he's a figment of their imagination

He's a mechanism for them to try to deflect blame from the real criminals.

[longship]

10. I don't think I'd like to play poker with Fitz.

I'll bet he's been doing all sorts of diversions.

[Avalux]

6. I'm gonna go with Powell.

Just a hunch. I remember reading an interview with him after he left the state dept - he wasn't happy. Not that I forgive anything he did.

[Hubris Heaver]

9. I'm going with Speed Racer's

older brother, Racer X. He's a secret agent, and less cartoonish than most of the Bush Misadministration


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[Quixote1818]

12. Wouldent Mr. X be the one who leaked to Novak? nt

[Junkdrawer]

13. Is "Cheney" taken?

:shrug:

I mean, if you're going to wish...

[progressivebydesign]

14. Ari or George Tenent. Bolton could be... Poppy Bush?

He's CIA, ya know.

[AlCzervik]

16. i'm no fan of 41 but i don't think he would do that

[HysteryDiagnosis]

15. Chalabi. nt.

[Spazito]

17. It is Rove and Libby supporters speculating there is a Mr. X

so I give it little credibility.

"Supporters say Rove and the vice president’s chief of staff, Scooter Libby, are in legal jeopardy. But they insisted today the two are secondary players, that it was an unidentified Mr. X who actually gave the name of CIA agent V alerie Plame to reporters. Fitzgerald knows who Mr. X is, they say, and if he isn’t indicted, there’s no way Rove or Libby should be."

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. Obviously this is Mr. X

[Rufus T. Firefly]

20. John Hannah was from Bolton's office

On loan to Cheney. So if Raw Story is right and he's the "flipper," my money's on Bolton.

[MN ChimpH8R]

21. Rumors are that Hannah and Wurmser flipped

but I suspect that Mr. X, if there is one, is none other than Colin Powell getting some revenge on the people who set him up to look like a fool in front of the UN and the world.

[Zynx]

22. Homer Simpson.

There was a Simpsons episode where Homer became a muckraker and exposed corruption in city hall. ;-)

That said, I think it was Bolton.

[WilliamPitt]

23. Novak

who cut a deal waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back.

[jim3775]

24. Fleitz and/or Bolton. n/t