Cooper expected to testify tomorrow

[sunnystarr]

While all the attention has been on Cooper's email to his bureau chief where he summarized his conversation with Rove, it could very well be that Rove DID actually name Valerie Plame to Cooper. In fact it's more likely than not and the information in his article mentioned here seems to confirm it.

Consider that on July 17, 2003, Cooper co-wrote "A War on Wilson?" in Time which included the following:

"Some government officials have noted to Time in interviews (as well as to syndicated columnist Robert Novak) that Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, is a CIA official who monitors the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. These officials have suggested that she was involved in her husband's being dispatched to Niger to investigate reports that Saddam Hussein's government had sought to purchase large quantities of uranium ore, sometimes referred to as yellow cake, which is used to build nuclear devices."
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,465270,00.html

Notice that in this article he didn't just use "Wilson's wife," but actually named her citing "some government officials." He didn't source the name, Valerie Plame, to Novak but instead confirmed that Novak was sourced by the same officials with the same information.

Placing a conversation in an email to an editor doesn't mean that the words used were verbatim or represent a transcript of what was actually said. Cooper may not have felt it necessary to actually name her in that email, or more importantly Rove probably indicated her covert status ergo the reason to mention the "double super secret background."

While Cooper stated to his bureau chief that he was going to check with the CIA it doesn't seem plausible that they told him ... oh sure you're talking about Valerie Plame and she sent Joe to Niger ... she's covert ya know so keep that info under you hat in your double super secret background file ...

It's also interesting to hear today's GOP spin that "Karl Rove Discouraged a Reporter from Writing a False Story Based on a False Premise." (GOP Talking Points http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Exclusive_GOP_talking_points_on_Rove_seek_to_discre_0712.html)

Hmmm so it really seems that Cooper got Rove's message. That July 17th, 2003 Time article titled "A War on Wilson," is preambled with "Inside the Bush Administration's feud with the diplomat who poured cold water on the Iraq-uranium connection" and starts out with this short paragraph:

"Has the Bush Administration declared war on a former ambassador who conducted a fact-finding mission to probe possible Iraqi interest in African uranium? Perhaps."

Waves of lies just keep washing ashore. I can't wait till this spin which has reached tornadic levels drops the lot of them into a Kansas prison after they click their ruby slippers and say "there's no place like home." I heard Gannon just loves to see those ruby slippers on KKKarl ...

[wtmusic]

1. Ha! Now they're trying to blame MoveOn

They figure they can throw any shit at MoveOn and it will stick. This is laughable.

[wallwriter]

2. God bless Cooper.

Hope he makes it in and out of testimony in one piece. I would put nothing past these people.

[kestrel91316]

3. If he gets "suicided" we will know the score.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. You've done some very interesting thinking here.

I'm recommending the thread for a number of reasons, but mostly becaues it provides good ammunition against aome of the RW talking points that are going around.

People need to remember, of course, that just because Cooper testifies tomorrow doesn't mean we're gonna find out what he says anytime soon.

[sunnystarr]

6. Sometimes I really wonder who's at the wheel ...

I haven't heard or seen one Dem dispute that Rove was only trying to help Cooper avoid printing a false story based on a false premise.

Instead I hear over and over from these rw'ers that Wilson has been discredited and this morning that Wilson is the most discredited man in our history.

This mantra is regurgitated on Limbaugh, Hannity, and their ilk. I keep watching for Dems to rise to Wilson's defense with the facts.

Days ago I even heard on *ucker Carlson that Plame was nothing more than a clerk at the CIA.

Since one the main GOP talking points is being repeated over and over again, why haven't our Dem leaders pointed out the Time article that Rove's comments to Cooper spawned? This fact alone totally discredits the GOP comments and reveals the lies they are willing to serve up to the American people.

As an aside, I have to wonder if Cooper wasn't just a tad afraid to print his Time article. Did he feel there was safety in numbers when he shared this story with two other reporters?

[Scout1071]

5. Let's see what Cooper has to say now that the Rove machine

seems to have started turning on him today by claiming that he "burned Rove." Bad idea to start smearing a person just before he/she testifies before a Grand Jury and in which you are a "subject" of investigation.

Karma is a real bitch and I think she's just getting started.

I'm also intrigued to see what they uncover with the Air Force One records.