Fitzgerald Collecting Cheney's Smoking Guns

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Fitzgerald Collecting Cheney's Smoking Guns
by emptywheel

There has been a lot of speculation this week about whether, and when, Karl Rove will be indicted. While everyone has been distracted with that excitement, Patrick Fitzgerald has laid a few more of his cards on the table, making it increasingly clear that he is closing in on Cheney. In this post, I'm going to pull together some points from three recent posts to show the evidence--and the suggestion of further evidence--including:

A copy of Joe Wilson's op-ed annotated by Dick Cheney with comments constituting the main part of the smear launched against Wilson that week--the claim that Plame had sent Wilson on a boondoggle
Evidence that Scooter Libby noted he had instructions to tell Judy something before he spoke with her on July 8--as well as the suggestion that his excuse doesn't hold up
Evidence that Libby and someone else (I'm guessing it's Dick) were warned of the damage Plame's outing caused after July 14, 2003
In short, I think Fitzgerald is clearly communicating to Dick that he has evidence Dick conceived of the terms of the smear, ordered Libby to implement it, and possibly extended it after receiving warning of the repercussions of it.

Dick's Annotated Wilson Op-Ed

As part of a response to Ted Well's request that Fitzgerald reveal which news articles he intends to introduce as evidence at the trial, Fitzgerald released a copy of Joe Wilson's op-ed, which Dick annotated by taking notes and underlining certain passages. The notes say:


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http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2006/05/fitzgerald_coll.html

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1. Did you read today's blog post?

Next Hurrah has the link to the filing and some pretty interesting
Freudian Libbys (formerly known as slips) regarding Libby's "conver...
conver..." whatevers with Novak.

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2. Yes.

I read it before emptywheel posted this.