Anatomy of a White House Smear, 3.3

[Laura PourMeADrink]

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The Next Hurrah
May 30, 2006
Anatomy of a White House Smear, 3.3
by emptywheel

This is the third part of a multi-part narrative of the whole Plame Affair. Here are parts one and two. In this post, I cover the efforts BushCo made to slow the investigation--and possibly to cover-up the crime--in Fall 2003.

Delayed Realization and Playing Dumb: July to September 2003

I ended my leak week post with Novak's column. But that's a bit deceptive, because BushCo continued to push the Wilson smear even after Novak's column. On July 20, four days after presumably attending Gerald Ford's birthday party with her husband and Dick Cheney, Andrea Mitchell told Joe Wilson that "White House sources were telling her about the real story not being the sixteen words but Wilson and his wife." (Earlier that week Mitchell was was bitching because Richard Armitage wasn't returning her calls.) The next day Chris Matthews called and told Wilson that Rove had told him that Plame was "fair game." (Politics of Truth 350-1) After outing Plame, BushCo kept pushing the nepotism story, showing little concern, yet, for her covert status.

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May 30, 2006 at 08:30 in Bush/Republican Scandals, Contributor--emptywheel

[Me.]

1. Only B**hco & Cheney In Particular

Would consider a pro-bono trip to that lovely vacation paradise, Niger, as a junket. Of course that is only when they are referencing others.

*shadow government*

[cally]

2. The link doesn't seem to work

I hadn't caught the earlier posts so I'm interested in the entire series. Thanks for posting this.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Here's the link...

http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/