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November 2005
18 November 2005Fitzgerald Calls for New Grand Jury; Ex-CIA Urge No Pardons; Woodward Fallout Continues
Reuters reports that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has filed a request for a new grand jury. The report stated "'the investigation will involve proceedings before a different grand jury than the grand jury which returned the indictment' against Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis 'Scooter' Libby."
October 2005
28 October 2005Libby Resigns; Rove Future Uncertain
In outlining the case against VP chief of staff I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said this afternoon that in 2003, Valerie Plame was a CIA officer, a "classified" status.
21 October 2005
As the Spin Turns
Y'all may be tired of Judy Miller, but I'm fascinated in the same way that one might watch a train wreck with jaw agap. Thursday, the National Journal reported that the New York Times reporter provided details about her 23 June 2003 meeting with Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff only after being presented with evidence (Secret Service logs) that showed she had met with Libby in the Executive Office Building.
16 October 2005
Miller's Security Clearance
One eye-opening revelation in Judith Miller's confessional is that the Pentagon "gave" her a security clearance while she was an embedded reporter in Iraq in 2003.
The Blogosphere on Miller
I pulled out the laptop tonight to begin ordering my thoughts about Good Night and Good Luck ... but after a quick peek at GoogleNews, I discovered that journalistic personalities of 2005 aren't in the same league as those of the 1950s.
Editor & Publisher: Fire Miller
Editor & Publisher calls for the NY Times to fire Judith Miller "for crimes against journalism -- and her own paper."
Miller and Plame : One More
I may go on "one-moring" for a while. The more I re-read the NY Times articles - the more my blood boils. In the fall of 2003, Judith Miller appears to have deliberately lied to her editor/employer:
15 October 2005
Miller Talks; Confessional Contradicts Prior Reports of Libby's Role
New York Times reporter Judith Miller tells us what she told the grand jury investigating the Valerie Plame leak. In short, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, told her that Joseph Wilson's wife worked for the CIA in WINPAC (Weapons Intelligence, Non-Proliferation, and Arms Control).
14 October 2005
Rove Testifies in Plame Investigation
White House Advisor Karl Rove testified, for the fourth time, in the Valerie Plame Wilson investigation today. He spent about 4.5 hours in the federal...
6 October 2005
Rove to Testify for Fourth Time
Federal prosecutors have invited Karl Rove to provide 11th hour testimony before the grand jury investigating the leak of CIA officer Valerie Plame, according to...
3 October 2005
Bush, Cheney Part of Plame Leak?
On Sunday, ABC's George Stephanopolous said that "a source close to [the investigation] told me this week that President Bush and Vice President Cheney were actually involved in some of these discussions" about Valerie Plame.
August 2005
9 August 2005Novak Walks, Libby Talks
Robert Novak -- a central character in the drama that is Patrick Fitzgerald's grand jury investigation into L'affaire Plame -- stormed off the CNN set last week, perhaps to avoid being questioned about his role.
July 2005
22 July 2005Bolton Testified Before the Plame Grand Jury
According to MSNBC's Hardball, John Bolton was called to testify before the Valerie Plame grand jury. So was Colin Powell. That's not the interesting thing ... the interesting tidbit comes...
20 July 2005
Focus on State Memo
Reportedly, Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald is looking closely at a State Department memo which accompanied Secretary of State Colin Powell and President Bush on Air Force One, the day after Joseph Wilson's op-ed ran in the New York Times.
16 July 2005
Novak Leaked to Rove? A Side-Story?
This story makes my head hurt. According (yet another) anonymous source, Karl Rove testified to the grand jury last year that he learned that Valerie Plame Wilson was a CIA op from Robert Novak.
14 July 2005
Not the First Time
Karl Rove was reportedly fired from George H. W. Bush's (failed) re-election campaign -- because of a leak to conservative columnist Robert Novak.
White House Seige Continues
AP reports that President Bush, when asked point-blank about Karl Rove's part in the Valerie Plame outing, refused to comment. Meanwhile, his public surrogate, press secretary Scott McClellan
Attack Politics: The Beat Goes On
Until the grand jury makes its findings public, speculation about Karl Rove, Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame is the name of the game.
13 July 2005
How the Foreign Press Views The Rove Flack
A review of foreign press coverage of the Valerie Plame / Karl Rove scandal reveals a world that views this country with skepticism.
Rove Puts White House In Hot Seat
Raw Story has GOP talking points on the Plame investigation and Democratic talking points on Rove's June 9-11 comments.
7 July 2005
NYT Reporter Jailed
Judith Miller, a NY Times reporter who has refused to reveal a source for a story she did not write, was taken to jail Wednesday. She will serve a four month sentence for contempt of court:
3 July 2005
Money and Politics
Rove Confirms Meeting, Denies "Outing" Plame The Houston Chronicle reports that: Karl Rove, one of President...Rove Source of Plame Leak? ...
Rove Confirms Meeting, Denies "Outing" Plame
The Houston Chronicle reports that: Karl Rove, one of President Bush's closest advisers, spoke with a Time magazine reporter days before the name of a CIA ...
2 July 2005
Rove Source of Plame Leak?
Editor & Publisher reported this just before midnight Friday. Time Magazine has turned over documents to the Grand Jury which ...
February 2005
16 February 2005Journalists Found in Contempt of Court
WikiPedia has an excellent entry on Valerie Plame, including a timeline. A more detailed timeline is found at dkospedia. See Editor & Publisher, NY Times, ...
