Wolf To Talk about Wilson/White House (CNN)

[Cush]

showed part of the WH PRess Briefing

[mandyky]

1. Any Fox watchers?

Are THEY covering it yet? Wolf just called it a "major scandal".

[ronzo]

16. Actually, they're saying osama may not have been behind 9-11

I shit you not. LOL

[papau]

19. Did these questions get answerred?

From the ABCnote:

"Has President Bush made clear to the White House staff that only total cooperation with the investigation will be tolerated? If not, why not?

Has he insisted that every senior staff member sign a statement with legal authority that they are not the leaker and that they will identify to the White House legal counsel who is?

Has Bush required that all sign a letter relinquishing journalists from protecting those two sources? Has Bush said that those involved in this crime will be immediately fired? If not, why not?

Has Albert Gonzalez distributed a letter to White House employees telling them to preserve documents, logs, records? If not, why not?

Has Andy Card named someone on his staff to organize compliance? If not, why not?

White House officials who might have legal or political exposure on this are going to have to decide whether to hire lawyers or not, and the White House counsel's office is going to have to decide what legal help they can and should provide to officials if and when the DOJ wants to talk to them.

That means that the '90s practice of every Washington bureau of calling members of the bar to see who has hired whom is about to heat back up. The first one to report someone hiring a criminal lawyer wins a prize, as does the first person who develops that lawyer as a source on all this.

A reminder that students of recusal politics will have to consider the Rove-Ashcroft history"

[Cush]

2. Dana Milbank was on MSNBC

saying that he heard the leak was 'revenge'

[Cush]

3. who is this woman?

The war isn't affecting Bush's poll numbers, so why would they leak an agent?

[mandyky]

6. She's from the Independent Womens Forum

Debra Perry, I think they said. She also weighs in on women and choice issues.

[diplomats]

8. The Independent Women's Forum

is some RW/conservative group, in case anybody is wondering.

[revcarol]

9. Check out that Independent Women's organization.

Right-wing republicans all, totally devoted to the uber-right.

[diplomats]

7. Actually, when the leak happened in July

Bush's numbers were starting to drop. What's she talking about?

[Cush]

4. Blame Clinton!

its started, Deborah Perry....oh my

Eric Liu says: You will blamebad weather on CLinton

Wolf: If this was the Clinton admin, wouldn't an independent investigation already have gun?

Liu: Yes

[NicoleM]

5. some dittohead pundit

just said that she doesn't think this story is true because the Murkin people don't care whether WMD were found, so why would the WH leak this info?

It took her about one minute to say "Clinton" and try to change the subject.

[Cush]

10. CNN National Security Guy on

This could be huge, in both political and national security terms.

This was known in July, but it's just now blowing up.

It's a felony, someone could get up to 10 years in prison

Showing a clip of Wilson: They were supposed to restore honor & dignity to the WH, but they are nothign but schoolyard bullies

Says Wilson did not get the Niger job because of his wife

[Cush]

11. Caller asking about Novak

What his legal responsibilities?

David Ensor: He has the right to protect his sources, but I've heard that 6 other journalists also know who it was

WOlf: But he didn't he end this womans career?

NOvak to talk about it on Crossfire

[Cush]

12. Spin Deborah Spin

I don't see how this could have happened. The WMD story is dead, no one cares about that

Eric Liu: It will have legs, it is about politics. The WH silenced and is trying to silence critics on the war, the 10 Dems running for PRes will want to talk about it....

[RainDog]

13. BLITZER IS TAKING EMAIL AND CALLS

Call him!

the phone number is- ??

the email is- I think it's [e-mail]

p.s. Eric Liu makes me proud. he stopped that woman flat in her attempt to pull Bill Clinton's name into this.

this has NOTHING to do with Clinton, and if they try to keep bringing him up, they will face a real backlash from undecideds and the middle.

Eric is making thepoint...it was politics.

This woman is such a stupid idiot, if her only talking point is that people are not mentioning it. well, I guess if Fox doesn't decide it's news, then it doesn't exist?

what whores!!!!!!!

[MoonAndSun]

14. I hope the pundits keep putting these stupid repuke women on TV

they show their hatred of Clinton and their blind trust of bush* for the viewers to see. It can only do us good, especially now that the real reporters are getting their teeth into this story.

[ronzo]

15. I knew we could count on blitzer.

And, I'm seeing footage of karl and shrub together on a 24. A first for me. How's tweety gonna handle this one?

[mandyky]

17. Who were the other 6 reporters?

At least they didn't blab like Novakula!

[ronzo]

18. I heard Andrea Mitchell's name mentioned. n/t

[salin]

20. Let us know if they even mention what Plame's work was for the CIA

She tracked international flow of WMD.

Will they even mention what the White House "high officials" compromised? National Security. Remember - keep the WMDs out of the hands of terrorists.