Today's Washington Post finally sets the stage for Cheney to be publicly dragged into the White House leak scandal:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13696-2003Oct11.htmlWe need to realize that EVERYTHING Bush, Novak, and McClellan are SAYING is absolutely true. But everything they're TELLING US is a lie. We have to remember to listen carefully to the exact words.
Novak originally said that the information about Wilson's wife came from, "two senior administration officials." THIS IS TRUE.
Novak also says that, "Nobody in the Bush administration called me to leak this." THIS IS ALSO TRUE.
There is ONE MAN in the world who is BOTH a senior administration official, and does not release information from the administration (from the White House).
There is ONE MAN in the world who is BOTH a senior administration official, and is not technically a member of the administration.
There is ONE MAN in the world who invested his reputation and resources to the Niger yellowcake story, more than any other.
There was ONE MAN in the world who knew of Wilson's trip to Niger as well as he knew about the identity of Wilson's wife.
There was ONE MAN who Novak would have contacted before any other.
THE MAN'S NAME IS **DICK CHENEY**.
The yellowcake story was Cheney's baby.
Joseph Wilson killed Dick Cheney's baby.
Remember, in his July 6 article, "What I Didn't Find In Africa," Joe Wilson indicated that,
"In February 2002, I was informed by officials at the Central Intelligence Agency that Vice President Dick Cheney's office had questions about a particular intelligence report." "...The agency officials asked if I would travel to Niger to check out the story so they could provide a response to the vice president's office."
So in writing a piece in response to Wilson's article, the first call Novak made was OBVIOUSLY to Cheney's office. Novak openly admits to the call he made to the CIA, but he does not say ANYTHING about the call to Cheney. Think about it…Who would you call if you read the article referenced above and wanted to write about it?
So, when Scott McClellan talks about how "ridiculous" it is that the leak could have come out of Karl Rove, it's because he knows this statement to be true. Rove IS NOT the one who ORIGINALLY released this information. There is no way this could have been the case because there's really no scenario that would explain how Rove could legitimately be in possession of this information. But Rove is a part of the conspiracy, all the same.
The plan was for Cheney & Novak to make the info about Wilson's wife "common knowledge around Washington." That was the first wave of the attack. The second wave was initiated when Cheney told Rove that he (Cheney or his office) had put Wilson's wife's identity in print, and that she, and her identity, were now, "FAIR GAME." Rove, or people working with Rove, then made the FAIR GAME phone calls to the media, knowing that Cheney & Novak had laid the groundwork to cover their asses (legally) by making the secret information, "common knowledge around Washington."
The White House is trying to convince us that the Novak disclosure and the "FAIR GAME" phone calls were taking place as one continuous event, but they were not. The Novak crimes (disclosures) were designed to set up the FAIR GAME phone calls from Rove. This was a two-point plan. Novak is working with the White House on this. He is knowingly trying to mislead any would-be investigations and may eventually go down for this obvious obstruction (at least).
Scott McClellan completed the second wave on October first (10/01/03). When asked to make a distinction between disclosing the identity of a covert CIA operative and discussing it after it is published, McClellan said, "That is such a broad question, about is it okay to discuss news articles," he said. "I mean, news articles are discussed all the time."
So, is there one top-level White House official whose email, phone records, etc. ARE NOT being protected by orders of the Justice Department? Is there one top-level White House official who does not work in the White House and whose staff is not under evidence protection orders or legal scrutiny? Is Cheney watching and laughing?
By all accounts, Dick Cheney's staff in the Old Executive Office Building, or at Number One Observatory Circle, have not been asked to supply or preserve documents related to the Wilson scandal.
When they (McClellan & co.) say, "White House," they're actually saying, "THE PLACE WHERE CHENEY IS NOT." Notice how often they use the terminology "White House." And when Novak uses the word "identity," in talking about Valerie Plame, he's not talking about her job at the CIA, he's talking about her "identity" as Wilson's wife. It's a word game. The words are true; the message is a lie.
LISTEN TO THE WORDS THEY USE.
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