On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:55:01 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:


It could have happened the way Libby testified to in the GJ. It is
possible that the media participants decided to conspire to tell their own
fabricated story.

Of course, it could have. That's why there will be a trial, to ascertain
the truth. However, I would suggest if you think half a dozen reporters
decided to risk their jobs and jail time, just to get Libby, you are the
one who is seeing the black helicopters? It just doesn't make sense. Why
would they?

The real question is if this goes to trial will the members of the press
testify under oath in a court of law? If not, then Libby is off the hook
regardless of whether he did anything illegal or not. And, if Libby goes
to trial he should put Joe Wilson and Valarie Plame Wilson on the stand
and find out who authorized the trip and whether Joe Wilson every
mentioned to anyone that his wife worked at the CIA.

Well, they testified to the grand jury. Chances are, they will testify in
court. It is also, quite possible, that in court, the authorization of
the trip will be defined, although we might not hear the answer. That
answer, could be classified.


Fitzgerald did not say one way or the other during his press conference
yesterday, of which I watched the entire thing, that Valarie Plame Wilson
was an covert CIA agent. You can't expect to be under cover when you drive
in and out of the front gates of Langley everyday.

He may not have used the word covert, but he did say that Plame's
employment status was classified, both in his press release, and in the
indictment. He also added that her status was "not common knowledge
outside of the intelligence community". I would also point out, that you
can be under cover and drive in and out of Langley every day. It would
depend on what your cover is.

The biggest problem in this whole affair is Joe Wilson. He has taken every
oppourtunity, and tried to make some oppourtunities, to get in front of
the press and bitch and whine. The fact the Valarie Plame Wilson allowed
herself to be photographed for the infamous Vanity Fair magazine means
that she was not interested in being covert in the future and that she had
no committment to any of her previous sources to protect their identies at
all costs.

Somewhere, I read, that after her marriage to a US diplomat, it was
decided that Plame's profile was to high to be a successful NOC. It
seems, that part of her career, ended with her marriage. Regardless, her
status was still classified.