“In your apparent zeal to see Cheney taken down, you have failed to take into account a very important fact that easily explains the Libby/Cheney meeting on Plame where Libby took the notes that were made public today.
Cheney met with Libby on June 12, 2003. What happened on that day? Well, if you want to know, check out this link – which is the article written by Walter Pincus in the Washington Post on that day.
The subject of Pincus’ article is the CIA’s not sharing doubt on the Niger story. It was reported that
The CIA’s decision to send an emissary [i.e. Joe Wilson] to Niger was triggered by questions raised by an aide to Vice President Cheney during an agency briefing on intelligence circulating about the purported Iraqi efforts to acquire the uranium, according to the senior officials. Cheney’s staff was not told at the time that its concerns had been the impetus for a CIA mission and did not learn it occurred or its specific results.
So this article is printed, and the VP gets on the phone with Tenet to find out what he can about this emissary that was sent to Niger, supposedly at the direction of his office. He finds out that it’s Wilson, and that his wife works for CIA. He shares that info with Libby.
Thus, there is a legitimate reason for Cheney and Libby to be inquiring about Wilson’s trip and Plame’s identity. Nowhere is there any evidence that Cheney told Libby “Now go smear her and Wilson by leaking”. You say that Libby may be taking one for the team, but you have no evidence of that. You’re asking someone to prove a negative, which is impossible.
Now, if Libby didn’t mention this in the Grand Jury thinking that he was protecting Cheney from something Cheney doesn’t even need protection from, he could end up being the dumbest man alive. Plus, if he lied to the GJ or misled investigators he should be indicted and prosecuted. No question there. But you’re looking for some nefarious conspiracy that has no basis in fact based on what we know now.”
So either Libby is the dumbest man alive or Cheney has something to hide. This email is from bulldogpundit. He elaborates here. Make your own mind up. Neither of us knows for sure.
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