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Fizzled Fitzmas? by GreyLion
Wed Jan 18, 2006

Does anyone out there know what's going on in the Fitzgerald investigation? Why is there total silence now? It angers me that these things just seem to disappear, and the GOP and Bush just get away with their malicious behavior because people get cold feet!
There's a good blog entry about the "Ghost of Joe Wilson" over at First Draft (Holden):
http://www.first-draft.com//modules.php?nme=News&file=article&sid=5010
where he points out a previously classified intelligence analysis memo that was overlooked.

Fitzmas in 2006? (w/poll) -Fitzmas in 2006? (w/poll) , by enthusiast
Tue Jan 17, 2006
Fitzgerald seems to be very slow and methodical, or a reluctant prosecutor. It's hard to tell which. What seems clear is that he is not an eager beaver, or that he is not rushing things. We had a kind of Fitzmas in 2005, to the extent that Libby was indicted, but nothing more seems to be happening, or nothing is being covered in the media. Is this a 2005 story? Will Libby fall on his sword and serve a very short sentence, being anointed as a right wing hero and resuscitated by the neocons in a future administration? Or will Fitzgerald persist in his investigation and get to the heart of the matter. It seems as though Bush Admin might have won on this front, at least in stalling & delaying Fitzgerald's investigation until it seems completely irrelevant.

Paging Little Miss Run Amok by Factesque
January 10, 2006
James Risen, NYT reporter and author of State of War, was on the Daily Show last night making some things about protecting sources perfectly clear:
Stewart: They make some hay out of the idea that isn't Scooter Libby, who famously gave the name of a CIA agent to Robert Novak - or whatever that case is - That he also should be protected by the actual laws or guidance that protects your sources. Do you see those as two separate cases?
Risen: I think actually this is the direct opposite of the whole Plame case. That case was more about the government trying to say bad things about a skeptic, Joe Wilson. This is actually real whistleblowers coming forward to talk about what they think was illegal or unconstitutional activity. I think they are polar opposite cases.
Well, that couldn't be more clear. I wonder if the Queen of All Iraq taped it.

A Crumb For The Plamaniacs by Tom Maguire
January 10, 2006
The WaPo teases us with a near non-story on Tim Russert's legal maneuverings in the Plame case:
Russert Resisted Testifying on Leak
Lawyers for NBC News reporter Tim Russert suspected in the spring of 2004 that his testimony could snare Vice President Cheney's top aide, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, in a lie and Russert resisted testifying at the time about private conversations with Libby, according to court papers released yesterday.
... ...Now, one might wonder, why did Russert suspect that his testimony might "snare" Libby in a lie? Did Russert have a sneak preview of the Libby story?