Comments on: Is It Stephen Hadley? I Do Believe It Is

By: Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Behind Door Number Two…

Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Behind Door Number Two… — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:42:00 +0000

[...] …lurks Richard Armitage. Yesterday, I focused on a Times of London story that has Stephen Hadley as Woodward’s source for the identity of Valerie Plame. Another good candidate is Richard Armitage (and that has the advantage of making my original prediction just about golden): One by one last week, a parade of current and former senior officials, including the CIA’s George Tenet and national-security adviser Stephen Hadley, denied being the source. A conspicuous exception was former deputy secretary of State Richard Armitage, whose office would only say, “We’re not commenting.” He was one of a handful of top officials who had access to the information. He is an old source and friend of Woodward’s, and he fits Novak’s description of his source as “not a partisan gunslinger.” Woodward has indicated that he knows the identity of Novak’s source, which further suggests his source and Novak’s were one and the same. [...]

By: AcademicElephant

AcademicElephant — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:49:58 +0000

How about Armitage? That has the ring of logic to it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10117465/site/newsweek/

And FYI, Zarqawi is dead again.

By: AcademicElephant

AcademicElephant — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:33:49 +0000

We all have our hobbies.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:10:25 +0000

AE, you kind of like this Rumsfeld guy, don’t you?…

By: AcademicElephant

AcademicElephant — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:53:45 +0000

I have my doubts about Hadley–his answer in China seemed to me to suggest he knows who it is and has discussed it with the investigation but it isn’t him.

You know who else it isn’t? Rumsfeld. He just told Chris Wallace that not only was it not him, but that he had the transcripts of his interviews with Woodward immediately made public on the DoD site (where they indeed are) so there could be no confusion about what he did or didn’t say.

That should be a lesson to all of them about how to handle this sort of thing.

By: Colin

Colin — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:12:36 +0000

We (supporters of the Bush Doctrine) better hope its not Hadley. If it is, the media will spin this beyond belief and the President and the entire administration will be nocked back on their heels, put back on the defensive like they have been for most of the summer and up to this point, all of the fall. Personally, I don’t see leaking Plame’s name as amounting to anything. Not only that, but Woodward seems to hold the same opinion. That opinion is that “leaking” a non-covert officer’s name to the public in order to explain that the officer used her position to give her administration-critic husband an important position possibly debunking the rationale for our country going to war is information the public deserves to know. Hadley will be slaughtered in the press. Everyone will know his name. He will be demonized. Important to remember is that THE PRESS IS NOT FAIR! For proof of this watch the press conference with Senator Robb and Judge Silberman when they issued their report at the White House. David Gregory’s questions tell us everything we need to know about the press.

Watching press conferences on C-SPAN, I fear for the future of our country. We can only prey that Hadley is exonerated for if he isn’t, the consequences will be enormous, frightening and devestating to our country’s long-term security.