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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I haven't been following the story very carefully, but Steve Clemons has some interesting speculation that a high-ranking administration official may be helping Fitzgerald's investigation.
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"Clearly, it was meant purely and simply for revenge," the senior official said of the alleged leak."
It's been my experience that someone who starts such a sentence with the word "clearly" is, at least, suspect, especially when (1) no other evidence seems to support this, and (2) Woodward now seems to directly contradict it.
Then you add this:
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"On September 28, 2003, Washington Post writers Dana Priest and Mike Allen clearly note the existence of a source with knowledge about the outing campaign conducted as "a vendetta" against Joe Wilson by senior officials in the Bush White House.
This source clearly had concerns about the behavior of these officials, and to some degree, this Washington Post source appears to be a key "counter-leaker" in the Valerie Plame investigation, i.e. someone attempting to make sure that the real story about the Plame leak and reasons for it were told."
and it makes me think we've got a whole new set of agendas being voiced here. Sounds more like a Kos-inspired set of Christmas wishes than news. Or fact.
I would take it with a large grain of salt.
