I think Bolton is in this thing up to his ugly eyebrows.

A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it. -- Oscar Levant

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What Did John Bolton Do with the NSA Intercept Information?
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I followed the PropaGannon diaries @dKos in February, but haven't kept track since on the Valerie Plame investigation.

A few added comments on John Bolton @ dKos thread - link here

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Diaries/Comments @BooMan

Before accepting that at face value, it's important to consider a few things: 1) Ohio already has a shield law, 2) Clifton (the PD editor) has said that the reporters involved were willing to go to jail if necessary but the paper wasn't. (Papers don't go to jail.), 3) This is the paper where the editorial board voted to endorse Kerry but the Republican owner wanted to endorse Bush. (So they ended up not endorsing either after we mounted a massive mail/e-mail/phone campaign), and 4) (Perhaps most important) The PD was scooped big time on Coingate by the Toledo Blade which has done a superb job of investigative reporting.

I must admit to some skepticism that they really had something important or couldn't have gotten it out if it was significant. Suspect that the editor may have used the Miller affair to play victim and get some positive press for what is a third rate newspaper.

Agree with you about the Blade and wish it well. In fact, given that it's privately owned, they may be able to do more honest journalism than the calcified MSM.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts - Bertrand Russell

Regarding the Downing Street Memos and Minutes, a major component of the strategy to "fix the facts around the policy" had to be the barrage of dubious WMD articles by Judy Miller that regularly graced the front page of the New York Times and then were eagerly cited on the Sunday morning news shows by people like Cheney. It doesn't take rocket science to connect the dots between "fixing the facts" and Judy Miller.

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Miller might very well have intelligence ties, through which she might have learned about Valerie Plame Wilson's work in intelligence. She could be the original source. Even if she's not an agent in that sense, I would not be surprised to find that she's being used by the OSP to spread the Cheney/Rumsfeld/Pentagon line in the media.

If she's any kind of conduit for those people, it makes sense that she would tell Rove. It obscures the real source of the information, and provides plausible deniability for them. As much as the Cheney faction within the White House agrees with Rove, they're separate factions (military vs. political) and if they had to cut him loose to save themselves, they'd do it. The question is which side is Bush himself on? Does he trust Rove or Cheney more, if in fact they're at odds? My guess is that Bush sides with Cheney, which increases the likelihood that Rove is in trouble. But if we get Rove and the ultimate source was Cheney, then we'll have been collectively played. It's possible that Fitzgerald has figured this out, and it's why he's pushing so hard against Miller.