Just a few weeks after the grand jury expires, following 2 years of investigation and several public comments by Woodward about the case... John Woodward admits that a White House official told him about Valerie Plame before anyone else. Are you kidding me? What the #%$ is going on here?
There are bound to be numerous articles in the weeks to come but I am baffled by this development. I have lost a great deal of respect for Mr. Woodward. And I am tired of hearing about how reporters need to be released by their sources (who may have committed a crime) before they can testify to a grand jury. Protecting the misuse of government power is not on my short-list of human virtues and certainly doesn't jibe with the idea of a free press as a government watchdog. This issue has made the press look more like a Tony Blair lapdog than a watchdog.
It reminds me once again that politics is a spectator sport but unless you actually know the people involved personally, you dont know much at all.
Woodward May Alter CIA-Leak Case
Reporter's Testimony Could Entangle Other Officials, Muddy Libby Prosecution
November 17, 2005
WASHINGTON -- This week's testimony by Washington Post assistant managing editor Bob Woodward in the CIA-leak investigation raises the prospect of additional Bush-administration officials becoming entangled in the two-year probe.
