Matt Cooper confirmed info from Rove with Scooter Libby [View All]

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This from Laura Rosen's "War and Piece" blog -



http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/002253.html

This from Dan Froomkin's WaPo chat today on Rove/Plame caught my eye:

Colorado Springs, Colo.: From what we've learned from Matt Cooper's e-mail, it sounds like his info was single-sourced. Is there more from what Times Magazine has turned over that we haven't heard about? And, how was the e-mail revealed if this was suppose to be "secret?"

Dan Froomkin: Actually, it's been established that Cooper called Libby the next day, and confirmed it with him...

We all have ideas about what Karl Rove's operations entail, but can someone enlighten me why Libby might have been a central player in all of this? I understood him to be less a political operator than a policy advisor to Cheney (he's officially Cheney's chief of staff and assistant to the VP for national security affairs), but he seems to have been at the center of this blatantly political effort to retaliate against an administration critic to the press. Would be curious what people know about Libby's role in the WH.
Posted by Laura at 05:33 PM


Edit to add:
This item has been removed from "War and Piece" with no explanation, so you won't find it if you try the link about. However, the entire transcript of the chat is posted here and you'll find this question way down near the bottom
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/06/30/DI2005063000783.html

I'd recommend reading the complete transcript, it's quite interesting and informative.