Rate it up: 'Official A' Stands Out in Indictment

[tuvor]

WASHINGTON - In a sign of the trouble lingering for the Bush administration, the indictment handed up Friday in the
CIA leak probe refers to someone at the White House known as "Official A."

The unidentified official could become a courtroom witness against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who left his job as vice presidential aide shortly after his indictment on charges of obstruction of justice, making false statements and perjury.

Several other unnamed officials mentioned in the indictment were identified Friday afternoon by Justice Department officials.

But not "Official A."

(They imply it's rove.)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cia_leak_official_a

[burythehatchet]

1. Raw Story has confirmed its Ratfucker Karl.

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Rove_Official_A_Novaks_source_lawyers_1028.html

[Hubert Flottz]

2. No honor among thieves...

Rats ratting on the rats.

[malaise]

7. Rita on MSNBC just said

three sources said Rove. The headline was running before commercial break.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Did you see the ad next to the article???

Hammer chasing after a pig

(actually it was a piggy bank)

how ironic.

[tuvor]

5. I keep getting ads for Shopgirl, the movie.

Lucky me, I get to look at Clare Danes.

[Dangerously Amused]

4. Stands for "Official A-hole." So, yeah, it's Karl for sure.

[Oilwellian]

6. Kos has an interesting post on Official Asshole

Here's a primer of who's who in the Libby Indictment, via the AP.

According to the AP again, "Official A" has been confirmed by "three people close to the investigation" to be Karl Rove.

"Official A" was the only figure not identified in the indictment by name or title. While names were generally not used in the indictment, specific titles were used to identify other key figures, except in that one particular case. From the indictment:


On or about July 10 or July 11, 2003, LIBBY spoke to a senior official in the White House ("Official A") who advised LIBBY of a conversation Official A had earlier that week with columnist Robert Novak in which Wilson's wife was discussed as a CIA employee involved in Wilson's trip. LIBBY was advised by Official A that Novak would be writing a story about Wilson's wife.

That's not particularly more damning than the rest of the indictment, which refers to figures like Dick Cheney, Ari Fleisher, Mark Grossman and Catherine Martin, as well as reporters such as Cooper and Miller, in sometimes roundabout but identifiable ways.

So why the sensitivity around the identity of "Official A"? Puzzling, to say the least. What's going on with "Official A" that isn't going on with anyone else named in the report?

http://www.dailykos.com/

[Garbo 2004]

12. Because Rove's still playing let's make a deal and charges are still

possible? So he remains unidentified while leverage is being played out to cut a deal, indict, whatever?

Just wondering. It only takes two to make a conspiracy....wonder if Official A could shed light on any organized activity to leak Plame's identity and job? And what that information could be worth?

We know Rove talked to Novak. Reportedly after Novak's already got the story from another source. (And we still don't know who Novak's first source is, do we?)

Got a feeling there's at least another shoe waiting to drop...

[emulatorloo]

8. "Late Friday, three people . . .identified Rove as Official A"

<snip>

Late Friday, three people close to the investigation, each asking to remain unidentified because of grand jury secrecy, identified Rove as Official A.

<snip>

Last paragraph

[proud patriot]

9. k

:D

[ailsagirl]

10. Who is Official A? Only unnamed sources will say

Oct. 28, 2005, 8:24PM

Who is Official A? Only unnamed sources will say
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In a sign of the trouble lingering for the Bush administration, the indictment handed up today in the CIA leak probe refers to someone at the White House known as "Official A."

The unidentified official could become a courtroom witness against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who left his job as vice presidential aide shortly after his indictment on charges of obstruction of justice, making false statements and perjury.

Several other unnamed officials mentioned in the indictment were identified today afternoon by Justice Department officials.

But not "Official A."

The mysterious official is identified in the indictment only as "a senior official in the White House."

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/3424170

[ChiciB1]

11. Well At The Risk Of Doing Just One More Baseball "Thingie!"

It Ain't Over Til It's Over!!

Or another... the Fat Lady singing thingie!

Just stop and think about it... Fat Cheese Cheney ain't with The Idiot tonight, Red Rover said he's going somewhere to enjoy his week-end, Scooter could be downing quite a few bourbons, and where the rest of them are, who knows???

One thing for sure, they AREN'T partying!!!

It's like watching that pot of water and waiting for it to boil! It's a bummer most of the time, but somehow I can't keep myself from watching the pot!

I mean that figuratively and literally!