Who knew about Plame? At least 7 administration officials. USA Today

[Quixote1818]

Who knew about Plame? At least 7 administration officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least seven Bush administration officials outside the CIA knew Valerie Plame was a CIA employee before the disclosure of her name in a column by Robert Novak in July 2003, according to the indictment Friday of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
In no case other than Libby's does the indictment claim that one of the government employees provided the name to reporters. And the indictment does not identify anyone other than Libby.

But some are easy to determine. Of course, the "vice president of the United States" is Dick Cheney, for whom Libby worked as chief of staff. Cheney told Libby that Plame worked at the CIA, information that Libby understood came from the agency, the indictment said.

And the person referred to as "then White House press secretary" is Ari Fleischer. Libby discussed Plame's employment at the CIA with Fleischer, noting "that such information was not widely known," the indictment said.

Continued at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-10-28-cia-who-knew_x.htm

[BattyDem]

1. Why would the White House press secretary ...

need to know the identity of a NOC? Does the White House press secretary have the security clearance necessary to know the identity of a NOC?

[Quixote1818]

2. And why did he resign right after all this happened?

nt

[BattyDem]

3. I thought about that earlier today.

Ari got his ass out of there pretty fast, didn't he?

[Quixote1818]

6. Think about it

Ari would have been lying to the Public constantly because he was the press secretary. He had to resign.

[Pepper32]

4. "The identity of the seventh government official remains a secret."

I wonder where Condi fits in all of this mess?

[Wilms]

5. Maybe one of the reporters told Ari, and he went to confirm it?

:shrug: