If Woodward's source was so secret than why did he tell Pincus about it?

[Halliburton]

I still have a hard time believing he told Pincus about it in June like he says. What an asshole.

:shrug:

[autorank]

1. And if it were so important, why did Pincus deny conversation?

Woodward is an ass and worse. He's trashing his career in public.

I think he's scared, I think he realizes that he and the Post are on the wrong side (Neocon), and I think that Fitzgerald is one spooky mofo to the likes of Bob Woodward. Woodword meets and idolizes political hacks like Bush and the frigging SCOTUS. Then Fitz, iron willed, no bullshit and a true intellectual powerhose.

Bob is doing the incremental unravel...feeling like he's "twisting slowly in the wind."

:rofl: Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Nixon is :evilgrin: somewhere.

[occuserpens]

2. The next phase of Plamegate

In the next phase of the Plamegate scandal, major WPost reporter Bob Woodward enters the scene. The question is, what is the meaning of this development? Mr.Cockburn seems to have found a right way to describe the current situation. The theory is, Woodward's role is not really different from that of NYT Judith Miller. Well, this makes something clear: multiple layers of PR smokescreens aside, both journalists are nothing like objective investigators in search of truth about Iraqi WMD and origins of the Iraqi war. In fact, both were instrumental in the neocon designs in one way or another. From this prospective, Woodward's recent apology for God knows what can be quite useful to help Libby's defense.

Ever since the administartion has suffered a blow and Cheney's aid Libby (one of many IWMD crooks) has been indicted for purgery, they counter-attack. The goal is to show that everything was just fine about IWMD, nothing was found simply because they were not there, no fabrication at all.

So, let us wait and see whether recent Woodward's testimony will work for this end. All that matters is whether IWMD magic still works. If this is the case, Libby will get off the hook and nobody will get punished for the criminal outing of the CIA agent Valery Plame.

ALEXANDER COCKBURN, JEFFREY ST.CLAIR. The Long, Long Fall of Bob Woodward

http://www.juancole.com/2005/11/woodward-and-insider-trading-bob.html

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4. Both very interesting links, thanks.

[Jane Austin]

3. And why would he consider whoever told him a "source"?

Casual, unimportant stuff isn't kept secret from one's editor, is it?