So lets assume that Hadley is Woodward's source

[stop the bleeding]

Where does this take us?

Was Hadley operating on his own?

Do we stop there?

Does this go further up?

Just trying to think out loud on some possible scenarios :freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak::freak:

[leftstreet]

1. Why did Woodward say source was "current or former" official?

Was he being coy? It just sounds stupid.

[Armstead]

2. Since it's hypothetical, here's a hypothertical answer

Hadley was promoted from Condy's assistance into her position as the most important National Security Official in the administration, after the Sec. of Defense and Sec. of State.

Bush was portrayed as being in a state of righteous indignation about who was discussing Plame's identity when it first broke.

And since then Hadley has been promoted. If Hadley was one of the leakers, that places the administration in a box. Even if Bush didn't know at the time, the revelation would be a firing offense now, based on Bush's own stance. If Hadley stays, it shows that the administratiion really didn't mean it when they said they'd find and deal with whoever was leaking.

[pscot]

3. John Dean told Kieth Olberman that he

Thinks it was Ari Fleischer. That would sccount for the "former" qualification.

[peacetalksforall]

4. Those in the WHIG group know everything and the sequence of

revelations.

Did someone in the WHIG group have pre-knowledge?
If yes, how and when did they share with WHIG members?
If not (meaning the WHIG group learned after Wilson made the decision to expose the SOTU lie by sharing his role in the search for truth about yellocake and then shopping the story around - February to June) - then who in the CIA or not in the CIA informed someone in WHIG group?

Then, who was was the first WHIG member or someone who worked for a WHIG member to talk to a journalist?

The purpose of WHIG was to facilitate and grease the path to war.

The answer is within WHIG and employees of WHIG members.

Something like this is not authorized at the level of the employees of WHIG members.

[stop the bleeding]

5. my point exactly someone authorized it.

so where does this lead us/Fitz?