Bolton's Chief of Staff Gave Information on Plame to Libby,
Lawyers Involved in Leak Case Say
Libby Asked Bolton for Plame Info [via Raw Story]
The 22-page indictment posted on Fitzgerald's website Friday says that on May 29, 2003 Libby "asked an Under Secretary of State ('Under Secretary') for information concerning the unnamed ambassador's travel to Niger to investigate claims about Iraqi efforts to acquire uranium yellowcake. The Under Secretary thereafter directed the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research to prepare a report concerning the ambassador and his trip. The Under Secretary provided Libby with interim oral reports in late May and early June 2003, and advised Libby that Wilson was the former ambassador who took the trip."
News reports have identified the Undersecretary as Marc Grossman. This is technically correct, in that he is the one who had received the June 10, 2003 classified Intelligence and Research memo for Libby about Wilson's Niger trip, in addition to information about Plame's covert CIA status and her relationship to Wilson.
But the attorneys said that two former Libby aides, John Hannah and David Wurmser, told the special prosecutor that Libby had actually first contacted Bolton to dig up the information. Wurmser, who worked as a Middle Eastern affairs aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, was on loan from Bolton's office.
Both Wurmser and Hannah have been cooperating with Fitzgerald's probe for some time, the lawyers said.
In addition, sources say that the memo was written on Libby's behest as part of a work-up order orchestrated out of the White House Iraq Group (WHIG), which operated out of the Cheney's office and was chaired by Special Advisor to President Bush, Karl Rove.
Firedoglake and TalkLeft also updated this point yesterday. So that potentially indicates the following : Wurser, Hannah, Grossman,Fleitz( all with Bolton connections) , where does Addington fall in this mix. Did Bolton visit the GJ and did he visit with them while visiting Judy in prison ( timeline wise)...
Posted by: enigma | November 03, 2005 at 07:28 AM
I knew this foul bastard Bolton had to be a part of this. Just the kind of shit he would think of in fact.
Posted by: GRUMPY OLD MAN | November 03, 2005 at 08:54 AM
*rubs her hands together with glee*
Posted by: Kathy | November 03, 2005 at 09:06 AM