skippy the bush kangaroo

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

woodward's explaination leaves some questions

and americablog wants to know the answers.

when woodward learned plame's name, he told the associated press wednesday, he
was in the middle of finishing a book about the administration's decision to go
to war in Iraq, and didn't want to be subpoenaed to testify.

americablog: but no one was being subpoenaed in june 2003, no one was even talking about subpoenas at that time. patrick fitzgerald wasn't even appointed as special prosecutor until december 2003, and the first journalists, from nbc and time, weren't subpoenaed until may 2004. judy miller wasn't subpoeaned until august 2004, and she didn't do jail time until summer 2005.

"the grand jury was going and reporters were being jailed, and i
hunkered down more than i usually do."

americablog: that's a seemingly honest excuse for why woodward might have been worried once reporters started getting subpoenas in may 2004. It doesn't explain why he didn't come clean before that time.

by july 2005, woodward was no longer worried about possibly being jailed, in
fact, he offered on larry king live to be jailed in place of judith miller.

americablog: but if woodward was over his fear of facing jail-time by mid-2005, over it enough that he was willing to offer to go to jail in judity miller's stead, then why didn't woodward come clean with his editor at that time?

posted by Cookie Jill at 11:41 PM |