skippy the bush kangaroo: leopold and lobe*, part ii

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

leopold and lobe*, part ii

talkleft reports that jason leopold is sticking with his story about rove's indictment...and that leopold claims that whereas he has multiple sources for his claims, abc, msnbc and knight-ridder have managed to garner one source for the story.

stephen leser of oped news has spoken to leopold in an off-the-record conversation, and thereby remains satisfied that the story is one that he will stand by.

marc ash of truthout sez this:

here's what we now know: i spoke personally yesterday with both rove's spokesman mark corallo and rove's attorney robert luskin. both men categorically denied all key points of our recent reporting on this issue. both said, "rove is not a target," "rove did not inform the white house late last week that he would be indicted," and "rove has not been indicted." further, both corallo and luskin denied leopold's account of events at the offices of patton boggs, the law firm that represents karl rove. they specifically stated again that no such meeting ever occurred, that fitzgerald was not there, that rove was not there, and that a major meeting did not take place. both men were unequivocal on that point.

we can now report, however, that we have additional, independent sources that refute those denials by corallo and luskin. while we had only our own sources to work with in the beginning, additional sources have now come forward and offered corroboration to us.

we have been contacted by at least three reporters from mainstream media - network level organizations - who shared with us off-the-record confirmation and moral support. when we asked why they were not going public with this information, in each case they expressed frustration with superiors who would not allow it.

we also learned the following: the events at the office building that houses the law firm of patton boggs were not in fact a very well-guarded secret. despite denials by corallo and luskin, there was intense activity at the office building. in fact, the building was staked out by at least two major network news crews. further, although corallo and luskin are not prepared to talk about what happened in the offices of patton boggs, others emerging from the building were, both on background and off-the-record. there were a lot of talkers, and they confirmed our accounts. we do have more information, but want additional confirmation before going public with it.

we're still optimistic. if friday comes and goes with no news, we will be less so.

(* the elaborate pun about bush's brain continues)

posted by skippy at 6:44 PM |