I recall this being discussed some time ago, but there is so much analysis out there now, I can’t find reference to it. So I’ll post it for discussion.
Having read in detail everything on Fitz’s new website, I was struck by the differences in the subpoenas issued to Cooper and Time versus the one issued to Judith Miller and the NY Times. See below for the difference (I’ve bolded the relevant part included in Miller’s subpeona that was NOT included in Cooper’s and I wonder what it may mean…)
From the document Brief of the United States, Appellee, found on Fitz’s new website.
Subpoena issued to Cooper and Time:
On September 13, 2004, the grand jury issued subpoenas to Cooper and Time seeking: “testimony and documents relating to conversations between Cooper and official source(s) prior to July 14, 2003, concerning in any way: former Ambassador Joseph Wilson; the 2002 trip by former Ambassador Wilson to Niger; Valerie Wilson Plame a/k/a Valerie Wilson a/k/a Valerie Plame (the wife of former Ambassador Wilson); and/or any affiliation between Valerie Wilson Plame and the CIA.” A-314, A-315.
Subpoena issued to Miller and the NY Times:
On August 12 and August 20, 2004, grand jury subpoenas were issued to reporter Judith Miller and her employer, the New York Times, seeking documents and testimony related to “conversations between Miller and a specified government official occurring between on or about July 6, 2003 and on or about July 13, 2003, concerning Valerie Plame Wilson (whether referred to by name or by description) or concerning Iraqi efforts to obtain uranium.“
So, why the addition of “Iraqi efforts to obtain uranium” with respect to Miller? Could it be that Fitz was, in fact, investigating the Niger documents as far back as August of last year and somehow Miller’s name came up? Last night on Hardball, I nearly had an aneurism when David Shuster brought up the Niger forgeries AND connected Chalabi! And we all know how Miller was in bed with Chalabi on her pre-war “reporting”. Well, we’ve been saying that here for months, but to hear it on Hardball, well, you understand my surprise…
But could it be that Fitz really does have something on this aspect of the case? Do we perhaps really have a Category 5 heading for the White House?