A little bit of old news in case you missed it:
Person # 24 on the Think Progress list of Plamegate people:
Erick S Edelman
(He hasn’t officially been added to the Think Progress Bio list of 23 plamegate “suspects” yet, but Faiz did mention the NY Times correction.)
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Lukery at ‘Wot Is It Good 4″ had this up a few days ago:
Eric S. Edelman and Plame
NYT:“Eric S. Edelman, an under secretary of defense and former deputy national security adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, “would have been well advised” to tell Congress this spring about his “involvement” with the investigation into the C.I.A. leak case, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said in a statement on Thursday.
President Bush installed Mr. Edelman in the post this summer, using a recess appointment to bypass the Senate confirmation process. Mr. Edelman told the committee in a written statement in May that “to the best of my knowledge, I am not presently the subject of any governmental inquiry or investigation.”
But Mr. Edelman is identified by his former job title in the indictment of I. Lewis Libby Jr., who resigned last Friday as Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff and national security adviser. The office of Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special counsel in the case, has confirmed that Mr. Edelman was the “then principal deputy” to Mr. Libby in the indictment.
[snip]
But the indictment describes Mr. Edelman as among a handful of people with whom Mr. Libby held discussions in June and July of 2003 about whether information about the trip that Joseph C. Wilson IV made to Niger at the request of the Central Intelligence Agency could be shared with reporters. Mr. Edelman’s inclusion in the indictment suggests that he could be among the current and former aides to Mr. Cheney called as witnesses in any trial of Mr. Libby.
[snip]
Mr. Edelman ceased work for Mr. Libby on June 6, 2003, to begin language training in preparation for a posting as ambassador to Turkey.
The indictment says that Mr. Libby and Mr. Edelman spoke by telephone on or about June 19, 2003, before Mr. Wilson’s name became public. It says that Mr. Edelman asked Mr. Libby in June 2003 whether information about Mr. Wilson’s trip could be disclosed to the press to rebut allegations that Vice President Cheney had called for the trip.
[snip]
As under secretary of defense for policy, Mr. Edelman holds one of the most senior positions in the department, a post previously held by Douglas J. Feith.”
Hmmmmm. Defense. Libby. Niger. Plame. Feith. Turkey. Lying. Recess appointment.
It sounds like he is channelling a sibel edmonds conspiracy.
posted by lukery at 11/05/2005 10:27:00 AM
(wotisitgood4.blogspot.com)
The correction issued by the NY Times:
THE LEAK INQUIRY: THE VICE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE; Through Indictment, a Glimpse Into a Secretive and Influential White House Office
By DOUGLAS JEHL (NYT); National Desk
Late Edition – Final, Section 1, Page 28, Column 1, 1551 wordsCORRECTION APPENDED
DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 1551 WORDS -Over a seven-week period in the spring of 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney’s suite in the Old Executive Office Building appears to have served as the nerve center of an effort to gather and spread word about Joseph C. Wilson IV and his wife, a C.I.A. operative. I. Lewis…
Correction: November 2, 2005, Wednesday An article on Sunday about efforts by aides to Vice President Dick Cheney to gather information about a trip to Niger by a former envoy misidentified an official who was referred to only as a ”principal deputy” in the indictment of I. Lewis Libby Jr., Mr. Cheney’s chief of staff. It was Eric Edelman — not John Hannah — whom Mr. Libby spoke to by telephone in June 2003 about whether information about the trip by the former envoy, Joseph C. Wilson IV, could be shared with reporters. (Mr. Hannah did serve as principal deputy, but not until May 2005.)
This could make for some interesting angles to add to the whole Plame affair… Get out your shiniest Tin Foil Hat and think about it! lol
