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To: James Calladine who wrote (25910)7/2/2005 3:11:00 PM
From: SiouxPal  Respond to of 361394
 
Perjury
by Armando
Sat Jul 2nd, 2005 at 10:53:52 PDT
By now, I imagine folks have heard about Lawrence O'Donnell saying the Time documents on the Plame leak finger Karl Rove.
Jeralyn Merritt explains what the investigation MAY be focusing on - perjury:

Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald has stated in court pleadings that he already knows the identity  of Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper's sources regarding the senior white house official who leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame to Robert Novak.
. . . So, why is it so necessary for them to provide the information?
As the Wapo article suggests, the investigation has moved from one involving the identity of the White House official to one involving perjury - i.e., a cover-up. The source may have been questioned in front of the grand jury and lied.
Knowing the identity of the source is not enough for a perjury conviction. There must be two witnesses to the perjurious statement. Telephone records would not be enough, because they only provide the number dialed, not the identity of the person speaking. Matthew Cooper's and Judith Miller's e-mails and notes may provide that corroboration.