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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (166289)	7/16/2005 9:45:26 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

Dunno Hadley's name has come up but I think it's someone(s) out of Colin Powell's State Department. They don't much like Powell anyway and Powell has been incensed at them for making him look like a liar and/or fool. At any rate, I still think (until its been disproved) the leak of the sting operation that may have led to the london bombings is much more important. It would show a pattern of leaking by the WH for political gain to the detriment of national security. nytimes.com "...The memorandum was sent to Colin L. Powell, then the secretary of state, just before or as he traveled with President Bush and other senior officials to Africa starting on July 7, 2003, when the White House was scrambling to defend itself from a blast of criticism a few days earlier from the former diplomat, Joseph C. Wilson IV, current and former government officials said. Mr. Powell was seen walking around Air Force One during the trip with the memorandum in hand, said a person involved in the case who also requested anonymity because of the prosecutor's admonitions about talking about the investigation. Investigators are also trying to determine whether the gist of the information in the document, including the name of the C.I.A. officer, Valerie Wilson, Mr. Wilson's wife, had been provided to the White House even earlier, said another person who has been involved in the case. Investigators have been looking at whether the State Department provided the information to the White House before July 6, 2003, when Mr. Wilson publicly criticized the way the administration used intelligence to justify the war in Iraq, the person said...."