Seen these? forwarded from Wayne Johnson

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Mike.  FYI.


http://yorkshire-ranter.blogspot.com/
http://www.fabian-society.org.uk/int.asp

plus


February 05, 2004 -- 01:55 PM EDT // link // print)
There's been plenty of chatter over recent days that some indictments
were
coming down the pike in the Plame matter. Now UPI's Richard Sale seems
to
have the goods.

This from a story just out ...

Federal law enforcement officials said that they have developed hard
evidence of possible criminal misconduct by two employees of Vice
President
Dick Cheney's office related to the unlawful exposure of a CIA officer's
identity last year.
The investigation, which is continuing, could lead to indictments, a
Justice Department official said.

According to these sources, John Hannah and Cheney's chief of staff
Lewis "Scooter" Libby were the two Cheney employees.

"We believe that Hannah was the major player in this," one federal law
enforcement officer said.

Calls to the vice president's office were not returned. Hannah and Libby
did not return calls.

The strategy of the FBI is to make clear to Hannah "that he faces a real
possibility of doing jail time," as a way to pressure him to name
superiors, one federal law enforcement official said.



This is, to put it mildly, awfully big news if it bears out.

We're sitting on some other key developments in the case which we're
hoping
to post late this afternoon or this evening.

-- Josh Marshall



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@ando.pair.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:49 AM
Subject: Meet the Press this week, Tim Russert interviews "President"
Bush


> A Sunday Morning First for Bush
> President to appear on NBC talk show
> 
> Washington - With his poll numbers falling and Democratic 
> candidates criticizing him at every turn, President 
> George W. Bush plans to appear on NBC's "Meet the Press" 
> Sunday, marking the first time Bush has done a Sunday TV 
> talk show in his presidency.
> 
> NBC will tape the interview tomorrow morning at the White 
> House, Betsy Fischer, the show's executive producer, said 
> yesterday. Aside from the location, the White House set 
> no ground rules for the one-hour interview with host Tim 
> Russert, she said.
> 
>