From the 11/20 Times of London:
The mysterious source who gave America’s foremost journalist, Bob Woodward, a tip-off about the CIA agent at the centre of one of Washington’s biggest political storms was Stephen Hadley, the White House national security adviser, according to lawyers close to the investigation.
Remember what Hadley said during a White House press briefing on Friday:
Q Were you the administration official who talked with Bob Woodward about the identity of a CIA operative?
MR. HADLEY: I have seen press reports that — and only press reports — that Bob Woodward has talked about, I guess, three sources from the administration that he had. I’ve also seen press reports from White House officials saying that I am not one of his sources.
If the Times of London report is true, Hadley was intentionally trying to mislead the press and the public by repeating information from White House officials that he knew to be false. If he did the same to Fitzgerald, he will be in serious legal jeopardy.
More information about Hadley’s role in the leak scandal here.
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