The primary focus in the aftermath of Bob Woodward's Plame bombshell seems to be on the deserved destruction of Woodward's last bits of credibility as a journalist.
But the most glaring and far more important question raised by the new revelation is this: What can possibly account for the fact that Patrick Fitzgerald is only learning of this central fact now - after more than 2 years of a sweeping, comprehensive investigation that entailed subpoenas to every significant and not-so-significant figure in this story? The White House clearly knows who Woodward's source is -- or can find out with little effort -- or should at least be forced to genuinely try to find out -- and the White House cannot possibly be permitted to withhold this information from the public.
All of this leads to 4 critical points, analyzed below:
(1) Another WH senior official committed perjury and obstruction;
(2) There is no justification for the WH to conceal the identity of this Senior Administraiton Official;
(3) Could this new SAO leaker be the VP?
(4) Woodward's attempt to minimize the leak makes no sense.
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