GARCIA:  Well, she called the "Caller Times" newsroom at approximately 11:00 a.m., Central Standard time.  She`d been trying to reach one of my fellow reporters, Jamie Powell, since about 8:00 a.m. Sunday morning.

I fielded the phone call.  She talked to me.  She was explaining to me that the vice president had visited the ranch this weekend.  She never actually said his name, though, and by the end of the conversation, I had to double--check.  Are we talking about Vice President Cheney?  She confirmed that we were, and then I, you know, had to ask several more follow-up questions.  It was very surprising, though.

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OLBERMANN:  Back to the phone call from Mrs. Armstrong.  At any point, did she explain this question that seems to be reverberating in Washington today, why it was that she made the call, and not that she shouldn`t call you, but why she called your paper?

GARCIA:  No, she did not explain at all.  She had said that she had been trying to get ahold of Jamie.  From what I understand, Catherine Armstrong, the Armstrong family, and "The Corpus Christi Caller Times" have a very close relationship.  We`ve been reporting over their family for, you know, many decades now.  And Catherine Armstrong and one of our amazing reporters that we have here, Jamie Powell, and her have a very close personal relationship as well.