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  •  One more point on this (4.00 / 2)

    In the confusion on Sunday and Monday, several news outlets had Jamie on, claiming she was the journalist who first broke this story. I'm not sure, but I very very strongly suspect, that OVP was placing her on talk shows claiming she was the one who broke the story. They wanted to have a friendly face out there, after all. And then the news outlets who actually did something radical, like checking the name of the journalist on the first story, booked Garcia.

    This is the way democracy ends Not with a bomb But with a gavel -Max Baucus

    by emptywheel on Fri Feb 17, 2006 at 08:56:24 AM PDT

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    •  Jaime Powell (none / 0)

      Was the reporter that Armstrong called repeatedly between 8:00 or 9:00 (depending on which version ;-)), but Powell was in Austin.  That's why Armstrong finally talked to Garcia.  That's when she got the cell phone number and repeated the story to Powell (now driving home from Austin).  On the original story, you'll see the odd "jaime" at the end of sentences.  Garcia took the initial call and confirmed with WH, etc.  But Powell was who they wanted.  

      Arrogant lips are unsuited to a fool-- how much worse lying lips to a ruler - Proverbs 17:7

      by BarbinMD on Fri Feb 17, 2006 at 10:24:43 AM PDT

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