I think we can safely assume that Libby did NOT relate the information that was related in the various items of Count 1 of the indictment. Therefore, others did.
Shown below is a summarized list of some of the possibles who gave the information during testimony or interview.
Following the summarized list, I listed the paragraphs from Count 1 of the indictment immediately followed by my questions and thoughts and quotes from the net.
SUMMARIZED LIST OF POSSIBLE WITNESSES
1. The Under Secretary in the State Department who was asked by Libby for info on the unnamed ambassador's travel to Niger, who directed the INR to prepare a report about the trip, who provided Libby with interim oral reports. (Count 1, item 4)
In checking the current "chain of command" the head of the Bureau of INR reports directly to the Secretary of State (and by inference the Deputy Secretary of State). In gov't, the only people who "direct" you are your superiors. Reports are sometimes done as a courtesy, but then as a rule, the superior is notified of same.
It has been reported on the net that the Under Secretary was Marc Grossman, who was Acting Secretary of State while Powell and Armitage were abroad at the time of Libby's request.
- Asst Secretary for the Bureau of INR at the time who was directed by the Under Secretary. (Count 1, item 4) Carl W. Ford, Jr. (the man who testified in the John Bolton hearings) reportedly testified in the CIA leak case.
- Deputy Secretary of State Armitage and Secretary of State Colin Powell, if they were not abroad at the time of the request OR were informed upon their return. (Count 1, item 4) Armitage and Powell both reportedly testified.
- The person who FAXed the CIA classified documents to Libby and another person in the VP Office. (Count 1, item 5) ________________
- Possibly the "other person" in the VP Office to whom the FAX was sent. (Count 1, item 5) _________________
- The other person or persons in the VP Office who handscribed Wilson's name on the CIA classified documents. (Count 1, item 5) _____________
- Another Under Secretary at the State Department, or the same as #1 above, who related to Libby that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA and that State Department personnel were saying that Wilson's wife was involved in the planning of his trip. (Count 1, item 6) ______________________
- The senior CIA officer that told Libby that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA and was believed responsible for sending Wilson. (Count 1, item 7) __________________
- The person or persons who participated in discussions in the Office of the Vice President concerning how to respond to Pincus. (Count 1, item 8) ___________________
- CIA briefer with whom Libby met on June 14, 2003, where Joe Wilson and Wilson's wife were discussed. (Count 1, item 11) _________________
- The Principal Deputy to the Chief of Staff for the Vice President at that time. (Count 1, item 13) C. Dean McGrath?
- WH Press Secretary at the time . (Count 1, item 16) Ari Fleischer
- The Counsel to the VP at that time. (Count 1, item 18) David Addington?
- Asst to the VP for Public Affairs. (Count 1, item 19) Catherine Martin?
- Official A (Count 1, item 21) Rover
- The "other officials" aboard the AF2 on July 12. (Count 1, item 22)______________, ________________, ______________
- Various support personnel who may have overheard the conversations or observed the actions. _________________, _________________, _______________
FROM THE INDICTMENT
4. On or about May 29, 2003, in the White House, LIBBY asked an Under Secretary of State ("Under Secretary") for information concerning the unnamed ambassador's travel to Niger to investigate claims about Iraqi efforts to acquire uranium yellowcake. The Under Secretary thereafter directed the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research to prepare a report concerning the ambassador and his trip. The Under Secretary provided LIBBY with interim oral reports in late May and early June 2003, and advised LIBBY that Wilson was the former ambassador who took the trip.
> Who is this Under Secretary? Which Under Secretary of state was in the White House on or about May 29, 2003? Marc Grossman? John Bolton?
> Did a particular Under Secretary have the authority to "direct" the State Dept's Bureau of Intel and Research (INR) to prepare a report? Because ....
o The INR Assistant Secretary reports directly to the Secretary of State and serves as the Secretary's principal adviser on all intelligence matters. http://www.intelligence.gov/...
o Armitage was the Deputy Secretary of State in 2003, Colin Powell Secretary
o As of 2/11/2003, Carl W. Ford, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research; Statement Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Washington, DC. http://www.state.gov/... NOTE: Ford is the one who said Bolton was a kiss-up, kick-down guy.
o Carl W. Ford, Jr. was the Assistant Sec for the Bureau of INR at that point. He testified according to some reports.
o Undersecretary of State John Bolton was interviewed by the State Department's inspector general in connection with an investigation into how the incident Wilson wrote about, the bogus intelligence on an alleged attempt by Iraq to purchase uranium from Niger, developed. But he doesn't remember it. When Bolton submitted his Senate Foreign Relations Committee Disclosure ....... http://64.233.187.104/...
o Bolton's position: the issue was not weapons, or actual programs., but "the capability that Iraq sought to have ... WMD programs.". Saddam, he claimed, kept "a coterie" of scientists he was preserving for the day when he could build nuclear weapons unhindered by international constraints. "Whether he possessed them today or four years ago isn't really the issue," he said. "As long as that regime was in power, it was determined to get nuclear, chemical and biological weapons one way or another. Until that regime was removed from power, that threat remained - that was the purpose of the military action."
From the WaPo: Since Fitzgerald's report did not name the unindicted, reporters scrambled Friday to identify the "undersecretary of state" who reported to Libby that CIA operative Valerie Plame was involved in sending her husband, Joseph C. Wilson IV , to Niger to check out Iraqi efforts to obtain uranium.
An adroit aide to U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton took the initiative to inform reporters it was not Bolton. A good idea, since most reporters had speculated it was likely Bolton. The aide circulated an Associated Press story suggesting, correctly, that it was probably Marc Grossman, undersecretary for political affairs until early this year. http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
5. On or about June 9, 2003, a number of classified documents from the CIA were faxed to the Office of the Vice President to the personal attention of LIBBY and another person in the Office of the Vice President. The faxed documents, which were marked as classified, discussed, among other things, Wilson and his trip to Niger, but did not mention Wilson by name. After receiving these documents, LIBBY and one or more other persons in the Office of the Vice President handwrote the names "Wilson" and "Joe Wilson" on the documents.
o FAXed from where and by whom? FAXed from the CIA, from someone IN the CIA? FAXed from someone who had retrieved the docs from the CIA?
o Who is the other person in the Office of the VP to whom the FAX was addressed?
o Who is the other person or persons who handwrote the names Wilson/Joe Wilson on the docs?
6. On or about June 11 or 12, 2003, the Under Secretary of State orally advised LIBBY in the White House that, in sum and substance, Wilson's wife worked at the CIA and that State Department personnel were saying that Wilson's wife was involved in the planning of his trip.
o Is this the same Under Secretary? Who is it? Whoever it is, HE is the one who advised LIBBY that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA AND that State Dept people rumored that "the wife" was involving in the trip.
7. On or about June 11, 2003, LIBBY spoke with a senior officer of the CIA to ask about the origin and circumstances of Wilson's trip, and was advised by the CIA officer that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA and was believed to be responsible for sending Wilson on the trip.
o Who is the senior CIA officer that told Libby that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA and was believed responsible for sending Wilson?
8. Prior to June 12, 2003, Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus contacted the Office of the Vice President in connection with a story he was writing about Wilson's trip. LIBBY participated in discussions in the Office of the Vice President concerning how to respond to Pincus.
o Who was in the discussions in the VP Office?
9. On or about June 12, 2003, LIBBY was advised by the Vice President of the United States that Wilson's wife worked at the Central Intelligence Agency in the Counterproliferation Division. LIBBY understood that the Vice President had learned this information from the CIA.
o Libby was advised BY the VP?
o Who in the CIA informed Cheney of Wilson's status?
11. On or about June 14, 2003, LIBBY met with a CIA briefer. During their conversation he expressed displeasure that CIA officials were making comments to reporters critical of the Vice President's office, and discussed with the briefer, among other things, "Joe Wilson" and his wife "Valerie Wilson," in the context of Wilson's trip to Niger.
o Who is this CIA briefer?
13. Shortly after publication of the article in The New Republic, (entitled "The First Casualty: The Selling of the Iraq War" in which the 16 words were questioned and mentioned an unnamed ambassador and was critical of the administration, see para 12), LIBBY spoke by telephone with his then Principal Deputy and discussed the article. That official asked LIBBY whether information about Wilson's trip could be shared with the press to rebut the allegations that the Vice President had sent Wilson. LIBBY responded that there would be complications at the CIA in disclosing that information publicly, and that he could not discuss the matter on a non-secure telephone line.
o Who was the Principal Deputy to the Chief of Staff for the Vice President at that time? the person who asked if the info about Wilson's trip could be shared with the press?
16. On or about July 7, 2003, LIBBY had lunch with the then White House Press Secretary and advised the Press Secretary that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA and noted that such information was not widely known.
o WH Press Secretary was Ari Fleischer
18. Also on or about July 8, 2003, LIBBY met with the Counsel to the Vice President in an anteroom outside the Vice President's Office. During their brief conversation, LIBBY asked the Counsel to the Vice President, in sum and substance, what paperwork there would be at the CIA if an employee's spouse undertook an overseas trip.
o Who was the Counsel to the VP at that time? David Addington? It was rumored that Addington was replacing Libby there for a while. Heard any more of that lately?
19. Not earlier than June 2003, but on or before July 8, 2003, the Assistant to the Vice President for Public Affairs learned from another government official that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA, and advised LIBBY of this information.
o Who was the Asst to the VP for Public Affairs? Catharine Martin?
21. On or about July 10 or July 11, 2003, LIBBY spoke to a senior official in the White House ("Official A") who advised LIBBY of a conversation Official A had earlier that week with columnist Robert Novak in which Wilson's wife was discussed as a CIA employee involved in Wilson's trip. LIBBY was advised by Official A that Novak would be writing a story about Wilson's wife.
o
22. On or about July 12, 2003, LIBBY flew with the Vice President and others to and from Norfolk, Virginia, on Air Force Two. On his return trip, LIBBY discussed with other officials aboard the plane what LIBBY should say in response to certain pending media inquiries, including questions from Time reporter Matthew Cooper.
o Who were the "other officials" aboard the AF2 on July 12?