The revelation at Hardball
Googles and searches are not showing the Hardball transcript yet but it is all over the net
Bolton Testified Before the Plame Grand Jury
According to MSNBC's Hardball, John Bolton was called to testify before the Valerie Plame grand jury. So was Colin Powell. That's not the interesting thing ... the interesting tidbit comes from the NY Times, which reports that Bolton did not disclose this on forms prepared for his Senate confirmation hearings. Did he or didn't he? And if he did, is there any significance in his failure to disclose?
MSNBC stands by it's story
apparently...
The Washington Note: "John Bolton and the Valerie Plame Grand Jury: MSNBC STANDS FIRM ON STORY
MSNBC reports to TWN that its source on Bolton being interviewed by the Valerie Plame Wilson grand jury 'is unimpeachable.'..
Hmmmm...
Update [2005-7-26 20:49:22 by lawnorder]: thans to kossack joe pittsburgh for the Hardball link (see below)!
Hardball : Bolton , Colin testified , Ari read the INR memo...
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for July 21 - Hardball with Chris Matthews - MSNBC.com
DAVID SHUSTER, NBC CORRESPONDENT (voice-over):...
According to lawyers, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and undersecretaries, including John Bolton, gave testimony about [the INR] memo. And a lawyer for one State Department official says his client testified that, as President Bush was flying to Africa on Air Force One two years ago, Press Secretary Ari Fleischer could be seen reading the document on board
The timing is significant, because the president's trip on July 7 was one day after Ambassador Joe Wilson's column was published criticizing the administration. In other words, on July 6, Wilson's column comes out. On July 7, the State Department memo about Wilson's wife is seen on Air Force One. And, on July 8, Karl Rove had a conversation with columnist Robert Novak, but says it was Novak who told him about Valerie Plame, not the other way around.
Rove also says he never saw the State Department memo until prosecutors showed it to him. Six days later, on July 14, 2003, Novak published the now infamous column that publicly identified Valerie Plame, Wilson's wife, as a CIA operative.
Grand jury witnesses say a call record kept by Ari Fleischer shows Novak placed a call to him during this period. And lawyers for several witnesses say their clients were questioned by investigators about Fleischer's conversations. Fleischer, however, did not have the power to be a decision-maker in the administration. And White House observers point out, he wouldn't have likely taken it upon himself to disseminate the State Department memo. ...Fleischer and his lawyer have declined to comment.
As far as Karl Rove is concerned, a recent line of questioning about him suggests the grand jury may be pursuing issues related to possible inconsistencies..