Iraqi Yellowcake Uranium Moved to Montreal
Saddam's supply of yellowcake has been secretly sold to a Canadian energy firm and flown safely to Montreal. The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program - a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 7, 2008 07:28
Libby Prosecution: Cathie Martin Testimony
At 11:22, after a lengthy dispute over documents, the prosecution called Cathie Martin, a 1993 Harvard Law graduate who became a senior public affairs official in the Office of the Vice President from 2001 to 2004. She's now Deputy Communications Director in the White House. Live blog below the fold. Government questioning: Nearly daily contact with Libby during time in OVP. Practice at ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 25, 2007 11:29
Libby Prosecution: Marc Grossman’s Testimony (Pt. 2)
The first full day of trial resumed with the continued cross-examination of Marc Grossman by Scooter Libby's chief counsel, Ted Wells. Live blog below the fold, with any breaking news getting separate posts as well. "You have no notes that you had such a meeting?" No. "No emails?" No. The emails were destroyed before investigation because the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 24, 2007 09:37
Libby Prosecution: Marc Grossman’s Testimony (Pt. 1)
The government's first witness will be former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman who, as Matt Apuzzo sums it up, was allegedly asked on May 29, 2003 for information about the Joe Wilson's travel to Niger. There was a heated discussion between Peter Fitzgerald and Ted Wells about the scope of questioning, with Wells arguing that everything should ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 23, 2007 16:00
Libby Trial: Opening Arguments - Government (Live Blog)
The government started its opening arguments at 1037 am. Live blog below the fold. As always, major breaking news will get separate posts. They take us to the day (July 6, 2003) Joseph Wilson's NYT op-ed came out and argues that it was a devastating attack. He also appeared that day on "Meet the Press," questioning the WMD ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 23, 2007 10:38
BREAKING: Plame Files Suit Against Cheney, Rove, Libby
Well, it certainly isn't a slow news day: The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 13, 2006 16:05
Powell: White House ‘Never Told’ of WMD Doubts
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has told the BBC's David Frost that the intelligence community never communicated their doubts about Iraqi WMD to the administration. White House 'never told' of WMD doubts (Herald Sun) THE US administration was never told of doubts about the secret intelligence used to justify war with Iraq, former secretary of state Colin Powell told the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on December 18, 2005 09:08
Woodward Was Told of Plame More Than Two Years Ago
The big news of the day is Bob Woodward's claim that he was told by a White House official about Valerie Plame's CIA status in June 2003, well before the current controversy broke out. Woodward Was Told of Plame More Than Two Years Ago (WaPo, A1) Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward testified under oath Monday in the CIA leak ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 16, 2005 14:34
