Woodward walks through TreasonGate

Apparently, he was told of Valerie Plame some 2 years ago and will not divulge the source. (Hint. Hint. Cheney?). Crooks and Liars asks the question.

Then, he issues an apology for not telling the WaPo. Pathetic.

I am finding this new information disturbing and sketchy. Why did Woodward not come forward during the Rove/Libby inquiry? From WaPo (mind you):

In a more than two-hour deposition, Woodward told Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald that the official casually told him in mid-June 2003 that Plame worked as a CIA analyst on weapons of mass destruction and that he did not believe the information to be classified or sensitive, according to a statement Woodward released Tuesday.

He did not think it was classified? Yet, we find out this information after the Libby indictment and it is awfully convenient for Libby. He, however, still lied and obstructed justice, whether he was the leak or not. If anything, it may open up new inroads for Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald. We shall see.

Woodward's testimony appears to change key elements in the chronology Fitzgerald laid out in his investigation and announced when indicting Libby three weeks ago. It would make the unnamed official -- not Libby -- the first government employee to disclose Plame's CIA employment to a reporter. It would also make Woodward, who has been publicly critical of the investigation, the first reporter known to have learned about Plame from a government source.

So, what, Novak and Miller are off the hook? Woodward seems to imply that he started this mess. The Huffington Post gives us a blogosphere reaction. Josh Marshall at TPM explores Woodward's cred:

[I]t now seems that Woodward -- who has long been publicly critical of the Fitzgerald investigation -- has been part of it from the beginning. Literally, the beginning. […]
At a minimum…Woodward seems to have some explaining to do, at least for the fact that he became an aggressive commentator on the leak story without ever disclosing his own role in it, not even to his editors.

Marshall notes that Woodward goes on to say that he told Walter Pincus of The Washington Post at the time, which Pincus denies. Murky. What is infuriating here is that BushCo is sitting back and waiting. We need to cut the shit and get to the big dogs playing these reporters. BushCo officials leaked the information and broke the law.

I guess Woodward has forgotten his roots...