Woodward's Source Still a Mystery

MSNBC reports Richard Armitage is garnering attention in what can only be called a "guilt through omission" process: One by one last week, a parade of current and former senior officials, including the CIA's George Tenet and national-security adviser Stephen Hadley, denied being the source. A conspicuous exception was former deputy secretary of State Richard Armitage, whose office would only say, "We're not commenting." If the former deputy secretary of State was the original leaker, it's good news for the administration. Novak has indicated the person who told him about Plame was not a "partisan gunslinger". This description fits Armitage, and lends credence to the claims the whole matter was the result of careless gossip, not vindictiveness. Richard Armitage is hardly a man to hold the neo-con's water for them; it's quite possible Libby is breathing a little easier with the Woodward revelation.