tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558228.post113324333584112348..comments2009-07-16T15:15:28.607-05:00A.L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13043896060440034468noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558228.post-1133400326983146682005-11-30T20:25:00.000-05:002005-11-30T20:25:00.000-05:00The timeline doesn't make much sense either. Assuming the New York Times was right about the Hadley email being "discovered" in Fall 2004, and Hamsher is right about the content of the May 2004 Novak-Luskin conversation, why would it have taken Rove 3-4 months to find the email? And even if it did, why would they have waited so long to come forward? <BR/><BR/>I think if Hamsher is right, the conversation she is describing probably took place later in 2004, and Luskin must have some sort of corroborating evidence (e.g. his notes of the conversation) that support the inference that he wasn't just pretending to be surprised by Novak's revelation. If that's the case, it could conceivably have given Fitzgerald "pause." If not, I agree, I don't see how it helps Rove.A.L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13043896060440034468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558228.post-1133398522626152682005-11-30T19:55:00.000-05:002005-11-30T19:55:00.000-05:00From <A HREF="http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2005/11/from-unsubstantiated-rumor-mill.html" REL="nofollow">Jane Hamsher</A>:<BR/><BR/><I>Viveca Novak is indeed being called to testify before Fitzgerald at Luskin's request. Rumor has it that in May of 2004 when Cooper and Russert were first subpoenaed, "inveterate gossip" Viveca knew that Matt Cooper's source was Karl Rove and she just happened to mention it to her buddy Luskin. Luskin is now claiming that this surprise revelation to his memory-challenged client is what prompted them to go hunting through his emails and call up the one he had written to Hadley.</I><BR/><BR/>If thst is true, which is similar to the theory you've got, I am still not sure why Fitzgerald was all that impressed. Set aside Rove lying to his attorney - why can't Luskin lie to a reporter? If Luskin did know that Rove had "misplaced" am email, would he blurt that out to a reporter, or say "Gosh, Matt Cooper is protecting Rove? I have NO IDEA what you are going on about"?<BR/><BR/>Well, someone else in the WaPo story says that Viveca does not really add much, which may be the case.<BR/><BR/>Tom MaguireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com