Whodunnit, Cont'd The AP reports that, from South Korea, national security advisor Stephen Hadley won't say whether he spoke to Woodward about Plame:

... Referring to news accounts about the case, Hadley said with a smile, "I've also seen press reports from White House officials saying that I am not one of his sources." He said he would not comment further because the CIA leak case remains under investigation.

Leaving the room, Hadley was asked if his answer amounted to a yes or a no. "It is what it is," he said. ...

But the NYT reported today that Hadley was among those who did issue a denial:

...On Thursday, more than a half-dozen more Bush administration officials sent word, directly or indirectly, that they had not been Mr. Woodward's source. They included Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser; Paul D. Wolfowitz, the former deputy defense secretary, now head of the World Bank; Marc Grossman, the former undersecretary of state; Douglas Feith, the former undersecretary of defense for policy; and Eric Edelman, the former deputy national security adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, who has succeeded Mr. Feith at the Pentagon. ...

Huh? Should I be erasing the strike out across his name and keep him on the list of possibles?

Update: This 245pmEST Reuters report says that "Woodward's source had not previously testified before a grand jury"

... Woodward's sworn deposition sparked renewed speculation about who first leaked Plame's identity, and sent Bush administration officials scrambling to deny involvement.

A lawyer in the case said Woodward's source had not previously testified before a grand jury.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman would not answer directly whether Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was Woodward's source.

White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley, in Pusan, South Korea, where Bush was attending an Asia-Pacific summit, left it to aides to put out the word that he was not the source.

Neither was Cheney nor Bush, according to current and former officials and their lawyers, none of whom would agree to be identified. ...

Posted by Laura at November 18, 2005 02:09 PM